Middle East Oil Refinery (MIDOR) is building Egypt's first refinery to involve private investment, one of the largest grassroots refineries to start up this year.
For the sake of health, governments should uncouple marketing from science in environmental politics. A good place to start is the US Environmental Protection Agency.
How casually the environmentalists dismiss ANWR's oil potential (OGJ, Feb. 26, 2001, p. 19) in the Feb. 15, 2001, study by World Resources Institute (WRI).
While official forecasts of Russia's crude oil and condensate output this year stand firm at 325 million tonnes (6.5 million b/d), the Moscow-based International Center for Petroleum Business Studies (ICPBS), contends that the country's crude oil output will reach as much as 335-400 million tonnes (6.7-6.8 million b/d).
Qatar Petroleum and the United Arab Emirates Offsets Group (UOG) have signed a $4 billion deal for the Dolphin natural gas project that clears the way for the development and transportation of 2 bcfd of gas from North field off Qatar to Abu Dhabi and Dubai starting as early as 2003.
Japan should reconsider its energy security strategy, which is outdated, given changes in international market forces and global politics, contends Cambridge Energy Research Associates.
The actual business of selling fuel to motorists, it turns out, is kind of a loss leader for the Royal Dutch/Shell Group-and, one supposes, most diversified oil companies.
Oil companies did not conspire to drive up the price of gasoline last summer in the US Midwest, the US Federal Trade Commission has told the House of Representatives committee probing the matter.
US oil industry groups last week praised a surprise decision by US President George W. Bush to oppose mandatory controls on carbon dioxide emissions for power plants.
US Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) this week is expected to introduce legislation that fellow Democrats say will provide a more pragmatic approach to energy policy.
Top UK independent oil and gas firms are reporting record profits for 2000, citing higher oil and gas prices as the chief driver behind their increased earnings.
A model, using the vertical lift performance (VLP) for each oil producing well in a UK North Sea oil field, improved the predictions of the productivity index (PI) over the field's life.
InterOil Corp., Cairns, Australia, is building a US$180 million hydroskimming refinery in Napa Napa, Papua New Guinea (PNG), on the western side of the Port Moresby Harbor.
In the winter 1999-2000, Chevron Canada Resources, Calgary, successfully completed a hot tap on the Simonette high-pressure sour gas transmission line near Grande Prairie, Alta.
