Since the privatization of Argentina's energy sector beginning in 1992, South America's Southern Cone has under- gone dramatic changes in natural gas and power markets.
Norske Conoco AS and Kvaerner Oil Field Products AS have developed a high-pressure composite drilling riser for field demonstration, which they believe is the world's first.
Commissioning will be completed and commercial operation will begin this quarter in Port Arthur, Tex., at the world's largest single-train olefins plant.
Changes in the US natural gas industry in the past 2 decades have been revolutionary: commoditization of natural gas, growth of market centers, pervasiveness of risk-management tools, and electronic trading.
Your article entitled, "Oil and gas industry continues to grapple with technical personnel shortage," (OGJ, Sept. 24, 2001, p. 22) reinforces the obvious fact that industry continues to disregard the hundreds, if not thousands, of qualified mid-career technical personnel who are unemployed or underemployed.
The future of Canada's continuing capacity to produce and export oil lies in the massive oil sands deposits in the Fort McMurray region of northern Alberta.
While the Sept. 11 attacks on the US will add some uncertainty to the nation's projected demand for natural gas, Arlington, Va.-based Energy Ventures Analysts Inc. (EVA) expects heating season demand to be relatively flat compared with last year.
US Senate leaders have opted to bypass the committee process to bring energy policy legislation to the floor this fall-a bill that will not propose leasing of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain.