When the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) published the September 2011 edition of its Petroleum Supply Monthly, it marked the sixth month out of the previous 9 in which...
Continuing a trend starting in 1983, the Nelson-Farrar refinery construction index rose quickly to 2,378.1 in December 2010 from 2,281.6 in January that year (see table at right...
The US Senate voted overwhelmingly to proceed with debate on Sen. Robert Menendez's (D-NJ) bill to increase taxes on the five largest US oil companies by repealing several federal...
The Powder River Basin Resource Council (PRBRC) and other groups asked Wyoming's Seventh District Court to require the Wyoming Oil & Gas Conservation Commission (WOGCC) in Casper...
Establishing a regional low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS) for 11 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic US states would not establish its proponent's goals and would significantly increase ...
Unconventional resource estimates, especially US natural gas resource estimates, have escalated in recent years. Simultaneously, debate about the accuracy of particular shale ...
More pipeline capacity will be needed to handle changing US crude oil and refining markets, the Association of Oil Pipe Lines said as US President Barack Obama prepared to visit...
The Silly Season has arrived earlier than usual in Washington—undoubtedly because gasoline prices have soared, and many members of Congress feel their constituents' pain more ...
Hydraulic perforating equipment malfunctioned during initial attempts to perforate and flow-test the Wilcox F sand at the Davy Jones indicated discovery well on South Marsh Island...
Michael Socarras Chadbourne & Parke Washington, DCThe Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), endorsed by US President Barack Obama and supported by oil companies...
Research sponsored by the US government seeks development of new chemical methods for improving mobility and conformance of carbon dioxide floods in enhanced oil recovery.
A new chapter is unfolding in the story of the unconventional oil and natural gas development boom that has revolutionized the global energy industry: its embrace of cutting-edge...
Miscible CO2 now accounts for more oil production in the US than any other enhanced oil recovery method, eclipsing steam injection in Oil & Gas Journal's 2012 EOR/Heavy Oil Survey...
Click here to download the pdf of the "Planned EOR projects" TablesClick here to download the pdf of the "Producing thermal EOR in US" TablesClick here to download the pdf of ...
ArgentinaApache Corp. in February initiated a long-term test of the Vaca Muerta shale at the Hua.x-1 well on the 250,000-acre Huacalera block in the western Neuquen basin in Argentina...
New gas compressorHere's the new T-Style (THG600 Series) horizontal gas compressor.These units offer the largest capacity of any of the company's compressors. Uses include wellhead...
The American Petroleum Institute launched a new campaign to educate consumers in seven states about the consequences of increasing oil and gas production costs as the US Senate...
Some 30 years after Edwin Drake drilled the first oil well in 1859, an official in the US Geological Service declared that all the available crude in the world had been found....
Grup Servicii Petroliere SA (GSP),Meanwhile, GSP recently secured a long-term drilling contract for the jack up GSP Saturn as well as its first pipe-lay contract for the GSP Falcon...
The recent article "Focusing on corruption" argues that the fight against corruption "is too important to be allowed to serve as cover for other political agendas..
This article was written to express a professional opinion regarding the use of available groundwater technology to reduce both real and perceived water quality impacts from shale...
In service to the quality of discourse, the oil and gas industry should fall silent on energy independence and hope that others who converse about energy recognize the consequent...
World-class deepwater natural gas discoveries offshore in the Indian Ocean have turned the East African margin into one of the planet's hottest exploration theaters.Early exploratory...
If global LNG players looked to 2011 for clarity about and even solutions to some of their most vexing problems—a global imbalance in supply and demand chief among them—the year...
New federal safety rules on offshore oil and gas activities are among several developments making it very important for operators to have up-to-date information on chemicals at...
As a result of the disruption in nuclear power operations since Mar. 11, 2011, Japan's demand for LNG as well as low-sulfur fuel oil and crude oil for power generation increased...