Unconventional oil and gas shale plays have prompted state legislatures along the US East Coast to update or create regulatory frameworks covering hydraulic fracturing and water...
Gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology is now economically viable in the long term in North America and can be deployed in the midstream as an alternative to, or integrated with, traditional...
High-temperature hydrogen attack was the focus of extensive questions and discussion at the 2011 American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers's Q&A and Technology Forum, Oct....
Following are brief descriptions of rig-building shipyards in the US.Vicksburg, Miss.The LeTourneau yard in Vicksburg, Miss., was the first shipyard to build a jack up rig in ...
Among the most common designs built in the US, the Tarzan is the smallest class, while the Super 116E and 240C are approximately the same size (Fig. 5). The Super Gorilla is the...
A new technique has been developed for analyzing the bottomhole pressure at constant flow rate drawdown well tests. The method presented in this article enables calculation of...
Billions of barrels of oil that could increase domestic supply, help reduce imports, and improve US energy security may be potentially recoverable from residual oil zones, according...
Malcolm Webb, chief executive of Oil & Gas UK, submitted the following illustrations to show the recent status and short to medium term outlook for UK North Sea operations. Links...
Five basins on the US East Coast contain an estimated mean undiscovered natural gas resource of nearly 3.9 tcf and a mean undiscovered natural gas liquids resource of 135 million...
Deep federal spending cuts and tax increases due to automatically kick in early next year actually may force Congress and the White House to finally begin addressing the federal...
As with most LNG news from North America, excess is common (Fig. 1). In fact, most proposed and planned LNG export projects will never see the light of day.
US Senate Republicans and Democrats offered similar legislation as the US House adopted a bill that would replace the Obama administration's proposed US Outer Continental Shelf...
The Eagle Ford shale play in South Texas is a contender for the best tight oil play in the US based on strong drilling results, large prospective area, and magnitude of resource...
Encana Corp. and BG Group each separately reported noncash writedowns in the value of their US natural gas shale assets on July 27 during presentations on second-quarter financial...
New logging-while-drilling formation evaluation serviceNeoScope, a new sourceless logging-while-drilling formation evaluation service, is based on pulsed neutron generator technology...
US refiners' ability to meet federal requirements for renewable fuels will be strained for the rest of 2012. But that's nothing compared with what they face in 2013, according...
If oil and gas workers don't read fiction, a reason might be the dearth of fiction grounded in basic knowledge about, let alone respect for, their business.
Oklahoma, the 46th state admitted into the US, ranks 20th in size, 28th in population, 36th in population density, and 45th in median household income, according to various online...
Gas in vehicles I read with interest your editorial entitled "Gas as vehicle fuel" (OGJ, June 4, p. 26). Good points. Here is one more.One big problem with using natural gas or...
Energy Measurement Consulting LLC,Houston, agreed to distribute the patented Vergence GasPT2 natural gas metering system in the US and Canada for CUI Global Inc., Tualatin, Ore...
Pipeline operators must analyze how different leak-detection systems affect the total cost of a leak. Whether the additional money spent on a more sophisticated system is a worthwhile...
