Yielding to prolonged political pressure, Unocal Corp. has agreed to cut the price of natural gas it sells to PTT PLC, the partially privatized Thai energy firm.
The petroleum industry, historically, has drilled wells with steel pipe. Technology advances, however, have enabled engineers to design, build, and introduce a hybrid-drilling...
The US oil and natural gas industry takes pride in its longstanding security standards and crisis management plans for protecting property, assets, and stakeholders from natural...
In the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the US, press attention has focused on the international terrorist threat. That is understandable, but local grievances...
Although commercial applications of composite coiled-tubing systems for drilling and well construction are limited, the work performed in test wells has yielded interesting results...
Multinational oil and gas companies are scrambling to find ways to cope with worsening and evolving new levels of threats to the security of their expatriate workers.
Conventional natural gas supplies will not be enough to meet the North American market's demand for gas over the next decade. In the coming years, demand will have to be met through...
After a tumultuous weekend in which he briefly lost control of the country, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is back in power. But while the political firestorm may appear to ...
Despite Iraq's Apr. 8 announcement of a 30-day suspension of oil exports and turmoil at Petroleos de Venezuela SA in Venezuela, the oil market has responded in a muted fashion...
Electronic procurement (e-procurement) will continue to play a leading role in gaining cost efficiencies and saving time within the oil and gas industry's exploration and production...
There's more to US energy policy than drilling in Alaska or expanding fuel ethanol production. But both topics have largely overshadowed the public's interest in other industry...
Sens. Frank Murkowski (R-Alas.), Ted Stevens (R-Alas.), and John Breaux (D-La.) have introduced a long-anticipated amendment to a pending Senate energy bill Apr. 16 that would...
"You're scaring the hell out of me!" the company vice-president said. And he wasn't talking to a terrorist; he was conferring with a consultant who thoroughly knows terrorism ...
I enjoyed the Editorial "Energy policy, expertise" in OGJ Apr. 8, 2002, p. 21. This is the information the general public needs to see to bolster the need for domestic exploration...
The new BusWorks 930MB Series input-output modules capture data from as many as four RTD temperature sensors or resistance input signals for communication over a Modbus network...
