Nelson-Farrar indexes for finished steels changed randomly during the period 1998-2001. Generally speaking, the alloy steels changed less than carbon steel products.
New reactor internals increased the feed rate, but the design retained the existing reactor shell to maintain a constant structure and foundation load. Internal clearances were...
The drilling industry employs mud-pulse telemetry worldwide to transmit drilling and formation evaluation data from the bottomhole. Current models consider the drilling mud to...
A new equation for accurate approximation of the Moody friction factor in the general gas-flow equation better approximates a wide range of Reynolds numbers than previously published...
Remember The Case of the Missing Barrels? That was a controversy of a few years back when critics blamed an apparent gap in the International Energy Agency's supply data as a ...
With Brazil under financial siege, there's talk of contagion in South America-a regional economic slump like the one that cascaded through Asia in 1997 and threw the oil market...
The US Gulf of Mexico (GOM) has been and continues as a major source of domestic oil and natural gas supplies. Recently, some have begun to speculate that this critical domestic...
The US should encourage increased and diversified energy production from a range of foreign suppliers, especially those in more secure areas, senior officials of the George W....
Dynegy Inc. reported June 19 that Rob Doty has resigned from his position as executive vice-president and chief financial officer, and the company has appointed Louis Dorey to...
As anticipated, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries decided last week to keep its current oil production quota through September. OPEC members called for cooperation...
Overall oil market fundamentals remained strong during 2001, as shown by the higher-than-average financial performances of a sampling of integrated oil and gas companies. Robust...
Dynegy revealed on June 24 a $2 billion capital scheme to shore up its liquidity and reduce its debt. The news follows close on the heels of the energy marketer's June 19 announcement...
While California conjures up the image of a perpetual battleground for oil and gas producers, there are, nevertheless, "opportunities in that turmoil," says Larry Bates, the new...
Installation of ejectors has extended the life of 17 mature coalbed meth ane wells operated by BP America Production Co. in northwestern New Mexico and southwestern Colorado.