The US House of Represenatives, on a 252-172 vote late July 17, approved a measure that seeks to prohibit new drilling activity on 36 undeveloped federal oil and gas leases off...
Additions to Asia Pacific's refining capacity in the past 4-5 years have transformed the region from a major net importer to a net exporter of refined products.
A relatively simple method of estimating sand velocity and hold-up in multiphase flowlines allows a design engineer to determine whether a producing well needs a sand-exclusion...
The petroleum industry has demonstrated support for international standardization by issuing in the past 3 years a stream of standards through the Geneva-based International Organizatio...
President George W. Bush's top environmental enforcers have sought to reassure skeptical senators of US Northeast states that they will still prosecute refiners and power generators...
Saudi Arabia is one of the world's richest countries in hydrocarbon resources. Its overall economic stability and growth are heavily dependent on these resources. An ambitious...
Petróleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) announced an agreement in principle to acquire a controlling interest in Argentina's Perez Companc SA from the Perez Companc family and its ...
Congress this year may pass legislation creating two new cabinets, both of which the White House endorses in principle. Serious negotiations are under way for a cabinet-level ...
The casual observer generally rejects the possibility of hydrocarbons occurring in the Precambrian basement rocks of Ohio and surrounding region. However, it appears that a major...
On a 423-4 vote, the US House of Representatives last week decisively passed a compromise pipeline safety measure largely supported by industry, as House and Senate leaders continued...
The triple threat of political tensions in the Middle East and Latin America, dwindling US exploration for natural gas, and limited access to known low-cost reserves could drive...
Due to a combination of increased domestic supplies and "exceptionally weak" demand, US petroleum imports fell more than 8% during the first half of this year-the largest 6-month...
Mark Weller has been named president of Houston-based independent Pan gea Petroleum Corp., Houston. Weller, who has worked as a consultant for Pangea for the last 6 months, has...
Brazil's National Petroleum Agency (ANP) reported that Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) flares more than 8 million cu m/day (MMcmd) of natural gas in the Campos basin off Rio...
Years ago this editor paid bills working a second job as a caretaker on a friend's horse ranch near Lake Conroe, Tex. As horse breeders know, the breeding and selling of horses...
In your editorial, July 8, 2002, p. 19, "Time to pick sides," I couldn't agree with you more that companies must actively tell the true story about fossil fuels and human activities...
