An atmospheric crude tower at Atlantic Richfield Co.'s Carson, Calif., refinery experienced a severe operating instability shortly after being revamped. During the revamp, high...
Placement of an adjustable-gauge stabilizer within the bearing housing of a steerable motor avoids problems encountered by stabilizers located above or below the motor.
Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco) has initiated a gas development program that requires acid fracturing wells in the Khuff carbonate reservoir of South Ghawar to deliver 1....
A legislative battle is shaping in the US Congress over whether more regulatory oversight of energy markets is needed in the wake of the Enron Corp. financial debacle, according...
Rumors circulated last week that oil industry representatives are ready to compromise with ethanol interests over additives for reformulated gasoline. Here's hoping they're not...
IEA's initial estimates of worldwide oil production since output reduction pledges went into effect Jan. 1 show that it dropped 510,000 b/d last month from an average of 76.8 ...
A coalition of US industry trade groups representing both major and independent oil and gas companies is unhappy with pending legislation designed to update federal coastal zoning...
Having spent some time recently listening to the directors of the major oil companies reveal their annual profits and aspirations for the coming year, one could be forgiven for...
In the shadow of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, DC, "our greatest new risk could be failing to take the old risks essential to earning the rewards...
Government agencies that oversee various aspects of US energy markets should consider forming an interagency task force to monitor new business trends in the oil, gas, and electric...
Enbridge Pipelines Inc., subsidiary of Enbridge Inc., Calgary, at yearend 2001 had completed consolidation of its 16 control centers in North America into a single centralized...
Westport, Conn., has announced the appointment of Thomas R. Bates Jr. as a managing director. Bates, with more than 25 years of energy industry experience, will lead Lime Rock...
This new MRO Super Kit Plus contains a variety of dielectric safety tools that are commonly used by personnel working in an energized circuit environment.
First Calgary Petroleums Ltd. let a contract to Entreprise Nationale de Geophysique to acquire 230 sq km of 3D seismic data on the 1,091 sq km Block 406a (Rhourde Yacoub) in the...
Nearly 20 years ago in a very entrepreneurial division of a major oil and gas company, a vice president defined the author's mission as being "to increase rate and maintain or...