Field examples from the Western Desert of Egypt show the effectiveness of compressional-wave velocity (Vp) and shear-wave velocity (Vs) crossplots for identifying the type of ...
With 2003 natural gas production outside the US and Canada growing and North American production (excluding Mexico) falling, it is little wonder that gas processing activity last...
Global demand for LPG has grown rapidly for many years. Much of this growth has occurred in regions east of the Suez Canal, which has shifted international trade patterns.
In one of the many LPG projects throughout the Middle East, Bahrain National Gas Co. (Banagas) last month awarded Foster Wheeler Ltd. a frontend engineering and design contract...
The weak US gas processing economic environment may increase the cost of imported LNG, as LNG importers are forced to process imported LNG volumes in order to meet US pipeline...
The opening up of natural gas markets substantially improves security and reliability of supply, but governments must continue to play an important, albeit ever-changing, role...
US DOE calls for new NPC refinery study this fall US Sec. of Energy Spencer Abraham last week asked the National Petroleum Council to conduct and complete a study of US refining...
Energy prices seesawed daily early last week, with the new near-month August contract for US light, sweet crudes falling 68¢ to $37.57/bbl June 23 on the New York Mercantile Exchange...
Poverty and fuel choice Energy governance in much of the developing world works like this: Hopeless people surviving in crowded squalor organize themselves enough to demand relief...
The World Bank Group's (WBG) extractive industries section June 18 said it plans to dramatically change its lending practices for developing nations looking to expand oil, natural...
Comfort lost It makes for chilling reading: Staff Statement No. 16 for the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, better known as the "9-11 Commission...
Saudi oil supply With regard to the Saudi ultimate oil supply role, the Saudi Minister of Petroleum & Mineral Resources, Mr. Al-Naimi, made the following statement in an interview...
Events of 2003 did not bear out earlier forecasts for substantial growth in worldwide LPG trade, according to the most recent Shipping Review & Outlook from Clarkson Research ...
New IRIS in-line scrubber technology offers operators of reciprocating and turbocompressors an alternative to traditional methods of separating liquids from gas in pipelines.
The cooling season is upon us with a vengeance. A recent heat wave across the US, in tandem with outages at several nuclear power plants, has helped nudge natural gas spot and...
The realization of major cost and cycle-time savings in ultradeepwater projects requires the intersection of three major lean energy processes discussed in Parts 1-5 of this series...