Design guidelines outline solutions for reducing fouling in distillation columns DISTILLATION—1 When designing mass transfer equipment for fouling service, one must first understand...
A new, multicyclic approach to modeling future global production of natural gas reaffiRMS an outlook for growing dependence of Western nations on the Middle East and Russia for...
Stress vs. emergency Market trends never last unless governments try to reverse the ones they dislike. While no one expects crude oil prices to plummet anytime soon, adjustments...
Officials from oil-producing states saw a slight increase last year in the number of college graduates entering the US oil and gas business, but the pace was not enough to stem...
The price for West Texas Intermediate crude oil posted prices has averaged $33.41/ bbl for the first half of this year compared with $28.15/bbl for the same time last year.
The US Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service is giving industry and other interested stakeholders until Sept. 21 to offer comments on what industry officials...
Both Gaz de France (GDF) and Total SA—France's historic operators—have set up web sites outlining their temporary natural gas release programs required by France's Energy Regulatory...
Crude oil prices reached new highs Aug. 9, with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' basket of seven benchmark crudes hitting $40.04/ bbl, the highest level in 20...
In its 2004 in-depth review of France's energy policies, the International Energy Agency was full of praise for the country's successful achievement so far of the famous "three...
Renewable energy gaining market share in Europe Europe is well on its way toward achieving its pledged target of having nearly 22% of its entire energy supply in renewable energy...
It's up to the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to decide, possibly this year, if industry should keep paying a government-mandated surcharge to fund natural gas research...
The establishment of a single European gas and electricity market—and even regional markets—is still a distant goal, contends France's Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) in its...
Paul N. "Red" Adair was an oil industry legend long before his death at 89 on Aug. 7 and one of the few people in this business popular enough to be the subject of a joke.
The basic facts on production and "proved" reserves quoted by Arlie M. Skov (OGJ, July 26, 2004, p. 10) cannot be disputed. What is disputable, however, are the conclusions he...
Expected operating conditions for two planned oil export pipelines at Petrobras' Capixaba North Terminal (TNC) prompted the company to modify conventional installation and burial...