An operations planning and economics improvement project at ConocoPhillips's Lake Charles, La., refinery successfully developed and implemented high-quality kinetic process models...
The probable cause of an accidental explosion during a tubing cleanout in an oil well in China was hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) decomposing into oxygen and heat. The explosion destroyed...
The ability to log wells from behind casing is a key addition to available formation evaluation services because it enables operators to assess bypassed zones, analyze time effects...
Mboundi field in Congo (Brazza-ville) has quickly become one of West Africa's largest onshore oil discoveries in the last 20 years, and it also contains a large volume of gas....
Technology progression within advanced process control (APC) continues to evolve; however, it is the relationship among core APC developments, enabling technologies, and management...
As Egypt has enjoyed the addition of significant gas reserves in the Nile Delta offshore, the long-underrated western desert has come alive with major discoveries of liquid and...
The boards of Royal Dutch/Shell Group and Shell Transport & Trading Co. (ST&T) have proposed to shareholders that the companies be merged under a single parent company, Royal ...
Libya is "the central exploration and production buzz for 2005" among international oil companies looking for access to potentially giant oil and gas fields, said energy analyst...
As US voters went to the polls Nov. 2, the near-month crude contract dropped below $50/bbl on the New York Mercantile Exchange for the first time in 4 weeks, with benchmark US...
Hurdles ahead for growth in non-OPEC liquids output During the last 40 years, the world has experienced almost uninterrupted crude oil demand and production growth.
The story in the Oct. 29 Washington Post about oil companies' improved third-quarter earnings might have made industry lobbyists pause because it included a still volatile word...
Iraq can accelerate reconstruction and boost its economic growth if it promptly welcomes foreign direct investment (FDI) to its oil industry and establishes a stable fiscal regime...
Japan and China have emerged with widely differing views of the results of talks held Oct. 25 that aimed at resolving a maritime boundary dispute affecting potential natural gas...
It has been a trait of human beings for at least thousands of years to commemorate important events during their lifetimes by creating lasting monuments made of stone or steel...
