Drilling industry leaders spoke out during plenaries at a recent conference about responsibility for new technology development and the causes of commercial failures of some new...
During the next few years, worldwide refiners will confront the challenges of mismatched regional supply and demand for refined products, tightening fuel specifications, less ...
Forest Oil Corp. announced an acquisition in early 2005 that would compliment a series of acquisitions and strategic direction that the company has been implemented since late...
Range Resources Corp., Fort Worth, reported replacing more than 8 times its 2004 production last year, including replenishing more than double its production through drilling ...
The Middle East's crude oil production capacity will continue to rise by 4.35 million b/d from 2003's estimate of 23.9 million b/d, reaching 28.3 million b/d of oil by 2010.
Singapore has taken measures to protect key oil and chemical port facilities from terrorist attack following several recent attacks on tankers in and near the Malacca Straits ...
The Suez Canal Authority announced record income last week, saying it had earned close to $4 billion in transit fees for the first time since nationalization of the waterway in...
The Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC) investigating the Oil-for-Food Program in Iraq has cleared United Nations Sec.-Gen. Kofi Annan from wrongdoing in relation to money his...
Energy efficiency is the fastest way of cutting carbon emissions and mitigating climate change but is not on the agenda of many policy-makers worldwide, a meeting of UK energy...
Just a few months ago, oil economists were debating if the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries had the power to hold oil prices in the mid-$20/bbl range. There was talk...
The Natural Gas Supply Association urged the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to adopt the use of pipeline tariffs as a way to address natural gas quality and interchangeability...
Higher world oil prices and modest costs of acquiring acreage have boosted the interest of small and midsize oil companies in Frances's mature exploration and production business...
January gasoline demand in the US has increased from its year-earlier level in each of the last 9 years but 1, and 2005 appears likely to follow the trend, said Energy Security...
Europe's largest built hydrocracker shipped to France GE Energy has build and shipped a 48,000 b/d distillate hydrocracker - one of the largest ever built in Europe
A leveling of index statistics from previous roller-coaster patterns is expected in the industry, according to an economist who prepares the Texas PetroIndex for the Texas Alliance...
Have sustained high crude oil prices started to reverberate throughout the US economy? Analysts and observers who loudly proclaimed a year ago that the economy was absorbing rising...
Future investments by Brazil's state-owned Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) in Bolivia's oil and gas industry will be jeopardized if Bolivia's proposed hydrocarbons bill is ...
At this time of year, many Americans are planning summer vacations. Many will hit the highways in sport utility vehicles (SUVs) or minivans and face a dilemma.
Energy futures prices fluctuated strongly Mar. 22-24 in reaction to a succession of different influences that caused markets first to fall and then to rebound.
The Canadian Association of Oil Producers (CAPP) has assessed the need for additional oil pipeline capacity in a report released in February "Crude Oil Pipeline Expansion Summary...
Aberdeen, has appointed Dicky Robichaux as vice-president of well intervention. Robichaux, a recognized authority on hydraulic workovers, snubbing, and well intervention, joins...
A look at recent history and current developments in certain countries of Latin America gives an uneven prospect on the implementation of privatization and deregulation, industry...
A Malaysian investment concern will take over as license operator and conduct a study of the Dome Flore heavy oil deposit in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal and Guinea Bissau, ...
Williams Cos., Tulsa, plans to ramp up drilling in the Piceance basin at the end of 2005 as it fields new purpose-built rigs in Garfield and Rio Blanco counties, Colo.
Newfield Exploration Co., Houston, is pressing development of giant Monument Butte oil and gas field in the northern Uinta basin, where it estimates more than 1 billion bbl of...