Volume 103, Issue 2

When Sen. Pete V. Domenici (R-NM), was reelected chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee for the 109th Congress on Jan. 4, the first issue he mentioned was oil ...

It may have ignited the Senate filibuster that defeated comprehensive energy legislation in 2004.

Indonesia's LNG industry, spared damage in the devastating Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami that hit North Sumatra and Aceh, has resumed shipments to Japan and South Korea after...

Will the oil-market strength of 2004 continue through 2005?

Oil and gas operations in Southeast Asia were remarkably unscathed by the tsunamis that hit 11 countries, killing an estimated 150,000 people, following an earthquake Dec. 26....

Pakistan National Shipping Corp. (PNSC) has purchased a fourth Aframax-class oil tanker named M.T. Lalazar for $13.5 million. The 113,881 dwt vessel is the largest ever to join...

Fundamentals look strong for US-based, integrated oil and gas companies at the start of 2005, although the firms are unlikely to achieve the record earnings and refining margins...

Carbon dioxide capture and underground storage could constitute as much as half of the global emissions reduction by 2050, according to the International Energy Agency in the ...

With markets faced by both rising costs and escalating demand for natural gas, today's unconventional gas resources "cannot remain unconventional," said Raymond C. Pilcher, president...

The merger of OAO Gazprom and OAO Rosneft is expected to be finalized early this year, and the assets of OAO Yukos unit Yuganskneftegas will not be involved in the initial consolidation...

Osama bin Laden exercises a powerful impact on world oil markets.

Talks are continuing between Pakistan and Iran about the proposed Pak-Iran gas pipeline megaproject.

More fun with language This column, which has been called Journally Speaking since the late Henry Ralph invented it in 1948, provokes a great range of response from readers.

Energy prices remained volatile in normally thin trading volumes between Christmas and New Year holidays at the close of 2004.

Cyclops is a new software that integrates, manipulates, and visualizes multiple geology and reservoir engineering data sets in a single environment.

Quadra Resources Corp., Calgary, is to drill a second well on the Becerril structure in the Cesar basin, where it drilled an indicated gas discovery in late 2003.

Among all the arguments about the war in Iraq, one of the most divisive rages over this question: Do the ouster of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and ensuing combat constitute...

Baker Hughes Inc.www.bakerhughes.com

Gaither Petroleum Corp., private Houston independent, and Eurogas Corp., Calgary, acquired 350 sq km of 3D seismic data on the Sfax Permit in the Gulf of Gabes northwest of giant...

Petroleo Brasileiro SA said it started seismic surveys in the 8,000-acre Tusan block in the southern Persian Gulf.

Petroleum Authority of Mongolia has signed an exploration contract with Storm Cat Energy Corp., Calgary, to assess coalbed methane potential near Ulaanbaatar.

Total SA said it will decline to resume operations in southern Sudan "until peace and genuine, lasting security have been restored in the region."

Nexen Inc., Calgary, plans to expand activity on Block 51 in Yemen as part of a company-wide $2.6 billion capital budget, up 27% from 2004 outlays.

Southwestern Energy Co., Houston, plans to increase the outlay for its emerging low permeability Mississippian Fayetteville shale play in the Arkoma basin as part of a 24% increase...