The Japanese continue to evaluate natural methane hydrates in the Nankai trough, drilling 32 wells through bottom-simulating reflectors (BSRs) during a 2004 research program.
Iraq’s oil future rests in the reestablishment of Iraq National Oil Co. (INOC), which was taken over by the country’s ministry of oil in the late 1980s.
Oil and gas production and distribution from the hurricane-ravaged US Gulf Coast will return to nearly normal operation by December, predicts the US Energy Information Administration...
General Interest - Quick TakesUS waives Jones Act in Katrina aftermathThe US Department of Homeland Security has waived the Jones Act, allowing foreign-flagged vessels to transport...
The oil and gas industry should treat seriously the final report of the Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC) investigating the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program in Iraq.
US gasoline markets already were tight when Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, and recovery from the storm’s damage will only moderately relieve the resulting price ...
A unit of China National Petroleum Corp. has offered $4.18 billion for PetroKazakhstan Inc., Calgary, and the boards of both companies have approved the offer.
“Inside the beltway” normally refers to those politicians, bureaucrats, and other interested citizens who work in the US capital, as well as the often insular nature in which ...
AustraliaInnamincka Petroleum Ltd., Brisbane, declared a new gas field discovery in the Ginko prospect on PEL 101 in the South Australian Cooper basin 70 km north of the Moomba...
With regard to anxiety about gasoline price “gouging” arising from Hurricane Katrina’s unprecedented disruption of US oil supply, a few observations need to be made.
New process float steam trapClick here to enlarge imageThis new 2 in. JL9X/JLH9X high capacity cast iron-cast steel float and thermostatic trap is inline-repairable to provide...
A fifth test on the Pecos Rio Grande prospect in the nonproducing southern Val Verde basin is scheduled for November 2005 by Patterson Petroleum LP, Austin, in conjunction with...