Production from West Africa is at a turning point. The traditional West Africa shallow-water play is declining, and several deepwater developments discovered in the mid to late...
A capability assessment of a North American refinery's gasoline blending system helped the company determine if it was a good candidate for upgrading to an advanced control system...
Three scenarios using data from the Blake Ridge area off the US southeastern coast explain possible ways for exploiting gas-hydrate deposits found in deep water.
Operator draws on new drilling optimization systems in Western Canada Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. used two new drilling optimization techniques developed by Baker Hughes—an...
Iraqis deserve expectation that they'll succeed Iraq's election Jan. 30 did more than testify to the manifest courage of a long-oppressed and still-beleaguered people.
The evolution and developments described in Part 1 of this series (OGJ, Jan. 24, 2005, p. 54) have fundamentally changed the nature of the international LNG industry particularly...
Market balance changed between OPEC meetings In less than 2 months after the December meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the global balance between ...
With production levels at approximately 350,000 b/d of oil from two producing fields and a third field approaching first oil, the Canadian Province of Newfoundland and Labrador...
It has taken almost 30 years (since the giant Anschutz Ranch field discovery in 1975) to revisit Great basin Hingeline geology—leading to another giant oil and gas discovery in...
The oil market remains vulnerable to shocks like those of the 1970s, warned Olivier Appert, president of Institut Français du Pétrole (IFP), in his annual assessment delivered...
The production capacity of Iraqi oil in 2005 will primarily depend on political developments in the country after the Jan. 30 elections and the possibility of forming a harmonious...
China and India took center stage as four forecasters described possible implications of their surging energy demand at a recent hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources...
Sabotage and technical problems will keep Iraqi oil production below capacity levels again this year, said a report from World Markets Research Centre, part of Global Insight ...
Lukens Energy Group, Houston, forecasts that natural gas prices at Henry Hub will average $5.25-6/MMbtu for 2005 based upon the consultant's expectations for fuel oil prices.
Indonesia riles LNG buyers with supply disruption Indonesia's reputation as a reliable supplier of liquefied natural gas has come into question once again due to a new disruption...