Substantial progress is being made in improving oil and gas well permitting in the Rocky Mountains under a pilot program, two officials from the Department of the Interior told...
Two days after it combined the two main offshore oil and gas leasing bills it had received, the US House Resources Committee passed HR 4761 by a 29-9 vote on June 21.
Continued worldwide economic growth has made the US government’s leading energy analysts revise their international forecast through 2030 to reflect significantly higher oil prices...
Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Houston, is acquiring Kerr-McGee Corp. in Oklahoma City and Western Gas Resources Inc. (WGR), Denver, in separate cash transactions totaling $21.1 billion...
Christine A. Hansen knew she was fighting an uphill battle when she called on several US House and Senate members to explain why federal support still is needed for domestic oil...
The US and Canada posted good gains in drilling in the first half of 2006 compared with the same period of 2005, while drilling elsewhere in the world was nearly flat year on ...
Contract sanctity surfaced as an issue as representatives of three major oil companies and a large independent producer testified about price thresholds and deepwater royalty ...
Plains All American Pipeline LP, Houston, has agreed to buy Pacific Energy Partners LP of Long Beach, Calif., for $2.4 billion, including the assumption of debt and other costs...
The National Petroleum Council outlined plans June 21 for a global oil and gas study that its members hope will lead to better government energy policies and increased public ...
Energy independence has become the watchword of politicians in many areas of the world, and was very much at the forefront of US politicking last week.
General Interest - Quick TakesIraq establishes buyers for Kirkuk crudeIraq has sold 4 million bbl of Kirkuk crude to ExxonMobil Corp. and Turkish oil refiner Tupras from a tender...
Clinton’s energy planYou did a fine job debunking Sen. Hillary Clinton’s energy proposals (OGJ, June 12, 2006, p. 19). Let me add just a couple of points. In the first place, ...
Waffling prices seemed unusually volatile in crude futures markets in the second quarter when actually “the exact reverse is true,” said Paul Horsnell with Barclays Capital Inc...
The US Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Administration needs to clarify in each waiver application for an increase in pipeline maximum allowable operating pressure what maximum ...
Prominent goals of many energy policies these days are conservation, the displacement of oil by nearly anything else, and diminished reliance on oil from members of the Organization...
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