In 2006, Russia’s CJSC Elvary Neftegaz, a joint venture between OAO Rosneft and BP Exploration Operating Co. Ltd., drilled the top hole sections of two wells off Sakhalin Island...
The oil and gas industry has entered a new era characterized by diversity of energy supply, market uncertainty, and changing roles for oil companies, said speakers at the Offshore...
Venezuela President Hugo Chavez’s government took over that country’s last remaining privately run oil fields on May 1, intensifying a decisive struggle with the oil industry ...
US oil and gas drilling reached a 21-year peak during 2007’s first 3 months and was nearly twice the level of first-quarter drilling activity during the 1990s, the American Petroleum...
NUS Interior Sec. Dirk Kempthorne announced a preliminary final 5-year Outer Continental Shelf leasing plan on Apr. 30 that DOI says could produce 10 million bbl of oil, 45 tcf...
Intec EngineeringHouston, has announced the appointment of Stephen Rivers as engineering director, Asia Pacific. He will be based in Perth, but have responsibilities for the entire...
Categorical exclusions (CEs) from environmental documentation authorized under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 are not compromising federal lands in the US West, land-use officials...
The ink was barely dry on a report by the International Maritime Bureau about pirate attacks on oil ships and installations around the globe when some bad guys decided to put ...
General Interest - Quick TakesSaudis, citing oil attack plans, arrest 172Saudi Arabia’s ministry of interior Apr. 27 announced the arrest of 172 Islamic militants it said were...
After granting several individual exceptions, the US Minerals Management Service is establishing standard operating procedures for managed-pressure drilling (MPD) in the Gulf ...
Land drilling bolstered US gas production in 2006, a warmer than normal year characterized by lower imports from Canada, reduced LNG imports from fewer countries, and above average...
