The US Environmental Protection Agency Feb. 9 enacted new Mobile Source Air Toxics regulations designed to significantly decrease toxic fumes from gasoline, vehicles, and fuel...
Gazprom unveiled in September 2005 a short list of five foreign companies being considered as partners in Shtokmanovskoye, a supergiant gas-condensate field located in 350 m of...
US tax credits for biodiesel mixtures can provide significant tax advantages for producers that understand and properly follow the regulations, which continue to be in effect ...
Energy executives met in a Feb. 7 roundtable discussion with billionaire businessman Ted Turner and Timothy E. Wirth, president of the United Nations Foundation and former US ...
The US Minerals Management Service’s proposed budget for fiscal 2008 includes $1.45 million for the first of a 2-year initiative to institute an interactive payment reconciliation...
Nine US refineries account for only 15% of the nation’s total capacity but represent one third of the carcinogenic emissions reported by the oil industry, according to a report...
Planned pipeline construction to be completed in 2007 slipped nearly 13% from the previous year, driven by the 2006 completion of large crude pipelines.
General Interest - Quick TakesGOM ‘top deepwater hunting grounds’ in 2006Exploration in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico marked an exceptionally successful year during 2006, consultancy...
Without admitting any wrongdoing, El Paso Corp. said Feb. 7 it will forfeit $5,482,363 and pay a civil penalty of $2.25 million to the US Securities and Exchange Commission in...
Fears that Russian gas exports will be sent to other markets such as China instead of Europe are overstated, said Julian Lee, senior energy analyst at the Centre for Global Energy...
Everyone knows that oil is the tool of choice where diplomacy is concerned, particularly in these days of a reactive market and supposedly depleting supplies.
Saudi Arabia will spend $507 billion on energy and infrastructure projects over the next 11 years, a Saudi government official said Feb. 12 at the International Petroleum Week...
The continued expansion of pipeline construction plans detailed in this issue’s special report, “Worldwide Pipeline Construction,” p. 48, brings with it an increased need to keep...
The March contract for benchmark US light, sweet crudes jumped to $59.89/bbl Feb. 9, the highest front-month crude closing on the New York Mercantile Exchange since late December...
The decision announced by US President George W. Bush last month to increase military strength in Iraq by 20,000 troops wasn’t the only surge of January 2007.
New portable unit for onshore, offshore inspection usesThe new phased array flaw-imaging Phasor XS promises to help reduce inspection times and improve probability of detection...
BangladeshSangu field, initially estimated at 800 bcf recoverable, has produced more than 400 bcf since going on production in 1998, said Cairn Energy PLC, London, and its Capricorn...
With the expectation of continued growth in LNG imports to the US have come a number of pipeline projects to move regasified material from the terminal to centers of consumption...
The central part of supergiant Wilmington oil and gas field is in the midst of a redevelopment project in which more than 500 wells drilled in the next few years.
European Gas Ltd., Perth, is drilling a second well after reporting “highly encouraging results” from its first coalbed methane stratigraphic well on the St. Avold portion of ...
