Volume 105, Issue 7

A gas shale play is taking off in northern Alabama on the east side of the Valley and Ridge Province.

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 ...

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...

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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...

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.

When an oil company executive comments on energy trends, television people discount the observations on the basis of vested interest.

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 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...

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 US Environmental Protection Agency Feb. 9 enacted new Mobile Source Air Toxics regulations designed to significantly decrease toxic fumes from gasoline, vehicles, and fuel...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

Oil and gas exploration and production activities in Brazil will increase in the upcoming years as the country beefs up its self-sufficiency efforts.