General Interest Quick TakesChavez shakes up PDVSA executive suiteIn a move that could have implications for Venezuelan oil production, President Hugo Chavez, continues to tweak...
Although the oil and gas industry’s buzz over the hot gas shale plays in North America has pushed fracturing technology advances to the forefront, other production stimulation...
As the number of electrical submersible pump installations has increased in the Middle East, operating companies have started deploying more surveillance and optimization technology...
Petronas Caragali (Turkmenistan) Sdn. Bhd. recently had a platform installed for producing the oil and gas discovery it made in 2002 off Turkmenistan in the Caspian Sea.
Venezuela was until recently the only source of a unique fuel option that bypassed the traditional yet capital intensive two-step conversion of bitumen-extra heavy crudes(B-EHC...
An independent report showing that record amounts of speculative investment drove oil prices to record peaks in 2008 confirms that stronger market regulation is needed, federal...
Did anyone really think Moscow would just sit still as Washington, DC, and its allies attempted to extract oil and gas from Russia’s backyard in the Caspian and Central Asia?
By yearend 2009, Iran plans to complete many delayed petrochemical projects currently under construction, according to FACTS Global Energy in a report entitled, “An Update on ...
Within a few short weeks, the potential for congressional energy compromises, which looked so bright at the beginning of August, began to look increasingly tarnished.
AustraliaBeach Petroleum Ltd., Perth, commissioned the 47 km, 5,000 b/d Callawonga-Tantanna oil pipeline to serve its western Cooper basin fields in Australia.The pipeline connects...
The US oil and gas industry reported early progress as it began to recover from damage caused by Hurricane Ike, which made landfall over Galveston, Tex., in the early hours of...
Biofuels could make up 10-15% of the global fuels mix in 20 years, although getting to the level will be more difficult than some might expect, consultant Accenture said in a ...
Santos Ltd. has rejected speculation suggested by a Sept. 15 report in the Australian Financial Review (AFR) that said: “Santos is facing a blowout in the clean-up bill from the...
Ipsos Mori, the global research company, loves asking questions, and with the economic downturn, job insecurity, rising inflation, and record-high energy prices, anyone who is...
Sulphco Inc.,ZeidmanClick here to enlarge imageHouston, has appointed Fred S. Zeidman to its board. Zeidman has held leadership positions in a number of energy-related companies...
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed Sept. 10 to strictly comply with their September 2007 production quota of 28.8 million b/d, implying a possible compromise...
Adjustments to a pipeline’s cathodic-protection program can help address possible hydrogen diffusion brought about by nonconformance with welding procedure specifications (WPS...
Respirator offers custom fit, user comfortPeakFit, a US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health-approved N95 air-purifying respirator, is specifically engineered...
