Recently ratified International Marine Organization regulations that call for a decrease in the sulfur level of marine bunker fuels may cause refiners to invest in more desulfurization...
Abu Dhabi Marine and Operating Co. (ADMA-OPCO) has embarked on a project with vMonitor to deploy a new generation wireless-sensor-network technology for monitoring continuously...
Calgary-based Petrolifera Petroleum Ltd. and Toronto’s Brownstone Ventures Inc. are acquiring 1,250 sq km of 3D seismic and drilling 12 wells in an exploration program on the ...
The US is running the risk of losing the global race for energy, said Marathon Oil Corp. Chief Executive Officer Clarence Cazalot at a recent American Petroleum Institute meeting...
The launch in 2007 of an elaborate gasoline rationing system by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s cabinet to help stem that country’s gasoline consumption was initially ...
The varying effects of economic troubles on exporting countries and national oil companies present a mixed slate of opportunities to international oil companies with cash to invest...
Brazilian officials have issued conflicting statements concerning the potential impact of the current global financial crisis–as well as other issues–on the exploration and development...
US Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman, recalling the recent conflict between Russia and Georgia, reaffirmed the need for Europe to diversify its sources of energy and stressed...
Oil has resumed flowing through one of the twin Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipelines following an explosion on one of the lines near the town of Bozova, in the mainly Kurdish province of Sanliurfa...
General Interest Quick TakesEU-Russia summit delegates look to next meetingA summit between Russia and members of the European Union, held Nov. 14 in Nice, France, was seen ...
Japan is unlikely to purchase further cargoes of LNG on the spot market this winter, according to Akio Nomura, chairman of Osaka Gas Co. Ltd. and the Japan Gas Association.
The US Bureau of Land Management published final regulations on Nov. 17 to establish a commercial oil shale development program on public lands in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming....
In a clear sign of their determination to escalate attacks on international oil shipping, Somali pirates operating on the high seas southeast of Mombassa, Kenya, Nov. 15, have...
If the oil and gas industry expected comforting news from the election of Barack Obama as US president, it may need a rethink–especially when it comes to the al-Qaeda terrorist...
Nigeria’s Rilwanu Lukman, former president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, has been nominated to lead Nigeria’s Ministry of Petroleum Resources.
On Nov. 17, new rules took effect increasing the maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) for natural gas transmission pipelines beyond that allowed by previous regulations...
Pride International Inc.,Houston, has appointed new financial, legal, and human resources managers in Pride’s mat-supported jack up rig business. Steven A. Manz has been appointed...
Pipeline heave in cold environments is influenced by the transition zone between permafrost zone (frozen soil) and nonpermafrost zone (unfrozen soil) as well as the heaving behavior...
