Brazil’s Petroleo Brasilerio SA (Petrobras) continues to review its 2009-13 strategic plan, with no deliberation taking place yet at the board level, according to an official ...
While Iraq’s oil industry will continue to face problems with security in 2009, the country’s crumbling production and pipeline systems are more likely to disrupt crude exports...
The US Energy Information Administration’s latest Short-Term Energy Outlook said it all on Dec. 9: “The current global economic slowdown is now projected to be more severe and...
Acknowledging that he will have no direct influence after Jan. 20, US Minerals Management Service Director Randall B. Luthi said he hopes the Obama administration and Congress...
Iraq has ambitious targets, aiming for 500,000 b/d annual oil output expansion and a long-term goal of 6 million b/d, according to a recent report by analyst BMI.
The Galsi and Interconnector-Greece-Italy (IGI) pipeline partners do not expect the credit crisis to negatively impact their plans, as they have very strong balance sheets, according...
On some rankings it’s best to score near the bottom. So it is with assessments by Transparency International (TI), the anticorruption group, of the tendency of industries to pay...
Falling energy consumption and the credit crisis have slashed liquidity in the capital markets, yet Booz & Co.’s energy consultants advise oil companies to remember that strategic...
General Interest Quick TakesStudy: Tapping off-limit US resources beneficialDevelopment of US oil and gas resources that Congress has kept off-limits for decades could generate...
The global economic slowdown cannot distract policymakers worldwide from progressing on climate change mitigation efforts through international accords and related national energy...
The US Federal Energy Regulatory The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission identified additional adverse environmental impacts as it issued a final environmental impact statement...
Technology developed by the oil and gas industry to locate and extract oil and natural gas from below the earth’s surface is now being adapted for humanitarian purposes.
A new method can help avoid condensation and control hydrates in the early stages of a natural gas transmission pipeline’s life, thereby helping avoid future black powder formation...
Rowan Cos. Inc.,RallsClick here to enlarge imageHouston, has named W. Matt Ralls CEO, president, and a director. He succeeds D.F. McNease, who announced his retirement in late...
Energen Corp., Birmingham, Ala., plans further exploratory tests in 2009 of Conasauga and Chattanooga gas shales in Alabama without partner Chesapeake Energy Corp., Oklahoma City...
The US oil and gas industry has reason to feel relief and worry about President-elect Barack Obama’s decision not to pursue a “windfall profit” tax on oil.
