Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has proposed new legislation aimed at governing the development of his country's potentially enormous reserves of oil in the offshore...
In the low-price environment of the 1980s and 1990s, many host countries adopted policies to promote E&P investments in their territories by offering more-attractive terms and...
The oil and natural gas industry supports more than 9 million US jobs while contributing to the national economy as both an employer and purchaser of US goods and services, according...
Activists have called on China to halt construction of controversial oil and gas pipelines through Myanmar, warning of instability and civil unrest if the country's ruling junta...
Tentative economic recovery and volatile oil prices will force managers of the oil and gas industry to make tough decisions soon, warns Bain & Co., Boston.
The US Bureau of Land Management quietly moved toward better relations with surface landholders in July as some of its state offices issued notices that those landholders' names...
Offshore drilling contractors reported declines in second-quarter 2009 net earnings and continued stacking rigs, while oil companies coped with less cash flow to finance drilling...
Oil production by Mexico's state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) will average 2.5 million b/d in 2010, down 4% from levels in this year's first half and down 5.7% from previous...
Considerable unexploited resources of natural gas in the US have been largely bypassed due to unacceptable levels of associated nitrogen (N2), which lowers heat content.
Citing new limitations on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Deutsche Bank AG said in early September it would close and redeem its popular $425 million PowerShares DB Crude Oil...
Mexico's state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) will invite tenders next month for a contract to produce 176 million l./year of ethanol, according to a senior government official...
World oil demand is set to grow next year for the first time since 2007 and is expected to reach pre-recession levels by 2012, IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates said in...
This article proposes a set of reference charts developed by the authors for determining required methanol concentrations in the aqueous phase (rich solution) and total lean inhibitor...
Exploration & Development — Quick TakesEPA dissatisfied with Texas clean-air permitting Key aspects of the Texas clean-air permitting program do not meet US Clean Air Act requirements...
Debate continues in scientific, political, financial, and environmental circles regarding the viability and cost of capturing and sequestering carbon dioxide as part of future...
New reference pressure recorderHere's nVision, a new type of field pressure calibrator that can be configured to measure and record 200,000 pressure, temperature, current, and...
Knight Oil Tools,DavisHouston, has selected Gary Davis to broaden its business development efforts globally. With more than 25 years of experience in the rental tool industry,...
