Energy research and development challenges are becoming more complex, demand integrated and individual approaches, and are in need of wider funding sources, concluded a forum ...
A viscosity depressant proved effective for replacing the time-consuming mechanical methods for removing heavy oil blockages during the drilling of wells in the Tarim basin of...
Pressure isolation and hot tapping, traditionally used for repair, play an increasingly important role in the maintenance and expansion of both offshore and onshore natural gas...
US House members launched their newly formed natural gas caucus on Oct. 21 with a hearing designed to rally support for a domestic fuel they believe could play an increasingly...
A coalition of 15 labor unions and the American Petroleum Institute urged congressional tax policy leaders to support proposals that would protect and encourage the development...
Twisted legal argument has pushed the US to the verge of a potentially costly litigation spree over climate change. And twisted legal argument might be the only way out of the...
The US should make more of its resources accessible if it expects other countries to do the same for major US oil companies and independent producers, Chevron Corp.'s incoming...
A climate change litigation threat appears to be looming for the oil and gas industry in the wake of a US Supreme Court decision allowing the regulation of greenhouse gases as...
Proposed legislation on carbon capture and sequestration potentially could cost US refiners $100 billion/year, threatening the sustainability of the domestic refining industry...
Exploration field geoscientists have reported the existence of negative thermal anomalies over oil fields and have suggested that thermal profiling can be a useful, cost-effective...
Suddenly, members of Congress are talking about natural gas. It was one thing when US Reps. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) and Dan Boren (D-Okla.) formed a gas caucus on Oct. 1.
Congress should continue to make a carbon cap-and-trade system its top global climate-change legislative priority because it would be the most efficient and economically attractive...
General Interest — Quick TakesBP identifies midstream assets to divestBP PLC has identified 22 US properties for divestment in a midstream asset review aimed at bolstering profitability...
Inventories of crude oil and products have been plentiful for the past year, but price volatility has not reflected the more-than-comfortable stock levels.
Tool helps produce marginal wellsThe Holey Moley gas diversion tool is designed as a simple, inexpensive way to continue to produce a marginal well.The company says its product...
Boots & Coots Inc.,Houston, and add energy group AS, Stavanger, have entered into a cooperation agreement to market and offer an integrated risk management solution covering blowout...
Your editorial "Confusion over subsidies" begs for a more complete discussion or definition of what subsidies are and why they exist (OGJ, Oct. 5, 2009, p. 24).
The Department of Transportation said total miles driven in the US during August were up 0.7% from the same period in 2008, following a 2.3% gain in July.