General Interest — Quick TakesAPI issues new refinery safety standardsThe American Petroleum Institute issued two new refinery safety standards on Apr. 22 that it said will help...
American Petroleum Institute Pres. Jack Gerard said he is optimistic about the Obama administration's announcement that it favors a US Outer Continental Shelf strategy to open...
Saudi Arabia said it will increase oil exports to Indonesia to 325,000 b/d from 200,000 b/d in 2010, underling a rising trend in exports that analyst BMI sees taking place elsewhere...
BP PLC and Transocean Ltd. worked to contain an oil spill from the Macondo exploration well off Louisiana following an Apr. 20 explosion, fire, and subsequent collapse of Transocean...
There is no better time than the present for oil and gas companies to consider the dramatic and aggressive enforcement of antibribery laws globally and the harsh consequences ...
Oneok Partners LP, Tulsa, will invest $405-470 million through yearend 2011 to expand gathering and processing in the Bakken shale in the Williston basin in North Dakota and the...
US Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-SC) quit discussions with Sens. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) on compromise climate-change legislation after Majority ...
Increasingly restrictive federal land policies are reducing activity in the Rocky Mountains, the Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States said. A recent survey of ...
Low-sulfur Ormen Lange condensate arrives in multiphase (natural gas, condensate, water, and monoethylene glycol) through two 30-in., nearly 75-mile pipelines on the western Coast...
Despite a blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, the biggest polluter on Earth Day—Apr. 22—was the earth itself, following the earlier eruption of a volcano under Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull...
Aggressive applications of biocide, use of hydrogen sulfide scavengers, and multiple pig runs can quickly eradicate even major infestations of sulfate-reducing bacteria in a repaired...
New version of engineering design softwareA new version of SmartPlant 3D enterprise engineering design software offers new capabilities for multiple 3D model referencing, enhanced...
Crude prices broke through the psychological $80/bbl barrier in April and show little sign of slipping back, "despite the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' usual ...
Peritus International,Perth, has appointed Thyl Kint global director, floating systems and Asia-Pacific field developments. Kint has more than 25 years of oil and gas experience...
