To achieve a good electrical submersible pump run life, one needs first to understand the key factors that affect the system's run life and then effectively manage those factors...
With energy and climate legislation unlikely to pass during the 111th Congress, US House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry W. Waxman (D-Calif.) urged the US Chamber...
The US natural gas market is in good shape, with production at levels not seen in more than 35 years, moderate prices, and storage about 90% full with about 3 weeks left in the...
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE), formerly known as the Minerals Management Service, issued new guidelines and measures in the form...
The UK group formed to improve the offshore producing industry's spill prevention and response has selected a concept for a modular well-capping device adapted to harsh weather...
BP PLC Chief Executive Officer Bob Dudley, in a major speech before the Confederation of British Industry, admitted that the firm's "very existence" had been threatened as a terrible...
The US Department of State said it will closely monitor recent energy agreements between Venezuela and Iran to ensure that they do not violate international sanctions.
Member countries of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries are thriving on oil export revenue but, in many cases, eroding their export capacities by subsidizing domestic...
Nick SnowWashington EditorPennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell signed an executive order halting further oil and gas development in state forests on Oct. 26. Rendell said he acted...
The US Geological Survey has sharply reduced its estimate of conventional, undiscovered oil in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska on Alaska's Central North Slope since the ...
Other US Senate and House campaigns may have received more attention for their energy policy implications. But the contest in Connecticut to replace retiring US Sen. Christopher...
Russia's state-owned East Siberia-Pacific Ocean oil pipeline received two boosts last week: oil discoveries in Eastern Siberia and a pirate attack on a tanker off Kenya's coast...
Coalbed methane production from the Cherokee basin in southeast Kansas and northeast Oklahoma appears to be dropping from peaks in 2008 in Kansas and 2006 in Oklahoma.
Units produce N2 at wellsiteNitro2Go nitrogen generation is available to producers in major US shale plays to help rapidly recover frac fluids, kick off well production, and unload...
ChristopHer E. SmithPipeline EditorOn the eve of Election Day 2010 in the US, much work needs to be done on a number of fronts, both regarding the energy industry and other issues...
Wison Floating Systems Inc.,BreauxMcCleveyNoyolaHouston, has named its core management group. CEO and Pres. L. Dwayne Breaux has worked on nearly all types of floating facilities...
Natural gas pipeline operators in 2009 saw their profits drop to lows not seen since 2006, falling nearly 9% despite the lesser 4.27% drop in revenues.
by Sam Fletcher, Senior WriterOctober started with promise as the November crude contract climbed to a near 8-week high of $81.58/bbl Oct. 1 on the New York Mercantile Exchange...
Jockeying seems to have resumed in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries over reserves estimates, reviving questions about what these numbers mean—and what they do...
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Henry Waxman, chairman of the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce, yearns for cooperation on energy legislation in the next session of Congress. Sure he does."Wrestling ...
As the petroleum industry examines the lessons learned from the Deepwater Horizon disaster, one positive takeaway is the success with which remote sensing technologies were deployed...
World offshore crude oil production started in the 1940s and has grown from a modest 1 million b/d in the 1960s to nearly 24 million b/d in 2009, representing one third of present...
The initial excitement over exploration off the Falkland Islands has cooled considerably following BHP Billiton's recent decision not to enter the second phase of the southern...
