Volume 109, Issue 47

International news for oil and gas professionals

Anyone bothered by scale and wanting to be taken seriously should avoid talking about energy.

As an old newspaper reporter, I acknowledge my prejudice against television news with its "if it bleeds, it leads" mentality.

By definition, only one item in a list of bad attributes can be the worst. Much about a setback to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline is bad. So what's the worst?

In a move that will delay a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline until at least the first quarter of 2013, the US Department of State will study an alternate route for the important...

Some federal lawmakers still want the US Environmental Protection Agency to take a bigger role in regulating surface activities connected with onshore oil and gas exploration ...

Abundant shale gas resources in the US that have turned the natural gas supply outlook from a shortage to a surplus also are stimulating proposals to export—instead of import—...

The Iranians, long known for advocating the use of the oil weapon, are now dangling the nuclear carrot in front of their neighbors in Turkey.

Interim US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Director Michael R. Bromwich said enforcement will be careful and measured as he defended extending the US Department...

KazakhstanTethys Petroleum Ltd. reported a flow of more than 4,300 b/d of oil from a Cretaceous sandstone at the AKD06 Doris appraisal well in the North Ustyurt basin in Kazakhstan...