In the second article of this new series on midstream industry trends and developments, discussion shifted from a 10-year review to an analysis of quarterly trends in US gas plant...
Post-production cost deductions are a common source of royalty litigation. Local lease-interpretation rules determine whether particular deductions are proper and defensible in...
Recent clarifications by the US Bureau of Industry regarding the export of condensate amid growing supplies of domestic oil and gas shale production have sustained expansions ...
For an oil market destabilized by geopolitical turbulence and oversupply, an important question is when Iranian production, now limited by international sanctions, might recover...
The Mexican constitutional reforms and related privatization of portions of the oil and gas industry are historic. The end of state-owned monopoly control will create great opportunitie...
A bill that would give the US Department of the Interior authority to approve natural gas pipelines crossing National Parks Service land is unnecessary and unwanted, a US Bureau...
Petitions to federally list species as endangered will need to show that state wildlife agencies have been contacted beforehand and include relevant information about what those...
Crude oil prices are still about half their value compared with a year ago, but the now prolonged slump is unfolding such that another rise could be on the horizon, a panel of...
Energy reform in Mexico is a telenovela wherein stories of intrigue and suspense will arise, but in the end, everything will turn out okay, opined Duncan Wood, director of the...
US net imports of natural gas totaled 1,171 bcf in 2014, down 9% from the level in 2013 and continuing an 8-year decline, according to the US Energy Information Administration...
The US Fish & Wildlife Service intends to prepare a programmatic environmental impact statement to evaluate possible steps for reducing accidental migratory bird deaths from oil...
While unconventional oil and gas production in the US remains mostly resilient amid the industry downturn, energy policy under the Obama administration hasn't made things easier...
Iron sulfide (FeS) particles entrained in formation water are small (< 1 μm) with a very large surface area. When freshly produced FeS contacts hydrocarbon condensates they create...
GE Oil & GasGE Oil & Gas and Enpro Subsea announced an agreement to jointly market and provide fluid intervention services that offer oil and gas operators a cost-effective way...
Confusion evident in President Barack Obama's commencement address at the Coast Guard Academy raises a question bearing on American foreign policy: Is it possible the administration...
Listen hard if you want to know what politicians who want to establish residency in the White House in 2017 think about energy. You won't hear much. Energy, so far, is no headline...
Deferred and cancelled investments in US shale oil fields could in 2-3 years begin creating an environment in which new supplies are less plentiful, causing baseline oil prices...
Warren R. True Chief Technology Editor-MidstreamShale-related development in the US and Canada pushed up natural gas processing in those countries in 2014 as Oil & Gas Journal...
Strong natural gas production and ethane extraction in US shale plays have created an oversupply of NGLs, but plunging crude prices at the same time have reduced their global ...
While some produced waters from the Marcellus shale contain elevated radium, a Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) study showed that the risk of exposure...