From November 1997 through March 1999, the petroleum industry suffered its most significant oil price collapse since 1986. OPEC surprised many by reducing quotas in March 1999...
Through a combination of officially declared coordinate systems and transformations, petroleum industry users can now unambiguously merge positional data throughout the UK and...
China National Petroleum Corp. has finalized the routing of a proposed natural gas pipeline linking the Tarim basin in northwestern China's Xinjiang autonomous region to Shanghai...
South Australia has opened 13,000 sq km for bids in the third round of exploration licensing in the prolific Cooper basin, including some of the most prospective blocks offered...
China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) plans to drill 162 production wells this year to offset the expected natural production decline of about 5 million tonnes from existing...
A radical restructuring of Russian oil company assets, the continued movement towards competitive petroleum markets, and reduced risk through updated production-sharing agreements...
A statistical risk simulator program can determine adequate tank-storage capacity for a grassroots refinery or oil terminal, removing the risk of building too much capacity.
Petrochemical capacity utilization in the US, Western Europe, and Asia, measured as a percentage of nameplate capacity, will rise to a peak in the mid-90% range by 2003, according...
Demand for petroleum refining catalysts in the US will receive a boost between 1998 and 2003 as new emission standards are implemented, octane requirements are increased, and ...
Logging wells on the Central North Sea Armada platform involved an innovative intervention mast that minimized the time to switch from coiled tubing to wireline logging.
It's a shame for API members, EPA bureaucrats, and others to waste their efforts in trying to slow down global warming by limiting carbon dioxide emissions ("US firms press greenhouse...
The excellent article in your Petroleum in the 21st Century special issue entitled Seismic Progress was indeed educational to all of us who marvel at geophysical progress in this...
GeovecteurPlus 7.1 is the latest annual upgrade of this firm's seismic data processing package. Improvements include redesigned user interfaces, enhanced speeds, and the addition...
Explorers are close to final approval to drill an extended-reach exploratory well from land to evaluate an offshore prospect in the Exmouth sub-basin of the Carnarvon basin.