The energy industry of today faces the challenge of finding an efficient production method for environmentally cleaner, yet still economical, transportation fuels.
A water wash has been found that effectively recovers the solvent in the IFPEXOL process by pulling dissolved methanol into water for subsequent removal.
A new study commissioned by the US Minerals Management Service (MMS) found that only two chemicals, zinc bromide and ammonium chloride, used by the oil and gas industry could ...
Australian Worldwide Exploration Ltd. and CalEnergy Gas (UK) Ltd. agreed to sell gas from yet-to-be-developed Yolla field 150 km off northern Tasmania to Origin Energy Retail ...
Studies undertaken for the 3,700-km Alliance Pipeline to quantify the effects of sunlight on fusion-bonded epoxy (FBE) coating on stockpiled line pipe indicated that the coating...
American oil companies are apparently awaiting the inevitable lifting of the trade sanctions against Iran by the new administration, hoping to rush there to enjoy a large share...
Though traders continue to test market support for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' $25/bbl target, last month's decision by the 10 voting members of OPEC to...
Studies undertaken for the 3,700-km Alliance Pipeline to quantify the effects of sunlight on fusion-bonded epoxy (FBE) coating on stockpiled line pipe indicated that the coating...
The US Department of Energy's latest fiscal 2002 budget proposal would dramatically reduce research on oil, natural gas, and renewable fuels in favor of clean-coal technologies...
Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Houston, the world's largest independent exploration and production company, isn't shy about venturing overseas to boost its 2 billion boe reserve base...
The internet, electronic commerce, and information technology (IT) have had a dramatic impact on the development of Houston-based Enron Corp. and on the energy industry in general...
US retail gasoline prices will average $1.49/gal this summer, lower than last year's average of $1.53/gal but still the second highest summer average on record, according to the...
The Potential Gas Committee has estimated the US natural gas resource base was 1,258 tcf at the end of 2000, and if all of it is developed, it would equal 63 years of supply at...
California's electricity problems could become commonplace among other states unless the US government develops a long-term, comprehensive energy policy immediately, said an independent...
Heavy oil producer Berry Petroleum Co. has cut oil production at its California thermal enhanced oil recovery operations because it's not getting paid for power produced by its...