Repair of the Macaroni field flowline in the US Gulf of Mexico confirmed for project participants the necessity of adequate preparations in design and equipment.
Qatar Chemical Co. Ltd. (Q-Chem) is building a grassroots petrochemical facility that will almost double the current 525,000 tonne/year (tpy) ethylene capacity at the Mesaieed...
A move away from the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether to the use of ethanol as a blending component in gasoline would have a profound impact on a number of petroleum-dependent...
State-owned Uzbekneftegas is commissioning parts of its grassroots petrochemical complex in the Shurtan area, south of Uzbekistan, expected to start up by the end of this year...
Anadarko Petroleum Corp, Houston, announced senior management changes in its exploration and production segment and key executive changes in its business development, strategy...
Many US citizens probably think their government actually did something about international terrorism when Congress passed and President George W. Bush on Aug. 3 signed a 5-year...
Environmentalists are livid about a US House of Represenatives energy bill that would open the coastal plain of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling.
IEA has left its estimate of worldwide oil demand growth unchanged in its latest report, but the total numbers have shifted upwards as the agency has revised its non-OECD demand...
Although the US Energy Information Administration cut its forecast for world oil demand growth this year to 1 million b/d for 2001 from its previously predicted 1.2 million b/...
The article "California bill would criminalize energy curtailment," (OGJ, July 23, 2001, p. 34) outlines just the type of legislation the oil and gas industry has needed for years...
The recent higher prices for oil and gas coupled with a rising awareness of a potential supply shortage indicate exploration will climb in the next few years. Based on historical...
Paul Denney's comments on the Potato Hills are welcomed (Letters, "Not an astrobleme," OGJ, July 23, 2001, p. 10). There appears to be a misinterpretation of the OGJ article he...
