Proper regenerator bed level and cyclone operation are important to ensure minimum catalyst losses from FCC units. Monitoring the regenerator level in relationship to the cyclone...
Brazil's goal of quintupling the natural gas share of its energy mix this decade hinges on its ambitious program of installing several dozen gas-fired thermal power plants throughout...
Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (PGS), Oslo, and Veritas DGC Inc., Houston, have agreed to merge in a $772 million stock deal that will create the world's second-largest geophysical...
Energy reform legislation will not be on the US Senate's legislative agenda until January, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) said late last month.
Five companies-BP PLC, ChevronTexaco Corp., ExxonMobil Corp., Occidental Petroleum Corp., and Royal Dutch/Shell Group-have until yearend to bid close to $1 billion to replace ...
In assessing the prospects for the continued ability of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to meet future oil demand, it is necessary to present the concept of ...
The continuously shifting dynamics between supply of and demand for natural gas in North America have a number of Canadian producers rethinking their exploration and development...
Oil prices experienced a roller coaster ride last week amid speculation about Russian oil output along with a sequence of events that rocked Houston-based trading giant Enron....
For the first time in 6 quarters, there is consensus on near and midterm expectations for oil and natural gas prices between Houston energy banks and the active middle market ...
Technology has transformed the energy industry but incremental improvements will require massive long-term investment in research and development, US Federal Reserve Board Chairman...
Asia-and in particular, Japan and China-is pivotal to global oil demand, and Asia's economy was weak before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the US rocked the overall world economy...
Studies to expand underground natural gas storage offshore northern Spain determined the technical and economic feasibility of ethylene glycol (EG) injection to prevent hydrate...
The most valid insights about oil prices to emerge recently come not from the world's most important exporters, not from the world's single largest oil market, but from motorists...
The planned merger of Houston-based Conoco Inc., and Phillips Petroleum Co. of Bartlesville, Okla.-valued at $35 billion-extends the past few years' trend of consolidation and...
As a result of new technology, the Greater Rocky Mountain Region (GRMR) has been the home to more giant fields "discovered" in the last 10 years than any other major US onshore...