Four oil majors announced plans July 21 to build and deploy a rapid response system that would be available to capture and contain oil in the event of a future well blowout in...
Any disaster with loss of life and grave environmental damage is upsetting, but the Macondo blowout in the Gulf of Mexico has generated unprecedented rage and vindictiveness among...
As President Barack Obama seeks to buy votes for party colleagues with fanciful promises about energy, the US has new reason to resist his costly ploy and all others like it.
Pertronas exploration unit Petronas Carigali Sdn. Bhd. plans to build a 200-km pipeline to Indonesia's Tambak Lorok electric power plant in East Java from the Kepodang gas block...
An integrity test on the deepwater Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico continued for several days as operator BP PLC and federal officials evaluated whether pressure readings might...
As the Obama administration's efforts to stop, contain, and clean up the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico ended their third month, a White House task force issued a report...
The Macondo oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is pushing US skimming resources to their limits, and the spill provides a test venue for new cleanup technology.
General Interest— Quick TakesBOE plans meetings on deepwater drillingThe US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOE) will hold eight public meetings...
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Geomodeling software adds new technology moduleJewelSuite, a Windows-based geomodeling software, has integrated into the program a next-generation facies modeling technology based...
The front-month crude contract jumped 5.5% in the week ended July 9 to $76.09/bbl in the New York market on mixed demand forecasts and an unexpected drop in US inventories.
Knowledge Reservoirand 3GiG, both of Houston, have announced a collaborative initiative with Hess Corp. to implement a global asset management portal. The initiative uses 3GiG...
Ethylene producers will long remember, some fondly and others with regret, first and second quarters 2010 as a period of unusual price volatility and unexpectedly strong profitability...
Producers added more than 6 million tonnes/year (tpy) of ethylene capacity in 2009, according to the latest Oil & Gas Journal's survey of the global industry.
