Shell has implemented voluntary reductions on emissions from its refineries, said Shell Oil Co. Pres. John Hofmeister, who is calling for governments to set mandatory limits on...
While decommissioning of platforms in the mature UK North Sea represents a looming problem for oil and gas producers, high commodity prices and new technology are extending the...
The US Department of the Interior’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2009 makes environmental protection a priority while increasing access to domestic oil and gas resources, officials...
The UK should impose a moratorium on its biofuels targets because they are jeopardizing reliable food supply in developing countries and harming the environment, a group of UK...
Oil and gas activity in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea can occur without threatening polar bears, US Minerals Management Service Director Randall B. Luthi said just a day after environmental...
The US Supreme Court moved one step closer to addressing a $2.5 billion question this term when it placed Exxon Shipping Co. vs. Baker on its docket on Feb. 1 and scheduled arguments...
General Interest - Quick TakesEnbridge to lead industry CCS projectEnbridge Inc. plans to lead a group of 19 oil companies and electric utilities in the Alberta Saline Aquifer...
Corrintec, a division of Cathelco Ltd., reported Jan. 31 the completion of a cathodic protection (CP) survey on the subsea section of the Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados off Ecuador...
The Iraqi government could earn an extra $19.2 billion in revenues this year because of higher oil prices and the revival of the country’s oil industry, according to a US government...
Heritage Oil Corp., Calgary, and Tullow Oil PLC are attempting to tap Uganda’s first oil discoveries in what could become Africa’s next oil production megaproject.
The $4 billion Nigeria allocated to the Niger Delta for its development over the last 4-5 years has been swallowed up by increased governmental staff wages, security, and corruption...
In Giant, the 1956 film epic about Texas, there’s a scene where James Dean as Jett Rink examines a showing of crude oil swabbed up by the windmill pumping water for his dry West...
As expected, ministers of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries made no production changes at their Feb. 1 meeting in Vienna, despite pressure from the US and other...
KPMG LLP,KhushalaniClick here to enlarge imageNew York, has appointed Samir Khushalani to its Business Performance Services practice in Houston, as a principal. With over 15 years...
Custom shaft collars for oil field applicationsThese custom shaft collars can be engineered with specific aesthetic and functional design properties to match a range of oil field...
BulgariaDirect Petroleum Exploration Inc., private Denver independent, said a subsidiary has drilled Deventci-R1, the deepest well in Bulgaria in the last 30 years, to TD 19,313...
