General Interest Quick TakesCFTC seeks comment on NGX registration requestThe US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is requesting public comments on Natural Gas Exchange Inc...
Field evaluations quantified the benefits and costs of various alternatives for complying with government regulations for controlling volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions...
Inspection teams from the US Department of Occupational Safety & Health Administration are visiting refineries as part of the National Emphasis Program (NEP).
Republicans adopted a 2008 national campaign platform on Sept. 1 that included a call to “aggressively increase our nation’s energy supply in an environmentally responsible way...
Refiners are applying safety lessons while BP PLC responds to recommendations from the US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) following the deadly Mar. 23, 2005...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin claimed that his country’s actions in recent hostilities with Georgia “did not in any way damage energy facilities”—including the Baku-Tbilisi...
The Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States on Aug. 28 charged that governmental red tape and environmentalist hindrances are the primary causes of lease development...
Sen. John McCain’s selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as a running mate could give Republicans a way to more effectively make energy the primary 2008 presidential campaign issue...
Gas-fired oven for general heat processing operationsHere’s a gas-fired, 500º F. walk-in oven for general heat processing operations. The unit is specially modified for overhead...
The search for oil and gas takes humankind to some of the farthest reaches of the globe, and there are times when the search may take them into areas that are more controversial...
I note the letter from David Archibald. As a chemical engineer I found this objectionable for its misuse of specific research data and its general attempt to cloud the issue of...
During the course of a normal work day, OGJ editors typically receive many press releases via e-mail publicizing new products of technological developments.
On Aug. 29, just 3 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina came ashore in Louisiana and devastated New Orleans, Tropical Storm Gustav was over open waters of the Caribbean and...
Atwood Oceanics Inc.,Houston, has received a commitment from an undisclosed operator in West Africa for the Atwood Southern Cross semisubmersible drilling rig to drill a single...
Establishing critical parameters in screening for siting LNG terminals helps focus eventual development on the objectives of the principal stakeholders: developer, supplier, and...
ColombiaSolana Resources Ltd., Calgary, was preparing to test the Los Aceites-1 well on the Guachiria block in Colombia’s Llanos basin.Logs, MDT tests, and sidewall cores indicated...
