Continuing a trend starting in 1983, the Nelson-Farrar refinery construction index rose quickly to 2,144.4 in December 2007 from 1,961.6 in January 2006.
Technology challenges in the area of pipeline protection are centered on the areas of corrosion detection and inhibition, remote monitoring and risk assessment, and inspecting...
The most experienced operator in the Arkoma basin Woodford shale gas play is demonstrating that longer horizontal lateral drilling will lead to higher estimated ultimate recoveries...
ANP - National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and BiofuelsAtlas Copcowww.atlascopco.usBaker Hughes IncorporatedHughes ChristensenBronto Skyliftwww.bronto.fiButler Manufacturing...
New ZealandSolid Energy New Zealand Ltd., Christchurch, NZ, is flaring gas to test the commercial viability of flow rates from four appraisal wells at its Huntly coal seam gas...
Free online engineering calculator toolA new free online engineering calculator tool is designed for use by engineers and students worldwide. The developer says the tool calculates...
Enventure Global Technology LLC,Waiter and KnightClick here to enlarge imageHouston, has named Joseph Waiter vice-president, general counsel, and secretary, and Kevin Knight vice...
Raster-based GIS routing models prevent pipelines from becoming an economic burden on the companies and countries involved in their construction and operation by minimizing not...
The May benchmark US crude contract jumped above $107/bbl Mar. 27 in the New York market following the bombing of a primary export oil pipeline in southern Iraq.
General Interest - Quick TakesMMS issues production, royalty reporting rulesThe US Minerals Management Service published on Mar. 26 amended final regulations for reporting production...
The world’s energy producers, consumers, and governments could either cooperate or “scramble” as they try to solve major energy and environment problems, two Royal Dutch Shell...
The Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission (OGCC) released a set of proposed rules Mar. 31 that are open to public comment, and a final OGCC decision on the rules is expected...
Saying that the poorest US families now spend 10% of their annual incomes on gasoline because of high oil prices, a US House committee chairman said that major oil companies should...
A provision that was inserted into the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA 2007) to keep the US Air Force from developing coal-to-liquids (CTL) fuels could limit...
Oil & Gas Journal’s semiannual Worldwide Construction Update shows a slight increase in refining and sulfur projects in the engineering stage as well as gas processing construction...
National oil companies (NOCs), which now have “superior access to resources and booming domestic markets,” made two thirds of the largest oil and gas discoveries in 2007, said...
The European Union should provide its refining companies with “a globally competitive level playing field” to help them face the “important” challenges of the next years and make...
The US Environmental Protection Agency on Mar. 12 signed its most stringent standard for ground-level ozone, revising the standards for the first time in more than a decade.
The combined production decline rate for countries outside the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is steadier and less steep than is generally believed, according to...
The Russian petroleum tax structure encourages the country’s operators to export refined products rather than crude oil; therefore Russian crude throughput averaged 4.6 million...