Norway's new oil minister and his UK counterpart recently shared a platform in London to outline their views on how the North Sea oil and gas industry will develop.
Modification of Williams Gas Pipeline Corp.'s 1,800-mile Transco Pipeline System from South Texas to New York is well under way this fall as part of the company's $134-million...
Your excellent comments on "pipeline economics lessons" (OGJ, Sept. 3, 2001, p. 17) highlight the Trans-Alaska Pipeline's many truly remarkable technological and environmental...
Mexico must change its judicial and perhaps its constitutional framework "to separate what can be done by government and what can be done by the private sector" in developing ...
The Democratic-led US Senate is closer than ever to approving leasing of the coastal plain in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, an organized labor leader said last week.
Sinopec revamped its residue fluid catalytic cracking unit (RFCCU) in its Luoyang petrochemical complex (LPC) in April 2000 to enable it to process residue with more contaminants...
The petroleum industry stands at center stage amid issues over climate change and emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), while consumers worldwide expect the industry to provide...
US congressional leaders say they remain focused on energy policy issues this fall but concede it will be hard to predict what the final legislation will look like.
While upstream controversies attract most attention in debates over US energy policy, downstream issues likely to be settled within the next year will greatly affect the supplies...
Oil and gas companies continue to launch reorganization programs and divestment campaigns designed to maintain a competitive edge in the ever-changing energy business landscape...
The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the US further underscore the need for integration of North American energy markets and a "seamless" border, says a senior US energy official...
When an oil company analyzes an upstream investment project in a country with high taxation levels and where debt service charges are deductible, complex problems can arise with...
Continuous probabilistic techniques involving simulation can help managers predict the likelihood of time and cost overruns in all types and sizes of oil and gas projects..
Innovative exploration and production companies are demonstrating that smart investment in personnel development can significantly reduce operations costs and help make their ...
The 2001 SPE annual technical conference and exhibition, in New Orleans last month, highlighted 32 technical papers on various aspects of drilling technology.
Gravel packing horizontal openhole laterals with washpipe diverter valves and external casing packers (ECPs) enables isolation of the produced oil stream from shale, water, gas...
