Last month, Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij BV (NAM), a joint venture of ExxonMobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC, celebrated the 50th anniversary of its discovery of the ...
The use of membrane filtration to recycle water from fracturing flowback is among the research projects being funded by the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (...
The American rush toward economic peril continues.“Don’t believe the misinformation out there that suggests there is somehow a contradiction between investing in clean energy ...
US states already regulate hydraulic fracturing aggressively and effectively, and a federal law would be redundant, two officials told a US House subcommittee in early June.
The need for communication of accurate information to the public, lawmakers, and regulators is imperative on various drilling-related topics, including hydraulic fracturing, water...
The US LNG industry faces several questions, according to Center for Liquefied Natural Gas Pres. Bill Cooper. He spoke recently with OGJ about the state of the industry at mid...
The US Department of the Interior has made progress in the last 6 months in responsibly developing oil and gas on public land, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said on June 24.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, as we have said before, has very rarely been viewed as a friend of the oil and gas industry. But the time has come for that to change.
General Interest — Quick Takes BP reports fastest oil demand fall since 1982Worldwide oil demand has fallen at its fastest rate since 1982, according to BP PLC’s statistical review...
Russia’s OAO Gazprom, in an apparent effort to exert greater control over the European Union’s energy supplies, signed an agreement to import natural gas from Azerbaijan and transport...
New system provides oil field rescueHere’s the new Rollgliss R500 rescue and escape device, a system that offers controlled descent, self-rescue, emergency evacuation, and assisted...
The costs of two important chemicals used in crude-oil refining changed very little during 2006-08, while the costs of three others varied significantly.
The presence of naturally occurring radioactive materials complicated 2007 plans at Shell Canada Ltd.’s Jumping Pound gas plant, near Calgary, to replace the molecular sieve in...
East Resources Inc., a privately-owned independent in Warrendale, Pa., said Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP (KKR), New York, bought a minority equity position in the company ...
Whilst I agree with the thrust of your editorial entitled “‘Pollutant’s’ new meaning threatens hydrogen vehicles”—that is, governments really have no clue what they are talking...
A/S Norske Shell has drilled a potentially large gas discovery in the Norwegian Sea in the deepest water of any find there, said the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate.
Talisman Energy Inc. plans to stimulate and test multiple shale intervals in the St. Edouard-1 exploration well in Quebec’s St. Lawrence Lowlands after the well tested gas from...
St. Mary Land & Exploration Co., Denver, completed its first operated horizontal Cretaceous Eagle Ford shale well in South Texas, where it is running two rigs in the play.
While economic activity in North America remained weak during first and second-quarters of 2009, petrochemical industry developments call into question the most bearish views ...
