For the past several years, leading major oil companies and independent producers have believed unconventional resources to be key elements of future energy supply.
Building on past lessons in the US and successful efforts in Estonia, China, and Brazil, developers of oil shale technology are defining, testing, and demonstrating new approaches...
If anyone in the oil and gas industry imagined the administration of US President Barack H. Obama would be soft on Venezuela, they will have to readjust their imaginings.
An “investigation” by a popular US television news show has uncovered information about oil prices that anyone familiar with the market knew months ago.
Escalating oil inventories have filled most storage at the Cushing, Okla., primary delivery point, undermining US crude prices to the point West Texas Intermediate is “about as...
The traditional go-slow approach of the Iraq Petroleum Co. and its associated companies, its ability to shift exploration and production to where it best served its interests ...
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Imports of LNG into North America are set to increase to 4.2 bcfd in 2014 from 1.7 bcfd in 2009, according to a report by consultants Wood Mackenzie Ltd.
Brazil’s Petroleo Brasilerio SA (Petrobras), pending approval of its board, will present its latest 5-year strategic plan to investors and analysts on Jan. 26, the company said...
Raymond Plank, founder and longtime chairman of Apache Corp., Houston, retired Jan. 15 after 54 years with the firm that he grew from a pioneer public drilling program to one ...
As Barack H. Obama was sworn in Jan. 20 as the 44th US president, his administration announced an energy and environment program with provisions directly affecting the oil and...
The Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States expressed disappointment that a federal judge blocked the US Bureau of Land Management from issuing oil and gas leases...
In its most recent monthly Oil Market Report (OMR), the International Energy Agency slashed its oil demand outlook for 2009, and updated its demand figures for the fourth quarter...
Most of the Caspian region’s new oil production will be transported to international markets via pipelines in Azerbaijan and Georgia, reducing Russia’s share of the regional oil...
Before making any more fuel choices, Congress and the new administration of Barack Obama should compare a past governmental foray into the energy market with the mortgage industry...
General Interest Quick TakesMarcellus coming of age, says Range ResourcesThe initial rate averaged 7.3 MMcfd of gas equivalent for 10 horizontal Devonian Marcellus shale wells...
Oil and gas companies report that their immediate focus is on maintaining liquidity and promoting operational efficiency in preparation for an eventual economic upswing, consultants...
The Western Environmental Law Center and other groups filed a lawsuit against the US Bureau of Land Management, claiming the agency violated federal law in granting oil and gas...
The US Minerals Management Service on Jan. 16 announced a draft of the proposed 2010-15 US Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program and preliminary plans for an Atlantic...
Organizations opposing the US Bureau of Land Management’s latest Utah oil and gas lease sale were elated when a federal district court judge issued a temporary restraining order...