Volume 107, Issue 29

China is using its financial reserves to secure oil supplies from a variety of producing countries, according to a recent report by Wood Mackenzie.

National oil companies (NOCs) and international oil companies (IOCs) are under greater pressure than in previous down-cycles due to the last year’s sharp falls in petroleum prices...

US Sens. Mary L. Landrieu (D-La.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alas.) introduced legislation on July 27 that would guarantee coastal states a 37.5% share of federal revenue from new ...

Two members of Congress urged the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission to establish and enforce position limits for all energy commodities as opening witnesses at the first...

National oil companies control the vast majority of the world’s oil reserves, produce most of the planet’s crude, and own much of the oil and gas infrastructure, which makes them...

Over the last few years, Frontier Refining’s plant in El Dorado, Kan., has undergone a major refinery reconfiguration to facilitate processing a greater proportion of very heavy...

The Venezuelan government is fast politicizing the country’s oil and gas industry, now requiring workers to support the socialist revolution of President Hugo Chavez if they plan...

Despite declines in oil and gas prices, Sonatrach, the Algerian national oil company, is maintaining its investment program.

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Japanese refiners face a surplus of capacity at a time of massive global refining surpluses.

The dramatic fall in gas prices over the past year has dented revenues and investment plans of OAO Gazprom, the world’s largest gas producer.

The US oil and gas industry will emerge from its doldrums structurally changed and perhaps relocated, according to a scenario that took shape at the RMI Oilfield Breakfast Forum...

Biofuels analytical solutions portfolio expandedThe EcoAnalytix biofuels analytical solutions portfolio has been expanded to include nine analyzers and systems, crossing six technologie...

Fiscal distress is nudging California toward a measured embrace of—gasp!—oil and gas development.

Strong rallies in both equity and commodity markets in late July pushed front-month crude contracts above $68/bbl in New York and $70/bbl in London just 2 weeks after the price...

Three recent developments—one scientific and two polemic—should enrich discussion about human activity and climate change.