A proposal by US Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) to amend a section of the Natural Gas Act so interstate gas pipelines would be subject to the same refund procedures as electricity...
Missed an argumentThe editorial “Oppose cap-and-trade” missed a vital part of the argument to stop cap-and-trade (OGJ, Mar. 9, 2009, p. 16).A tax is a simple matter to stop. Putting...
New rupture disks feature 95% operating ratioNew versions of the STAR X and ULTRX rupture disks each feature a 95% operating ratio. The company’s reverse acting family of disks...
Nanotechnology, the control of matter on the atomic and molecular scale, might someday boost the average global recovery factor of oil and gas by 10 percentage points, said an...
National oil companies will become increasingly dominant, but will need to work with investor-owned integrated firms, panelists said Apr. 7 during the US Energy Information Administrati...
Qatar expects in 2012 to have the results from its study analyzing the effects of its gas projects from the major North gas field, Qatar’s petroleum minister told OGJ.
General Interest Quick TakesHouse members plan bill to expand NGV useLegislation to greatly expand the use of natural gas as an alternative to conventional transportation fuel...
Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Apr. 7 said state-owned pipeline operator OAO Transneft will complete construction of the first phase of the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean...
Japan and Venezuela, following meetings in Tokyo between Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, have agreed to investments of $33.5 billion to ...
Pemex is in the process of awarding a series of contracts to service providers and drilling companies to accelerate production in Chicontepec, which was discovered during the ...
I s a showdown looming in Uganda? The oil and gas industry has heard much recently of developments in the country, not least the desire on the part of Ugandan officials to develop...
US natural gas supplies are sufficiently ample that prices should continue in the $4-6/Mcf range for the near term, market observers said Apr. 7 during the US Energy Information...
The oil and gas industry fretted about recruitment of engineers and scientists while it was scrambling to hire them in the boom years that now are history.
Venezuelan Finance Minister Ali Rodriguez Araque said the drop in world oil prices will cause budget revenues of his country to be reformulated as well as changes in economic ...
Oil and gas producing countries in Latin America have adopted diverse approaches to energy policy and the extent to which international companies are allowed to invest or operate...
A US Senate Energy and Natural Resources subcommittee hearing on Mar. 25 showed the steps one congressional energy commodity reform advocate would like the federal government ...
Until recently, the prevailing perception of the oil and gas industry operating in emerging areas was that waste represented an unwelcome inconvenience.
