US Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Deborah Platt Majoras has questioned proposed cures for so-called “hot fuels” distortions alleged by some US House Democrats, saying the...
Recent developments have created uncertainties for proposed natural gas transmission systems from Canada’s Mackenzie River Delta and Alaska’s North Slope to markets farther south...
General Interest - Quick TakesVenezuela state oil firms to pay ‘back taxes’Venezuela’s tax authority Seniat has received or been promised payments from two state-dominated joint...
Kazakh Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Sauat Mynbayev, reiterating earlier government claims, told Eni SPA Chief Executive Paolo Scaroni Sept. 11 that economic damage caused...
Oil & Gas Journal’s survey of the 100 leading oil and gas producers based outside the US shows year-on-year earnings increases for most, while national oil companies again dominate...
The Western Australian government has given final environmental approval for Chevron Australia-operated Gorgon LNG project proposed for Barrow Island off Western Australia.
Cuba is producing nearly 50% of the oil and gas it consumes, according to Carlos Lage Davila, a member of the country’s Politburo and secretary of the Council of Ministers’ Executive...
When the International Finance Corp. financed its first coalbed methane project in China in late August, the venture involved much more than simply producing CBM instead of coal...
The leaders of Asia-Pacific countries last week agreed to set an “aspirational goal” of improving the energy efficiency of economic output by at least 25% by 2030 from the 2005...
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ConocoPhillips has agreed to spend $10 million to offset greenhouse gases (GHG) that would be created by a proposed expansion of its northern California refinery, said California...
I incorporate a lot of ethics discussion in the finance classes I teach. In particular, the last assignment my finance graduate students have before completing the masters program...
Natural gas futures prices temporarily strengthened Sept. 4-5 on news that Chesapeake Energy Corp. of Oklahoma City, the largest independent gas producer in the US, is reducing...
Several thousand wells in Kansas have been drilled into the Precambrian basement, which usually signals the depth limit of drilling for oil and gas prospecting.
KBR Inc.Houston, has announced creation of three new business units: technology, downstream, and services. Named to lead these new business units are Tim Challand, president, ...
Enhancements added to offshore thrustersNew enhancements to the Pleuger brand of azimuthing thrusters are designed to help improve offshore operations.These thruster units are...
Before it tightens standards for ozone pollution, perhaps unnecessarily, the US government should fix programs that make current standards difficult to meet.
PeruBPZ Energy Inc., Houston, said its CX11-14D well in Corvina field off northwestern Peru drillstem tested 1,700 b/d of oil on a 5/8-in. choke with no water through perforations...
