Volume 105, Issue 8

I’d like to point out two small inaccuracies in a very good survey by David Wood in “Part 1: Russia seeks global influence by exploiting energy geopolitics”.

While safety has been uppermost in the minds of drilling industry personnel for years, the industry’s safety performance has been relatively flat in recent years, according to...

The most critical challenge facing the oil and natural gas drilling industry is filling an urgent need for skilled technical personnel.

The challenges of satisfying world energy demand require substantial, sustained investments, US Sec. of Energy Samuel W. Bodman told an annual executive conference in Houston ...

Royal Dutch Shell PLC offered $7.4 billion to shareholders in its Shell Canada Ltd. subsidiary for the 22% minority stake it does not already own.

Public and government emphasis on renewable and other alternative energy resources was a frequent topic of discussion during the opening session of the annual world energy conference...

Production of oil and natural gas from the UK Continental Shelf fell by 9% to 2.95 million boe/d in 2006 compared with 2005 because of technical and commercial difficulties, according...

The US Department of Defense is examining the possible role of Fischer-Tropsch fuels for military vehicles, starting with its aircraft.

Russia’s deputy minister of industry told the Cambridge Energy Research Associates convention in Houston that formation of an international gas cartel is not imminent.

Venezuela’s grandiose President Hugo Chavez plans to support London’s transport system with subsidized oil, and he’s doing it on the invitation of the city’s embattled mayor, ...

How the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries perceives oil markets affects anyone who produces, processes, transports, or uses oil.

A small independent is pursuing the drilling of an oil prospect that could hold several million barrels of oil in the Forest City basin in southeasternmost Nebraska.

Energy commodity prices fell Feb. 14-15 as traders in the New York market focused on a smaller-than-expected drawdown of US distillate stocks but shrugged off a near-record withdrawal...

Because of how they’re measured, biofuel operations can seem bigger than they are.

JamaicaPetroleum Corp. of Jamaica offered four land and 12 offshore blocks for license by a May 1, 2007, deadline.Eight blocks are under license, mostly in the Caribbean Sea off...

A global-warming response that accommodates prosperity should have more appeal than one that promises stagnation.

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Norwood Resources Ltd., Vancouver, BC, discovered gas-condensate and light oil in eight zones in what could be Nicaragua’s first potentially commercial discovery.

An exploration and production contract inked Feb. 5 by Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) with Senegal for the exploration of two blocks means that the Brazilian state-owned firm...