Valero Energy Corp. announced that it plans to quit producing methyl tertiary butyl ether next spring in an effort to reduce its exposure to product liability litigation.
Composites as a replacement for steel offer an alternative material that in many cases improves the economics for developing deepwater oil and gas resources.
Upstream merger and acquisition (M&A) activity worldwide rebounded last year, particularly in the US and Canada, in a trend that is continuing, said a report from John S.
Vintage Petroleum Inc., Tulsa, has told Bolivia that it will cite a bilateral treaty protecting investment in a lawsuit challenging the country’s Hydrocarbons Act passed last ...
THUMS Long Beach Co. Pres. Frank Komin strode quickly from his desk to the window of his Long Beach, Calif., office. His panoramic view of Long Beach Harbor includes the Queen...
Work on a jetty line at Atlantic LNG Co. (ALNG) of Trinidad & Tobago’s Point Fortin export facility, the draw from Spain, and “chronic” planned maintenance at Dominion Cove Point...
The September contract for benchmark US sweet, light crudes set records for the top intraday trading and closing prices, while natural gas for the same month soared to a 9-month...
The Japanese government has issued a new protest to China over Chunxiao natural gas field in the East China Sea, saying Beijing has the means to start producing from the disputed...
Taiwan’s gas demand is growing as electric power generators turn away from nuclear sources in favor of LNG, said Fesharaki Associates Consulting & Technical Services Inc.
The US refining and distribution system was preparing for gasoline without methyl tertiary butyl ether before federal lawmakers pulled defective-product liability protection from...
Harvest Natural Resources Inc. is considering going to international arbitration over tax evasion claims that the Venezuelan government has made against the Houston independent...
Two US agencies regulating onshore oil and gas activities on federal land proposed changes that they said would improve drilling-permit application processing while protecting...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission apparently has upgraded its 2004 probe of US oil and gas producers’ payments to the government of Equatorial Guinea to a formal investigation...
International oil companies working in Mauritania have expressed confidence about operations in the country despite a bloodless military coup that toppled the government of former...
