US pipeline operators entered 2003 under a new and far stricter safety regime after President George W. Bush signed into law on Dec. 17 the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of ...
Successful completion of the refinery observation test run (ROTR) at the Middle East Oil Refining Co. (Midor) plant in Alexandria, Egypt, was the final step in the start-up of...
Sobriety, even fear, returned to pipeline operators' outlook for new construction in 2003 and beyond, after optimism a year ago drove plans and proposals unrealistically high....
Oil giant ExxonMobil Corp. has given up on its remote deepwater acreage far off Trinidad's East Coast but will remain in the country in an alternate role.
All the sedimentary basins around South Island are underexplored, but none offers better upstream and downstream opportunities than the Canterbury basin (Fig. 1). The region has...
SeaRiver Maritime, the US transportation affiliate of ExxonMobil Corp., reached an agreement with National Steel & Shipbuilding Co. (Nassco) to develop a contract design for a...
World crude oil supply is already tight, and even a small additional disruption this winter could cause serious problems, senior industry analysts warn.
Before the first shot is fired in an anticipated war with Iraq, US officials should sit down with representatives of various countries and oil companies claiming concession in...
The US remains vulnerable to oil supply shocks from Venezuela and other foreign suppliers because the nation still lacks a comprehensive energy policy, White House officials said...
Frigid temperatures across much of the US triggered some surprisingly high spot natural gas prices for late February delivery, and traders also reported concern about anticipated...
An extended war with Iraq would have severe consequences that are likely unanticipated by the US and its allies, said some academic experts at a Jan. 17 forum on Middle East oil...
Although world attention is focused primarily on the potential war in Iraq, the current political conflict in Venezuela is just as likely to have a long-term negative impact on...
Venezuela's oil production remains severely curtailed during the country's ongoing crisis, which is impacting the future of the national oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela SA...
Congress late last month moved closer to completing a long-delayed federal budget for fiscal year 2003, with the US Senate passing a $390 billion appropriations bill Jan 23.
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd., by virtue of a test conducted fourth quarter of last year, has confirmed the constructability of the latest development in higher strength, thinner...