Maybe it was because it was a presidential election year. Whatever the reason, words seemed to matter more than substance to Washington's energy policy-makers in 2012, and produced...
Growth in the need to upgrade heavy crude oils, such as Athabasca bitumen and others, into synthetic crude oils as well as the need to process heavier conventional crudes is increasing...
As a technology new to the Midwest, carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery (CO2 EOR) has several barriers to overcome before it can gain a sustained presence in the region.
Early last year, BP—whose subsidiary BP Developments Australia Pty. Ltd. holds an interest in the North West Shelf (NWS) venture off Australia—released a crude oil assay of the...
With the lifting of a ban on hydraulic fracturing, oil and gas companies hope the South African government will authorize natural gas development in the Karoo basin, which awaits...
AlbaniaPetromanas Energy Inc., Calgary, said it has drilled the Shpirag-2 well in Albania's Berati thrust belt to 4,230 m in the flysch shale and expects to encounter the target...
A new state-by-state study estimates total unconventional oil and gas production in the Lower 48 will contribute $63 billion in federal, state, and local tax revenues in 2012,...
Costs for designing and building refining and petrochemical plants were essentially unchanged from this year's first quarter to its third quarter, according to the latest edition...
More than usual uncertainty about the economic drivers of energy markets complicates forecasts about oil demand in a year of continuing relocation of the growth centers for supply...
Recent announcements by the UK government encouraging development of shale gas are not enough to ensure its commercial viability, and the key determinant will be the quality of...
Chevron Canada Ltd. plans to acquire a 50% state in the Kitimat LNG project and proposed Pacific Trail Pipeline (PTP) and a 50% interest in 644,000 acres in the Horn River and...
Large diameter vacuum cups suited for heavy liftingLarge vacuum cups in sizes to 15 in. in diameter are designed to lift and manipulate large, bulky, or cumbersome materials.Round...
The start of a year, always a time of forecasts—with reference to which, see p. 26—can be the occasion for wishes, as well. Here's one: that popular debate about global warming...
Schlumberger Ltd.,Paris, acquired GeoKnowledge AS, a Norwegian software company specializing in exploration decision and support solutions for the oil and gas industry, including...
New Year 2013 looks as though it will be much like the old one. There's rioting in Egypt, confrontation with Iran, continued crisis in the Euro-zone, and Texas needs rain—as does...
KiOR Corp. recently announced the completion of a commercial-scale plant to make gasoline blendstocks from wood. According to the company, the commercial facility at Columbus,...
The year 2013 opens with the US economy still sputtering, unemployment still too high, the federal government still struggling with fiscal hazard, and President Barack Obama triumphant...
