General Interest — Quick TakesEuropean energy grants total €2.3 billionThe European Commission has selected 31 gas and 12 electricity projects to receive grants totaling a record...
New protection system for downhole motorsThe new iMonitor motor protection system is designed for use with downhole electric submersible pump motors and medium to large sized ...
Incomplete information is a big problem for oil market forecasters. Couple the lack of complete data with a market that responds to factors other than supply and demand, and what...
Knowledge Reservoir,Houston, has named Larry Denver president. Previously, he served as chairman and CEO of Ascend Geo LLC, a provider of cable-free seismic recording equipment...
Meeting goals set by the Obama administration for carbon dioxide emissions would require sharp increases in fuel prices and strict regulation, a new report says.
After failing to sustain pushes above $80/bbl in four previous sessions, April crude closed at $80.87/bbl Mar. 3, up $1.19 for the day in the highest closing for a front-month...
The value of global upstream mergers and acquisitions jumped 40% during 2009 to just under $150 billion, IHS Herold Inc. reported Mar. 8 in its annual Global Upstream M&A Review...
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, in its latest monthly Oil Market Report, expects worldwide oil demand to grow by 900,000 b/d in 2010.
Although the shale gas formation stretches across several states, the new Marcellus Shale Coalition president and executive director thinks Pennsylvania is its "sweet spot."
The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed more than $3 million in fines as it cited a BP North America Inc. and BP-Husky Refining LLC refinery near Toledo,...
Enhancing operational flexibility of the factory approach to unconventional-gas drilling programs can help operators lower the risk of inefficient use of capital, which some have...
Another strike threatens France's refining industry as workers at the 137,000-b/d Flanders Refinery at Dunkirk rejected a plan Total SA presented to a labor committee not to resume...
US President Barack Obama hosted 14 US senators and top administration policymakers at the White House on Mar. 9 for more than an hour to discuss prospects for comprehensive energy...
The international oil and gas industry is fast learning the importance of shale gas, and the excitement over the relatively new resource is growing—especially in Europe.
Expanding natural gas production from indigenous sources poses the most serious threat to imports of natural gas as LNG into North America, primarily the US.
Improving technologies and massive natural gas reserves—especially shale gas plays—will assure fossil fuels remain the dominant energy source for decades, industry speakers told...
Energy demand is shifting from the developed world to the developing world, and Asia is expected to account for much of the growing demand during the next 20 years, speakers told...
