"Looking back on available rigs beginning 45 years ago..., the fleet has seen 2 decades of continuous decline," said John Deane, vice-president and general manager of Schlumberger...
Denver-based Rentech Inc. plans to convert its newly acquired Sand Creek plant in Commerce City, Colo., from a methanol plant to a gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant.
Increased Rocky Mountain access and improved productivity technology could lessen the effects of the accelerated depletion occurring in US oil and gas fields, according to a recent...
Over the next 5 years, 13-17 floating production systems (FPSs) will be ordered every year, says International Maritime Associates Inc., Washington, DC.
A sour gas and oil processing plant in western Poland has recently been completed for a division of Polish Oil & Gas Co., according to contractor Propak Systems Ltd., Airdrie,...
Refiners will find that their choices of process technologies and catalysts will determine their ability to produce ultra-low sulfur (30 ppm) gasoline and diesel.
Petroleum refining catalyst demand will grow 1.9%/year between 1998 and 2003-a result of proposed gasoline sulfur limits, declining crude quality, and a move to new, higher-value...
To meet the challenge of making diesel and gasoline with lower sulfur levels, refiners will have to depend on high hydrodesulfurization (HDS) and hydrodenitrogenation (HDN) activity...
Oil and gas companies continue to wrestle with the problems of consolidation, new technology, an evolving workforce, and other issues that are reshaping their business.
Following the closing of BP's purchase of the interests in Vastar Resources Inc. that it didn't obtain when it acquired ARCO (OGJ Online, Sept. 18, 2000), some of the Houston-...
Energy has become a hot-button issue in the US presidential election race between Republican Party nominee and Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Democratic Party nominee and US Vice...
Canadian oil and gas companies again demand the company news spotlight, as firms continue to be active in mergers, acquisitions, and asset divestments.
The seeds of tomorrow's new upstream technology are in today's failures, if oil and gas companies are willing to take the risks and learn from their mistakes, George E. King, ...
The fuel price protests, when they began to bite across Britain in mid-September, caught everyone-not least the ruling New Labour government-on the back foot.
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries sovereigns and heads of state ended their first summit in 25 years with a document calling for oil market stability and fair prices...
As retail gasoline prices rose this past summer, European consumers united in protests to air their frustrations over fuel taxes. Although their tactics were questionable, their...
Middleton, Mass., has named Michael F. Hoban industry manager for the company's Insulating Glass Sealants Group. Hoban will oversee all sales, marketing, and technical support...
This special analysis of the Reed-Hycalog rig census against the backdrop of current oil and gas markets was provided by Dean E. Gaddy, Senior Editor-Drilling & Special Projects...
Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles has pledged to spend the rest of his term in office working to break ground on a natural gas pipeline in the next 2 years to move gas from Alaska's North...
It is gratifying to see contenders for the US presidency argue about energy policy (see related article, p. 20, and Watching Government, p. 22). The subject needs attention. But...
Final bids to build a second crude-oil export pipeline in Ecuador included a surprise bid from a group led by Ecuador's Army Corps of Engineers (CIE) along with two other private...
