Iraq's brief suspension of oil exports in defiance of the United Nations pushed the price of dated Brent crude above $26/bbl for the first time since the Persian Gulf crisis of...
Recent years have seen advancement of several transportation schemes aimed at making natural gas production from smaller and remote or scattered offshore fields more economic....
While most economic analyses of the gas-to-liquid (GTL) ventures focus on feed costs and investment capital, Mossgas' experience suggests that the ability to make value-added ...
An innovative hammer-union pressure transmitter, which can be easily repaired or replaced on location, has improved the accuracy and response time for mud-pulse communications...
Natural gas (methane) converted to a liquid, primarily for fuel use, is being touted as a new option for accelerating exploitation of the world's natural gas resources, especially...
While the Norwegian government is anticipating increased production and earnings from petroleum revenues, it is concerned over the "drought" that is threatening the country's ...
Iran's National Petrochemical Co. and Elenac GMBH, Kehl, Germany, signed a letter of intent to jointly build and operate a 300,000 tonne/year low-density polyethylene plant at...
Changing trade patterns and evolving technologies will alter traditional shipping patterns and fleet changes in liquid petroleum product, LPG, and LNG carriers into the 21st Century...
The US Federal Trade Commission has voted 4-0 to allow Exxon Corp. to acquire Mobil Corp. for $81 billion but will require the firms to shed many assets.
Writing about the petroleum industry is fascinating, but as a journalist, one sometimes yearns for a dash of color or, better still, a whiff of controversy.
IN ITS LARGEST SINGLE U.S. INDUSTRIAL INVESTment, Air Liquide America Corp. started up the first of two air-separation units (ASUs), part of a $150 million air-separation and ...
Canada's National Energy Board has approved the $1 billion (Canadian) natural gas pipeline system from Sable Island off Nova Scotia to New England markets.
The US Department of Energy's (DOE) extreme overbalance (EOB) and high-energy gas fracturing (HEGF) tests were disappointing overall, but the improved understanding of each process...
A 70-30 joint venture of Brazil's Petroleo Brasileiro SA and Argentina's Perez Companc have won the bidding to acquire Bolivia's two refineries, owned by the Bolivian state oil...
