Stimulation or restimulation of existing wells in gas storage fields can be more cost-effective for maintaining deliverability than drilling new wells.
Availability of extra cold solvent in an existing solvent dewaxing unit (SDU) can increase dewaxed oil production by debottlenecking refrigeration, solvent recovery, and filtration...
The proposed Baku-Ceyhan pipe-line-one of several options being considered as the main export route for oil from the Caspian Sea region-has had many opponents and few proponents...
The trans-Caspian natural gas pipeline is commercially viable and would bring positive returns to Turkmenistan under most scenarios analyzed by the Energy Institute at the University...
A new steerable drilling system, which integrates a pin-down positive displacement motor (PDM) with a box-up, extended-gauge polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) bit, has reduced...
BP Amoco PLC struck a deal with Alaskan authorities that is expected to clear the way for its takeover of ARCO, but completion is now thought unlikely to be achieved by yearend...
Alberta set up an agency to promote the reduction of greenhouse gases in the province, which produces 80% of Canada's oil and gas, as well as most of its emissions of greenhouse...
US independent producers still have a fair chance of getting tax relief measures from Congress next year, speakers told attendees at the recent Independent Petroleum Association...
After selling its upstream oil and gas unit in July, Enron Corp. has made another portfolio-focusing move, this time selling off its only regulated electric utility company, Portland...
Royal Dutch/Shell and BASF AG are negotiating a deal to combine their polyolefins businesses into a 50-50 joint venture with a combined turnover of more than $6 billion/year.
Mexican state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos plans to seek tenders for the upgrade and expansion of its Minatitlan refinery on the Gulf Coast, says Pemex Director Adrian Lajous...
It is time for the oil and gas industry to think about market fundamentals beyond the extent to which members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries abide by their...
Mossgas (Pty.) Ltd.'s gas-to-liquids plant in Mossel Bay, South Africa, has been criticized as being a "white elephant"; that is, something that costs more to keep than it is ...
