Although the merger of Exxon Corp. and Mobil Corp. is widely expected to clear the final hurdle of US Federal Trade Commission approval at any time, not all observers view the...
Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. (Sundowner) has merged with and into its wholly owned subsidiary Nabors Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NODI) and changed its name to Nabors Offshore...
Australia's BHP Petroleum Pty. Ltd. and its partners are set to begin production of about 180,000 b/d of oil from two developments in the Timor Sea off Australia by yearend.
Marathon Canada Ltd. has recently used casing-conveyed perforating guns to complete a gas well, Well 14-1-28-18, in the Drumheller field of central Alberta.
Republicans running the US Senate have a ready counterpunch for the scolding they received from President Bill Clinton on Oct. 14 over their rejection of the Comprehensive Nuclear...
One of the largest heat exchangers of its type has been installed for Arabian Petrochemical Co., Petrokemya, by Altec International LP (now Chart Heat Exchangers), La Crosse, ...
BP Amoco PLC announced the signing in London on Oct. 20 with China Petrochemical Corp. (Sinopec) of a framework agreement to undertake a joint feasibility study for a world-scale...
Coastal Corp., Houston, has applied to the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to build and operate a 1.1 bcf/day gas pipeline serving the growing Florida market.
After months of rising oil prices, a sudden fall in early October took the industry by surprise, but behind the slide was a rise in production both inside and outside of the Organizatio...
The 1998 revamp of the No. 2 fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) in the Caltex Refineries (NSW) Pty. Ltd. refinery at Kurnell, Australia, corrected problems that constrained ...
A 122,000 cu m cargo of LNG being transported to France from Nigeria represents a major milestone, given the troubled history of Nigeria's petroleum industry (see story, p. 30...
Exxon Corp. Chairman Lee Raymond, left, and Mobil Corp. Chairman Lucio Noto testified last spring at a US House of Representatives hearing about their planned merger.
Novus Australia Energy Co. Pty. Ltd., Sydney, and partners were awarded an exploration license for Block 17 in Oman, which covers 3,200 sq km of onshore and offshore territory...
The South China Sea's Spratly Islands continue to be a potential flash point as China persists in following a long-term strategy of gradually extending its control over the entire...
A research project is planned to develop and field-test a composite drill pipe that will transmit drilling data from the bottom of the well bore to operators on the surface.
Mexico's Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) continues expanding the country's natural gas distribution system as it has made a call for technical bids for one permit area, while...
