The US Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service July 12 released a 5 year royalty management plan that expands federal royalty-in-kind (RIK) programs but does ...
Modeling of asphaltene precipitation in Bangestan reservoir of Kupal field in southwest Iran estimated the pressure at which asphaltenes precipitate under reservoir conditions...
The stubborn refusal of oil prices to drop in recent months has amplified doubts regarding the adequacy of near-term oil supplies and the long-term outlook for crude oil prices...
Bolivian President Carlos Mesa faces the daunting task of keeping both voters and investors happy following a referendum meant to ensure a large government role in the country...
ConocoPhillips is thought to be close to signing a major agreement to acquire Russia's 7.59% stake in OAO Lukoil—that country's second largest oil and natural gas company—for ...
US imports of crude oil averaged a record 11.3 million bbl during the week ended July 23, marking "the first time that crude imports have exceeded 11 million b/d. Imports jumped...
The Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC) July 23 disputed charges by Venezuela's state-owned oil company Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) that the US agency's decision to ...
Recent dramatics in Russia provide a useful reminder that, after a dozen years of economic and political liberalization, the land of the czars is still no Switzerland.
In the face of rising oil prices, it is "essential" for national governments to develop more-diverse energy resources, said the managing director of a prominent British consulting...
Increased pipeline movement of raw bitumen production from Canada to the US could mitigate North America's vulnerability to crude supply disruptions and require expansion of existing...
Regarding your editorial "A bizarre investigation," OGJ, July 19, 2004, p. 15, it is most ironic that in the prodigious producing area of Bakersfield, Calif. (more than three ...
Quadra Resources Corp., Calgary, signed a farmout with Canadian and Egyptian companies that covers the 7.5 million acre Nuqra Block 1 in the Kom Ombo rift basin in southeastern...