Cavallo’s article begins, “It is well known that M. K. Hubbert (in 1956) successfully predicted the timing (1970) of peak US oil production.... The questions that must be asked...
Vela International Marine Ltd. cut emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by nearly one-half during tanker loading of crude oil in tests of a system that increases vent...
Two House committee chairmen from California have asked US President George W. Bush to launch a review of China’s growing energy requirements and the implications for US political...
Gas monopoly OAO Gazprom has agreed to sell a controlling stake to the Russian government, setting the stage for more liberalized trading of Gazprom shares, consultants said.
Terrorist leader Osama bin Laden is out to upset the international economy and-judging by the reaction of world oil markets to recent events in Nigeria-he’s doing a good job (...
A threat from Islamic terrorists and the kidnapping of six oil workers raised concerns about security in Nigeria and helped push the price of crude oil past $59/bbl on June 20...
Clarity of US thinking about energy occurs most often during crises of supply. A case in point is the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline System, which since its opening in 1977 has made as...
Crude futures prices rocketed to record highs just days after members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries voted June 15 to raise the cumulative production quota...
Government fuel choices costly in energy policy The making of energy policy is at its worst when policy-makers assign themselves responsibility for decisions best left to markets...
Azerbaijan soon will become a major energy exporter. Officials opened the valves to start line fill late last month at the Sangachal terminal near Baku on the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan...
A new line of single-stage steam turbines provides what the maker calls a rugged and versatile low-horsepower turbine that’s designed to be equally suited for new or retrofit ...
Rockhopper Exploration Ltd., Swindon, UK, plans to run 3D seismic surveys the next 2 years on the PL 032 and PL 033 exploration licenses formerly held by a Shell affiliate in ...
A great deal has been published on discoveries, reserves, and production from the Gulf of Mexico, but little has been published on what reservoir properties are present.
Although great care was taken in dealing with environmental problems, the region’s fragile political stability, and about 20,000 local landowners during the BTC construction, ...
