The oil and gas industry enters 2003 uncertain about geopolitical events, doubtful about markets, yet equipped with technology advancing rapidly on many fronts.
Installation of the Aux Sable Liquid Products LP (Aux Sable) plant1 near the terminus of the Alliance pipeline (OGJ, July 2, 2001, p. 48) south of Chicago was a significant change...
Several Russian oil field case histories have demonstrated that expandable-profile tubulars or pipes have proven to be an effective way to control formation caving and sloughing...
Refinery fuels costs have endured an unsteady course since 1999. As shown in the accompanying table, most of the PADD residual fuels' increases in costs occurred in 1999 and 2000...
Expandable-profile liners have successfully isolated and protected permeable hydrocarbon zones in Russian oil wells, minimizing formation damage from invasion of drilling fluids...
Escalating Middle East tensions are not tempering industry interest in the region, especially in Saudi Arabia and Iraq where the potential for profit is high.
US effects of Venezuela's month-long strike, aimed at ousting President Hugo Chávez, became more evident last week as the American Petroleum Institute reported US oil stocks fell...
Invest-Oil—an affiliate company acting in the interest of Russian oil firms Siberian Oil Co. (Sibneft) and Tyumen Oil Co. (TNK)—has bid for and won a 74.95% equity stake in OAO...
The new Ultima X gas monitor series features the latest mechanical and electrical technologies and is designed for performance in virtually any gas detection use.
US producers expect to increase their North American production of natural gas this year, but even at today's higher commodity prices, oil field service companies see no signs...
Despite recent surveys revealing that exploration and production companies' worldwide E&P spending for 2003 will be flat to slightly elevated compared with last year, a recent...
If US-led forces remove Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, then the administration of US President George W. Bush must make it clear to the world that the US has no desire to become...
In a swap for future crude oil deliveries from Venezuela, Petroleos Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) has provide 520,000 l. of gasoline to Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) to relieve...
I have been an avid and loyal reader of Oil & Gas Journal for virtually my entire career, which now approaches a half-century. During that time I have noted that the Journal routinely...
In the last two decades, results obtained from structural reliability analysis (SRA) have increasingly led to formation of strategies for future safe operation of corroding oil...
Aberdeen, has announced the appointment of Gary Broiles as CIS area manager, Hassan Farshbaf as country manager for Algeria, and Bruce Campbell as UK country manager, all with...
