The question of “which comes first?” was dominant as oil shale development proponents told a US Senate committee May 15 that regulations need to be developed, and opponents said...
Today’s deepwater well interventions usually require big drilling rigs to place and pull heavy risers, but engineers visualize vessel-based, rigless interventions in future.
When he came before the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee on May 14, Federal Trade Commission Chairman William E. Kovacic...
Political activists say Royal Dutch Shell threatens to trigger greater conflict in Iraq with plans to control the development, production, and depletion of the country’s oil.
The US could forfeit several billion barrels of oil equivalent if the Senate doesn’t ratify the Law of the Sea treaty soon, warned Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alas.) in a May 8 floor...
Tullow Oil PLC will make history when it delivers first oil from Jubilee oil field off Ghana in 2010 through a floating production, storage, and offloading vessel.
Despite billions of dollars in revenue from oil exports, many African oil-producing countries continue to suffer poverty and disease, largely due to corruption, conflict, and ...
CubaPetroVietnam Exploration Production Corp. let a contract to SCAN Geophysical ASA, Oslo, to shoot 4,000 line-km of 2D seismic in the Gulf of Mexico off Cuba.The M/V SCAN Stigandi...
With a reform effort under way in its premier oil producer and with production climbing elsewhere in the region, Africa remains a prime target for international oil and gas investment...
Officials from the US Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service participated in a media forum May 15 with representatives from the US Coast Guard and the American...
General Interest Quick TakesDeutsche Bank slashes 2008 oil demand outlookMajor investment bank Deutsche Bank has reduced its global oil demand growth forecast for this year ...
The Free Enterprise Action Fund (FEAOX) is pushing the ConocoPhillips board of directors to review and report the costs and benefits of company efforts to comply with climate ...
Baker Hughes Inc.,MeehanClick here to enlarge imageHouston, has acquired two reservoir consulting firms, Gaffney, Cline & Associates (GCA) and GeoMechanics International (GMI)...
Days after the massive May 12 earthquake hit the Sichuan province of central China, its potential impact on world energy markets remained uncertain, but damage to hydroelectric...
The inherent design features of current pine-in-pipe-in-pipe technology allow LNG to be transferred both subsea and buried onshore safely and securely, with minimal risk to the...
