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Oil surrendered most of its early gains after tensions appeared to ease between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia amid growing international outrage over the disappearance of one of the kingdom’s most prominent critics.
The kind of dramatic scenes that played out in suburban Massachusetts last month following a series of explosions and fires may serve as a warning of what lies ahead for the U.S., where an increasing reliance on natural gas is running up against aging infrastructure.
The recent collapse in Canadian oil prices may have a silver lining.
McDermott International, Inc. has announced a sizeable* contract award for CB&I Storage Tanks for the engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction of three external floating-roof tanks in Taft, Texas.
SUEZ has opened one of the world’s largest, most advanced analytical laboratories to serve its growing client base, including the booming refining and petrochemical market, as well as oil and gas operations along the Gulf Coast and beyond.
A ballot measure that could curb oil and gas development in Colorado is unlikely to pass in November, according to Colorado House Majority Leader KC Becker, a Democrat representing liberal Boulder county. Still, the measure’s success thus far will force the statehouse to take action on the issue in 2019.
Big Oil is giving up looking for singles and doubles in the Gulf of Mexico: Now it’s home runs or bust.
TGS and Schlumberger today announced a new multi-client nodal seismic project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
More than 350 of the upstream oil and gas industry’s brightest minds gathered Thursday to find out, and celebrate, the winners of the 2018 World Oil Awards. The awards ceremony, now in its 17th year, seeks to recognize and honor the upstream industry’s top innovations and innovators.
Petrobras informs that today its subsidiary, Petrobras America Inc., has entered into a definitive agreement with Murphy Exploration & Production Company – USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Murphy Oil Corporation, to form a joint venture company comprised of producing oil and gas assets in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Texas Alliance of Energy Producers (Alliance) and the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) have announced their joint effort on two new projects for the benefit of the oil and gas industry. The first project is the 2018 White Paper on water use in the energy industry.
President Donald J. Trump is again saying oil prices are too high, even after West Texas Intermediate crude dropped from a four-year high last week.
PDC Logic LLC has gone through a major rebrand, including a new name. The company has announced that PDC Logic is now Taurex Drill Bits, LLC. The change comes on the heels of ownership and management changes that have led to expanded growth initiatives for the company.
Michele Cowart, World Oil
Nine Energy Service has rolled out enhanced SkyView wireline trucks.
Michele Cowart, World Oil
Norway’s largest and longest pipeline, laid by the vessel Saipem Castorone, has reached Johan Sverdrup field.
Michele Cowart, World Oil
Hal J. Goldie has been appointed to the board of Enpro Subsea, based in Houston. With a career that spans almost 50 years in the industry, Goldie was previously president at Cameron Subsea Systems.
Emily Querubin, World Oil
John Costagna: Fostering the industry’s human intelligence
Don Francis, Contributing Editor
Let’s party
William (Bill) Head, Contributing Editor
Where are the oil reserves?
Kurt Abraham, World Oil
A job done well