In 2011, the United States became the world’s largest producer of natural gas, growing by 7.7% between 2010 and 2011. That represented the largest volumetric increase in the world, according to BP’s Statistical Review of World ...
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China on Monday announced the results of its second shale gas bidding round, awarding the 19 blocks on offer to 16 domestic companies. The winners were announced at a press conference held by the Ministry of Land and Resources. ...
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BP said Monday it was too early to estimate when it could restart gas flows from its In Amenas fields in eastern Algeria two days after Algerian forces ended a bloody hostage crisis at the desert gas plant. "Production from the plant ...
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Johnson Screens, which is based in New Brighton, Minnesota, manufactures mechanical components for the separation of solids from liquids and gases and provides associated services. The company’s products are used for drinking water ...
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The Kurdistan Regional Government is proud of the achievements of its oil and gas industry since the fall of the former regime in 2003. It expects the federal government of Iraq to be proud of them, too. Since oil exports from the ...
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As previously communicated, in the face of increasingly difficult domestic trading conditions for its soda ash business, Penrice Soda Holdings Limited has been conducting a strategic review of its entire chemicals business to improve its ...
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Boby Joseph, CEO of StorIT Data storage distributor StorIT has announced that it now offers Mellanox’s high-performance computing (HPC) solutions for the oil and gas sector, which, the firm says, will help regional oil and gas ...
A key Democratic senator on Thursday reiterated his concerns that a study commissioned by the US Department of Energy on LNG exports is "seriously flawed" and should not be used by the agency to grant permits to companies wishing to ship ...
Crude oil production by Norway, the world's eighth largest exporter, is expected to fall 4% in 2013 to 1.47 million b/d, from 1.53 million b/d in 2012, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said on Friday. The NPD also said it expected gas ...
The new P-63 Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel featuring Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines, the first such ship to utilize gas engines to produce more than 100 MWe of power, has successfully completed all the ...
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It’s reported that Vallourec, France-based global manufacturer of pipes and tubes has signed a new OCTG contract of 5 years with Brazilian national oil company Petrobras in order to meet and supply tubular products for the oil & gas ...
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Northwest Pipe Company has appointed Mr.Duke Watson as vice president of sales for the Tubular Products Group. Mr.Duke,who serviced oilfield Service Company before,brings a distinguished record of leading successful sales teams in the oil ...
Spencer Coatings has become the U.K.'s largest independent coatings manufacturer after it acquired Stokes Paints in a deal worth £5million. Employing more than 100 people, the enlarged Spencer Coatings will have a turnover of more ...
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A new report from Deloitte,entitled"Mergers and Acquisitions in the Oil and Gas Industry—Current upstream M&A issues and transaction considerations",looks at the factors affecting investment in Iraq: "Iraqi production,which has ...
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Houston Business Journal reported that Trinity Steel Fabricators Inc a Houston company that has primarily worked in structural steel fabrication, has acquired Houston-based Triton Vessel Manufacture. The acquisition will allow Triton to ...