Just days after the publication of a study finding that chemical dispersants meant to clean up the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico actually made the oil more toxic, a study in Environmental Science & Technology ...
China is expanding its scope in looking for energy resources in foreign assets, participating actively in the international oil and gas market to ensure the domestic supply is driven by economic growth. China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, ...
Tags: Gas Sources, Oil Sources
Despite improved energy efficiency and expenditure on renewable energy sources, the use of fossil fuels globally is expected to remain dominant, an International Energy Agency (IEA) expert said Wednesday in Vienna. Fatih Birol, IEA Chief ...
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DNV GL is initiating a Joint Industry Project (JIP) to provide guidance on an alternative means of personnel transfer onto offshore installations. The “Walk to Work” (W2W) approach, where offshore installations are manned from ...
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Global supplier of fluid transfer systems, FES International, has completed a major £2.4M swivel refurbishment contract for Houston-based oil and gas company, Talos ERT. The swivels form part of a Disconnectable Transfer System ...
OGN Group, the North East-England offshore engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) specialist, has secured a multi-million pound contract with independent UK oil and gas development and production company EnQuest, which will lead to ...
Malaysia-based international offshore oilfield services provider, Bumi Armada Berhad announced today that EnQuest Heather Limited together with EnQuest ENS Limited, First Oil and Gas Limited, Nautical Petroleum Limited and Nautical ...
Ressources et Energie Squatex Inc. (¨Squatex¨) is pleased to announce the discovery of a significant reservoir rock which could contain a large quantity of conventional natural gas in the Lower St. Lawrence area. While carrying a ...
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Calling it a "game changer" for West Virginia, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced that Odebrecht will build an ethane cracker and three polyurethane plants in the Mid-Ohio Valley region. Odebrecht is an established international petrochemical ...
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Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) (SIX: RIGN) today announced that a subsidiary has awarded contracts to Keppel FELS Limited's shipyard in Singapore for the construction of five Super B 400 Bigfoot Class jackup drilling rigs. The first rig is ...
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City officials in Flint, Michigan announced Wednesday that American Cast Iron Pipe Co. of Birmingham, Alabama, will build a new facility to supply water transmission pipe for the Karegnondi Water Authority at an old 400-acre site formerly ...
Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Do Van Hau, President and CEO of Petrovietnam National Oil and Gas Group signed today in Hanoi the Agreement on setting up a natural gas for vehicles joint venture. The ...
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The frequency of flights between Aberdeen and Oslo is to be increased due to demand from the oil and gas industry, according to operator bmi regional. The airline’s scheduled service providing direct access from Europe’s oil ...
Petroamerica Oil Corp. (TSX-V:PTA), a Canadian oil company operating in Colombia is pleased to announce a light oil discovery at the La Guira-1 exploration well on the Los Ocarros Block. The Company is also pleased to announce that total ...
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West Africa is experiencing a surge in piracy, with well-organised hijackers targeting the region's growing oil and gas industries, writes national security expert Dr James Jay Carafano in World Review. Although efforts to combat crime at ...
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