Scale formation is a critical problem for gas injection-well operators in southern Iranian oil fields. Scale precipitation can restrict gas injection, resulting in complete injection blockage. Source: News

Idaho completed its first full year of commercial natural gas production in 2016, making it the 31st US state to produce hydrocarbons. Drilling activity will most likely continue through 2017 as small operators keep moving into Idaho’s prospective counties. Source: News

India’s upstream sector’s history suggests that the government’s varying roles of policy maker, regulator, and operator has led to conflicts of interest and eroded investor confidence. India could better develop competitive, transparent, and efficient oil and gas operations by forming an independent regulator. Source: News

Busy US President Donald Trump rushes toward a crossfire between his urge to fulfill campaign promises and the need to deliver prosperity. Someone must find a way to tell him he can’t do everything- and certainly not all at once. Source: News

Saudi Arabia’s oil policy, shaped by multiple factors including domestic fiscal-geopolitical objectives, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries dynamics, and market conditions, has been constantly changing. Source: News

Effects of yet-to-be-clarified Trump administration policy moves-from possible new individual free trade agreements if the country withdraws from multination treaties to an emphasis on increased domestic gas production and new pipeline construction-on US liquefied natural gas export growth are uncertain, speakers agreed at a Jan. 26 Atlantic Council forum. Source: News

Oil and gas industry association officials in Washington, DC, are by no means certain what kind of treatment they and their members will get from the incoming Trump administration. It probably will be better than their dealings with Barack Obama’s, most suggested. Source: News

Repeal of mandates for overly detailed disclosure of payments to foreign governments relates more to competition and regulatory balance than to transparency. Source: News