Carl B. Kress is someone in the federal government more people and companies in the oil and gas community should get to know. His job at the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) is to help put US suppliers of goods and services in touch with governments in developing and middle-income countries that are developing […]

US House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) introduced legislation on Nov. 3 that would reform federal onshore and offshore energy resource management policies substantially. Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) and two Texas Democrats, Reps. Henry Cuellar and Vincent Gonzalez, were cosponsors. Source: News

A recently introduced foam system for extinguishing rim seal fires in floating-roof oil storage tanks demonstrated levels of fire control and extinguishment and burnback resistance the same as or arguably better than well‐designed conventional foam systems. Source: News

A new approach to LNG cargo management during ship-to-ship (STS) transfers focuses on optimizing tank-pressure monitoring and control. The concept is primarily developed for STS transfers between LNG marine carriers (LNGC) and floating storage and regasification units (FSRU), but some of its components are also relevant to STS transfers from LNGC to LNGC. Source: News

A complex piece of equipment, the converging-diverging steam jet used in vacuum distillation units is subject to a wide array of malfunctions that are often misunderstood or overlooked by plant personnel. Source: News

Statoil ASA has let an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation contract to Aibel AS for a gas module for the Troll C platform in an effort to increase oil production and gas exports from Fram field in the North Sea. Source: News

US President Donald Trump has nominated Linda A. Capuano, currently a fellow at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Center for Energy Studies, to lead the US Energy Information Administration. Source: News