Formosa Petrochemical Corp., a member of Taiwan’s Formosa Plastics Group, is moving forward with its previously announced plan to build a $9.4-billion ethane cracking and petrochemical complex along on the west bank of the Mississippi River in St. James Parish, La. Source: News
OTC: Offshore operators trying to make projects feasible at $50/bbl oil
Operators of offshore oil and gas projects have slashed costs during the oil-price slump, but they also are working to avoid the boom-bust cycles of the past, panelists told an Apr. 30 session at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston. Source: News
30 Apr 2018 12:56:21 EDT – The latest stock information is now available for your stocks
XOM Last 77.795 Change +0.005 % Change 0.01% Volume 4,500,678 As of: 30 Apr 2018 12:56:21 EDT View: Stock Quote | News CVX Last 125.71 Change –0.91 % Change 0.72% Volume 3,210,420 As of: 30 Apr 2018 12:56:21 EDT View: Stock Quote | News COP Last 65.49 Change +0.54 % […]
MARKET WATCH: Oil prices dip as markets ponder upcoming Iran sanctions decision
Oil prices were down on markets in New York and London Apr. 27. After a slight dip to settle at $74.64/bbl, Brent crude futures aren’t far from the $75/bbl-level last reached in late 2014. US West Texas Intermediate crude also settled downward at $68.10/bbl. Source: News
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Watching Government: A thousand days, and counting
Political pundits love to analyze a US president’s performance when a thousand days have passed. They reason that this is enough time to evaluate his track record fairly. Source: News
SAIS researchers find gaps in unconventional oil, gas regs
Differences in terminology and oversight approaches have created marked gaps in government regulation of growing unconventional oil and gas activity in the US, a research team of four graduate students at Johns Hopkins University’s School for Advanced International Studies reported on Apr. 19. Source: News
Misplaced authority
Some policies need killing while they’re still just bad ideas. A nasty example is a proposal that the US president act under the Defense Production Act to help the coal industry—or any other energy industry. Source: News
It’s a small world after all
In November 2012, Hamed Mansoori, a corrosion engineer from National Iranian Oil Co.’s (NIOC) South Zagros Oil & Gas Production Co., submitted a pair of technical articles to Oil & Gas Journal’s former Exploration Editor Alan Petzet for review. All OGJ editors get papers from every conceivable direction, often on topics not our own, and […]
Marathon Petroleum, Andeavor plan merger
Marathon Petroleum Corp. has entered a definitive agreement to acquire US independent Andeavor, formerly Tesoro Corp., in a merger that would create the largest US refiner by capacity and one of the top five largest refiners globally. Source: News