India poised to be world's center of oil-demand growth

India is poised to replace China as the world’s center of oil-demand growth, according to authors of a study published by the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. Source: News

BHI: US rig count hits all-time low in recorded data

The overall weekly US rig count is now at its lowest point in Baker Hughes Inc. data that begins in the 1940s, and perhaps since the infancy of US oil and gas industry in the mid-19th century. Source: News

Oil and gas groups, states outline problems with BLM's fracing rule

The US Bureau of Land Management issued a hydraulic fracturing regulation rule that lacks justification, cannot be administered technically, exceeds the agency’s regulatory authority, and violates federal law, the Independent Petroleum Association of America and Western Energy Alliance jointly said. Source: News

Climate vs. free speech

Just when you think debate about climate change can’t get any worse, juridical oversight of speech rears its deplorable head-in the United States of America, of all places. Source: News

Murky business of 'firsts'

In my fervor to report a “first” in something, I erroneously wrote during IHS CERAWeek in February that Cheniere Energy Inc. shipped the first export cargo of LNG from the US via its Sabine Pass, La., terminal. As it was pointed out to me via e-mail by one of our readers, this fact was wrong […]

US oil-rig count posts first increase in 3 months

One week after hitting an all-time low in recorded data, the overall US drilling rig count posted its smallest decline of the year thus far, reflecting the first rise in oil-directed rigs in 12 weeks. Source: News

Indian firms joining Rosneft for field work

Rosneft has signed several participation agreements with Indian oil companies expected to boost development of large oil and gas-condensate fields in eastern Siberia. Source: News