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The article focuses on Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (HPCL) achieving indigenization of Hydrogen Pressure Swing Adsorption (H2 PSA) Technology at its HP Green R&D Centre in Bengaluru, India.

The article offers information on the Haldor Topsoe HydroFlex™ technology results in successful test run at Marathon Petroleum Corp. facility producing renewable diesel. It mentions views of Jeff Sexton, Marathon's Refining Technology Director, on the refinery to renewable fuels production and Marathon's collaboration during entire project execution of the Dickinson ND facility.

The article focuses on the Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) seeking opportunities for commercialising a technology it has developed for the conversion of plastic waste to petroleum products. Topics covered include the catalyst development project for converting plastics to liquid diesel or gasoline that complies with Euro-III specifications. Also mentioned are efforts for converting plastic waste to liquid hydrocarbons in several countries including Japan, Germany and the U.S.

The article offers information on the 12th annual Petrotech international conference to be held in India from December 5-7, 2016.

The article focuses on gas prices in America, which are expected to rise 25 cents higher in the summer of 2006 than in the summer of 2005, according to the U.S. Energy Department predictions. The cost is due largely to the increasing price of crude oil, from which petroleum is refined. Forces affecting the price of gasoline are discussed, including the use of ethanol alcohol, and Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

The article gives information about Hocking College will offer the first year of the Petroleum Technology program in partnership with Stark State Collegeand is enrolling students for autumn semester 2015; the Hocking Collegeportion of the program will be at the Hocking College Logan Campus.

The article focuses on a petroleum technology program being offered by the Pierpont Community & Technical College and West Virginia Northern Community College. According to Miranda Kessel, program coordinator for both schools, students taking the program can learn about nurmerous and varied jobs within the oil and gas industry. It discusses various benefits of the program for students.

The article covers issues related to energy industries in Texas. Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief plans to reconvene the city's natural gas drilling task force as soon as the new council member for the District 9 council seat is elected. It states that the American Association of Petroleum Geologists has assumed management of all Petroleum Technology Transfer Council (PTTC) activities. It cites the acquisition of B.E.G. Liquid Mud Services Corp. by Omni Energy Services Corp.

The article informs about synthetic biology. It is an effort by genetic engineers to rewire the genetic circuitry of living organisms. The undertaking includes insertion of one to two genes into a bacterium or crop plant. Synthetic biologists plan to include microbes modified to generate cheap petroleum out of plant waste and design whole organisms from scratch. They can identify a network of useful genes on their computer screens by downloading the gene sequences filed in DNA data banks.

The article reports that Petroleum Technology Transfer Council (PTTC) is seeking support to continue its research and development work for independent oil and gas operators. PTTC lost its federal funding from that U.S. Department of Energy. The organization has played a role in the technology transfer in the shale gas movement. PTTC is visiting various regions across the U.S. for support.

Reports on the efforts of oil companies to extract more oil from old fields and discusses the techniques used in Texas' Permian Basin which are becoming popular globally. Interest taken in the Texan techniques at the Permian Basin International Oil Show; Rising global demand for oil; Decline in the known oil reserves; Number of barrels of oil produced by the new methods between 1995 and 2003; Amount that Royal Dutch/Shell Group will spend extracting oil from existing fields.

Comments on high oil prices in Iraq. Diplomatic strategies of former U.S. President George Bush and President George W. Bush involving Saudi Arabia; Reference to Saudi Arabia's promise to increase oil production to offset a temporary decline in Iraqi oil exports; Why the Saudis have not been able to come up with the oil; Overview of the industry; Outlook for prices remaining high; Problems getting the oil to refineries and then to market; Political issues in areas with large undeveloped resources; Observation that shortage of oil is not the problem; Views of Jeffrey R. Currie, head of commodities research at Goldman Sachs in London, England.

Examines the petroleum industry in Libya. How many multinational oil companies have shifted their focus to Libya amid growing security fears and uncertainty in Iraq; How the U.S. President George W. Bush administration's easing of restrictions on Libya has touched off a race among energy companies; Role of U.S. lawyers, bankers and consultants in evaluating Libyan opportunities; Outlook for increased oil production in Libya; Obstacles and risks; Motivation for Libyan energy ventures; Overview of the industry.

Reports that a project to extract oil from tar sands at Fort Hills in northern Alberta has been shelved. Scope of the recoverable reserves from Alberta's oil sands; How the region has been seen as a way for the U.S. to reduce its dependence on overseas oil; Background on the Fort Hills project, owned by Koch Industries of Kansas and by the UTS Energy Corporation of Calgary; Cost of extracting oil from the tar sands; Implications of cancelling the project; Comments of David Park, head of the Koch unit, TrueNorth Energy.

The article reports that Halliburton Co. has opened its new Technology Center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where it will be working with the talented individuals of the country on technologies for deepwater and mature fields.