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Byline: Steven McGinn Companies in the news Apache Corp. has completed the sale of its interests in the Chevron-operated Wheatstone LNG project, and accompanying upstream oil and gas reserves, to [...]

Byline: Steven McGinn Alexander Palynchuk: A lifetime of innovation Insufficient reservoir pressure is the genesis of artificial lift technology, and without such mechanisms to bring hydrocarbons to the surface, the [...]

Byline: Steven McGinn People in the industry OMV Aktiengesellschaft has appointed Rainer Seele as CEO and chairman of the executive board. Seele will take over the position, on July 1, [...]

Byline: Steven McGinn Now in its 47th, the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) will be held at NRG Park (formerly Reliant Park) in Houston, Texas, on May 4-7, 2015. Building on [...]

Byline: Pramod Kulkarni,Kurt Abraham,Roger Jordan,Steven McGinn An oversupplied market spells a difficult year ahead for operators, although less so for activity outside North America. After spending several years on a [...]

Byline: Steven McGinn New products and services Solution fuels drilling rigs, production operations from field gas TRF Energy Solutions has created a process to use field gas for fuel, a [...]

Byline: Steven McGinn Horizontal wells: A standard for today Vol. 235Â No. 12INNOVATIVE THINKERS STEVEN McGINN, NEWS EDITOR Horizontal wells A standard for today Schematic of Rospo Mare field, courtesy [...]

Volatility reigned for crude oil pricing during the financial crisis. So what factors led to it and could it happen again? PUTTING THE pieces together in the aftermath of the [...]

All eyes are on the US, where extreme weather reduced availability of export cargoes for other regional markets. Shifting supply outlooks have increased prices globally [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Field production of ethane, propane and butane hit a combined 3.823m bbl/day in March, an all-time record high [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Relative to WTI crude oil, propane was valued at 42% and butane at 46%. Both relative values are at multi-year lows [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Much of the export demand for propane is coming from buyers in China, South Korea, Japan and Singapore [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Up to 13% of the nation's ethanol capacity has been affected by severe rain, snow and floods across the US Midwest [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), a fuel additive which is used to increase octane value in gasoline. Topics discussed include the use of MTBE to make high-purity isobutylene, which can be further used to produce highly reactive polyisobutylene, butyl rubber and methyl methacrylate (MMA); the decrease in production of MTBE in the U.S. in 2017; and the increase in supply of MTBE in the U.S.

The article reports on the increase in spot prices of ethane in Mont Belvieu, Texas due to the shutdown of the Mariner East 1 natural gas liquids pipeline from operator Energy Transfer Partners and the emergence of ethane-consuming steam cracker start-up businesses.

The article discusses settlement of the European toluene contract in September 2017. It mentions that post-storm spike in gasoline prices is the biggest jump since 2005, when hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the U.S. Gulf Coast. It also reveals that firm status of the gasoline market has created concern among European toluene players.

The article discusses the ramifications of natural gas and crude oil pipeline company Enterprise Products Partners LP's export of an ultra-light hydrocarbon to South Korean oil company GS Caltex. Topics addressed include a U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security ruling that stabilized crude oil qualifies as a suitable product for export, hydrocarbon steam's designation as a processed petroleum product eligible for export without a license, and companies planning to install condensate splitters.

The article highlights the career and accomplishments of engineer and patent inventor Alexander Palynchuk. Topics covered include Palynchuk's thoughts on the development of the coiled sucker rod system, the aspects of Palynchuk's rod manufacturing and heat treating system according to the Canadian Petroleum Hall of Fame, and a biplane he built from a single log with no instructions as an 11-year-old boy.

The article profiles Dr. John Quirein, Halliburton Technology Fellow for Wireline and Perforating. It chronicles his career from the aerospace industry as a subcontractor with Lockheed Martin Corp. which introduced him to the field of statistics and pattern recognition by applying algorithms to recognize pattern. Quirein also uses this learning for wireline well-log and seismic interpretation of oil and gas production.

The article features several products and services for the oil and gas industries including the Weatherford WaterSure fluid system, the Propel SSP proppant technology from Fairmount Santrol, and the Infinity dissolvable plug-and-perf system from Schlumberger.

In this article the author focuses on the use of dogs by oil companies to inspect pipelines and gas leaks. The firms that have used dogs for proper leak detection include BP Georgia and Total France. Topics discussed include the unique odor detection mechanism of dogs, the dog training process, and the benefit of working with dogs in terms of cost-saving.

The article profiles Doctor Sam Avasthi, a pioneer third-party consultant based in Kingwood, Texas who specializes in the needs of the oil and gas industry. Topics discussed include plan of Avasthi to become a research engineer before a consultancy for a hydrocarbon recovery project in the North Sea, opportunity to work as an industrial consultant worldwide and forecast of the recovery of oil companies with stable financial standing.

The article talks about horizontal drilling, a technology developed for the petroleum industry. Topics include the first horizontal, industrial well that was spudded in 1982 by Elf Acquitaine or Total, the Horizontal Drilling Project of Elf Acquitaine that was conducted with the French Petroleum Institute, and the horizontal drilling tactics being used by American companies to crack the shale code.

The article features Charlie Williams, executive director at the Center for Offshore Safety (COS), who has long been part of safety for the offshore oil and gas industry. Topics discussed include Williams' educational background, his major accomplishments, including leading the return to production of Shell's Mars tension-leg oil platform (TLP) which was damaged badly when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf of Mexico in 2005, and his appointment at COS upon retirement from Shell.

The article reports on a partnership between JNC Corp. and KBR Inc. to sell the exclusive license for JNC's polyvinyl chloride (PVC) process technology. Comments of Francis Tsang, KBR's senior technology manager for organic compounds regarding the process are given. It is noted that low production and investment costs are offered by this PVC production process.

The article presents the views of several experts regarding the chemical industry. According to Marc Fermont, senior partner at Districonsult in Leysin, Switzerland, the industry was based upon the personal reputation and respectability of its employees and leaders, among whom Jon Huntsman, as a successful entrepreneur and company builder, played an exemplary role. Steven McGinn, markets reporter, ICIS Pricing, says that America has the resources to become less reliant on foreign energy.