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6 Oct 2012, 8:43 pm
Hostilities in the oil-producing regions can easily trigger a spike in oil and gasoline prices. [read post]
29 Apr 2010, 7:29 pm
Both suits were filed before the WSJ published this account that the oil well lacked a safeguard device – a remote-control shut-off switch used in two other major oil-producing nations as last-resort protection against underwater spills. [read post]
9 May 2007, 2:57 am
Ultra-cool game designer and Sivacracy reader Jane McGonigal has created a new alternate reality game, World Without Oil, where players describe what would be their real life experiences if gas prices skyrocketed, and supplies ultimately dried up. [read post]
22 Jan 2012, 11:31 am
One of the largest offshore oil spills in history occurred when the massive Deepwater Horizon semi-submersible oil drilling platform suffered a drilling-related explosion, was engulfed in flames, and sank. [read post]
FROM STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE TO STRATEGIC POLITICAL RESERVE: Is Obama’s Oil Dump A Political Pl…
24 Jun 2011, 4:21 am
FROM STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE TO STRATEGIC POLITICAL RESERVE: Is Obama’s Oil Dump A Political Ploy? [read post]
5 Jan 2012, 5:16 am
FASTER, PLEASE: Shale Gas Revolution Turns Tables On Oil Powers. “Countries that have always depended on imported oil and gas, like Chile, Paraguay, Poland or Ukraine, and especially heavy consumers such as the United States and China, could become self-sufficient in natural gas in the near future and even start exporting it. . . . [read post]
1 Aug 2014, 9:23 am
For example, in Saudi Arabia the government currently sells oil for powering desalination plants at $4/bbl instead of about $100/bbl when it sells the oil for export. [read post]
29 Feb 2012, 9:35 am
Not as long as there’s still oil and gas down there… A new dispute is building between China and the Philippines over oil exploration in the South China Sea, with neither side showing any sign of backing down.The dispute began earlier this week, when Philippines Energy Minister Jose Almendras announced that foreign investors will be invited to explore for oil and gas on two undersea tracts northwest of Palawan Island, in what Manila has begun calling the West… [read post]
7 Mar 2009, 10:45 am
Cheap, plentiful oil is good — and a glut of out-of-the-ground oil is a nice hedge against problems in the Middle East — but on the other hand, it’s a sign that the economy really has, er, tanked. [read post]
2 Aug 2012, 11:39 am
We wanted to take a moment and share our latest Porter Wright blog with you -- the Oil & Gas Law Report - which is designed for readers to quickly and easily learn about the latest legal developments affecting producers, investors, transporters, land owners, and governing organizations. [read post]
16 Feb 2009, 8:24 pm
CRUDE OIL IS GETTING CHEAPER, so why isn’t gas? [read post]
3 May 2010, 10:43 am
Robertson reports this is a requirement in order to be eligible for federal disaster aid.The total economic and ecological impact of the oil slick will not be known for some time as oil continues to leak from the wellhead some 5,000 feet below sea level. [read post]
14 Dec 2010, 1:37 am
The government appointed BP Oil Claim Czar. [read post]
25 May 2012, 1:24 pm
The studies identify two main reasons for the increase: (1) oil sands are heavier and more viscous than lighter crude oil types on average, and thus require more energy- and resource intensive activities to extract; and (2) oil sands are compositionally deficient in hydrogen, and have a higher carbon, sulfur, and heavy metal content than lighter crude oil types on average, and thus require more processing to yield consumable fuels. [read post]
19 Sep 2018, 8:30 am
How about cannabidiol (CBD) oil? [read post]
6 Jun 2017, 4:51 pm
Oil exports accounted for 43.8% of Qatar’s GDP in 2015. [read post]
7 Jun 2010, 10:22 am
Murphy Oil USA et al. because of the lack of a quorum. [read post]
7 Mar 2011, 1:27 pm
– Federal investagators told the media last Friday that there is “potentially a fundamental safety design problem with the pod system” that controls the blowout preventer, or BOP that was used to stop the Gulf oil spill. [read post]
19 Oct 2012, 10:33 am
Rumors are circulating that the federal government may steer money from a BP settlement on oil spill environmental fines away from the Restore Act, a long-fought-for bill which divides the BP Clean Water Act fines among Gulf Coast states to be used for environmental and economic recovery. [read post]
24 May 2010, 12:56 pm
We are deeply concerned about the impacts of the recent Gulf of Mexico oil spill on the human rights of affected people in the region. [read post]
