Drilling & production

Bruce White, Edmonton Economic Development Corporation, Canada, explains how new research laboratories and environmental initiatives are helping to build a cleaner oilsands.

RasGas’ computer network has been hit by a computer virus, just two weeks after Saudi Aramco. LNG production remains unaffected.

A new report from Pricewaterhouse Coopers has highlighted the economic and social benefits of the Canadian coal industry – benefits that were revealed to be greater than expected.

Latin America’s oil and gas sector has something to celebrate, reports Gordon Cope.

Natural gas production form the Antrim Shale has decreased dramatically in recent years leading many producers to pull out.

Total has signed the contract for the offshore Khan Asparuh license with Bulgarian government, OMV and Repsol will join Total in commercialising the license area.

Peter Kiernan, Energy Analyst, the Economist Intelligence Unit, discusses the role of Australia’s booming LNG export sector in the golden age for gas.

OilCareers.com and Air Energi have released the results of a global oil and gas workforce survey.

Category 1 Hurricane Isaac has made landfall in Southeast Louisiana: impact on oil prices expected to be subdued.

Shell has requested two extra weeks of drilling time as delays continue to set the company’s Arctic programme back.

Vale has lifted force majeure at the Carborough Downs metallurgical coal operation in the Bowen basin in Queensland.

The fire that raged at a Venezuelan refinery after an initial explosion killed dozens has finally been extinguished. The country’s president Hugo Chavez and the state oil company PDVSA have come under intense criticism, just weeks before the presidential election.

Gail India Ltd. has signed a deal for 12 cargos for LNG to be delivered between 2013 and 2014 in order to bridge India’s supply deficit of natural gas.

August 2012: Culture changes in the work place can lead to tangible changes in productivity and profit if managed correctly.

Gasunie and Vopak have signed a deal with Shell to be the launching customer for their LNG break bulk terminal near Rotterdam.