Energy Day Festival 2016
Energy Day Festival 2016 is only a few days away, so make plans to be Downtown at Sam Houston Park. Come out and enjoy the cooler October weather and experience FREE educational fun! See last year’s...
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Energy Day is Only 10 Days Away!Energy Day Festival 2016 is only a few days away, so make plans to be Downtown at Sam Houston Park. Come out and enjoy the cooler October weather and experience FREE...
View ArticleProtesters Halt Canadian Pipelines Into U.S.
Protesters interrupted service on five Canadian pipelines entering the U.S. at isolated locations near the Canadian border last week. The protesters are opposed to oil sands development in Alberta and...
View ArticleCows Cause More Methane Emissions than Oil and Gas
A study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published on Oct 13 used a database 100 times larger than previous studies to demonstrate where the global methane increases come from....
View ArticleNavy and Maritime Shipping Officials Increase Security in Red Sea and Gulf of...
As the fighting in Yemen continues to escalate, attacks on military and marine transport vessels are expected to increase and officials have put the area on a High Security Alert. The first missile...
View ArticleEOR Unlocks Billions of Barrels from Residual Oil Zones
EOR technologies applied to a new understanding of Residual Oil Zones (ROZ) are unlocking billions of barrels of oil in the Permian Basin. In an interview in Midland, TX, Steve Melzer of Melzer...
View ArticleFormer Greenpeace Leader Defends Fracking
Stephen Tindale, the executive director of Greenpeace U.K from 2000 to 2005, had come out with a statement that hydraulic fracturing is needed to help fight global warming. He noted that natural gas...
View ArticleSchlumberger Forecasts Oil Recovery
On Friday in a post-earnings call, Schlumberger announced that they see early signs of recovery in drilling operations for most of the world. Chief Executive, Paal Kibsgaard, said "The only place where...
View ArticleRig Count Continues to Rise
The Baker Hughes rig count report shows that the U.S. rig count continues to rise after 17 weeks with no declines. Last week was the 2n best week with 11 new oil rigs going on line. The U.S. rig count...
View ArticleOil and Gas Workers Split Vote
A recent Reuters poll shows that U.S. oil and gas workers are contributing only slightly more to the Clinton campaign for president that the Trump campaign and are likely to split their votes on...
View ArticleLease Sale for Offshore New York Wind Energy Announced
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced on October 27 that the lease sale for 125 sq miles of Federal Waters offshore New York will be opened on December 15th. The lease sale will promote...
View ArticleGE and Baker Hughes Combine Oil and Gas Business
General Electric, Inc. announced on Monday that they are combining their oil and gas business with Baker Hughes, Inc. The "new" Baker Hughes will combine GE's technology expertise and Baker Hughes'...
View ArticleThe Next 100 Years of Global Energy Use: Resources, Impacts and Economics
This forum, which celebrates the 100th anniversary of the founding of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, addresses the future challenges of the oil and gas industry to supply the world’s...
View ArticleThe Future Best Practices for Extraction Industries in a Lower Carbon...
This forum addresses practical aspects of how the fossil fuel industry should operate in the coming decades based on two key assumptions/ goals. First, availability to energy increases prosperity and...
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