Ex-BP engineer can skip Gulf spill arraignment
A former BP engineer from Katy, Texas has filed a notice of his intent to plead not guilty to new accusations contained in a superseding indictment related to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and a judge has granted him permission not to show up at his scheduled arraignment this week. More »
Exxon to excavate Pegasus crude pipeline to find cause of leak
About 12,000 barrels of oil and water have been collected so far near Mayflower, Arkansas, after “a few thousand barrels were observed in the area,” the Mayflower Incident Unified Command Joint Information Center, which includes Exxon, Faulkner County and the city of Mayflower, said in a statement Sunday. More »
New refineries planned for Bakken Shale
Some companies are building small refineries in North Dakota, trying to take advantage of the low cost of Bakken crude and a growing demand for fuel in the local area. More »
Oil rises above $97, natural gas falls back
Natural gas futures fell 4 cents to end at $4.02 per 1,000 cubic feet. More »
Rise of the Guardians…From the Easter Bunny to Energy
So I wanted to write an Easter-related post and my mind immediately jumped hopped straight to ‘Rise of the Guardians‘ - my most recent encounter of the Easter Bunny (via my kiddos). So from Santa to Sandman and beyond, here is the rise of the guardians…. in energyland™. First up, it is difficult to consider a more [...] More »
Our Energy Predicament in Charts
A friend asked me to put together a presentation on our energy predicament. I am not certain all of the charts in this post will go into it, but I thought others might be interested in a not-so-difficult version of the story of the energy predicament w… More »
Our Energy Predicament in Charts
A friend asked me to put together a presentation on our energy predicament. I am not certain all of the charts in this post will go into it, but I thought others might be interested in a not-so-difficult version of the story of the energy predicament w… More »
Peru declares Amazon oil contamination emergency
Peru’s government declared an environmental state of emergency on Monday in a remote Amazon jungle region it says has been affected by years of contamination at the country’s most productive oil fields, which are currently operated by Argentina-based Pluspetrol. More »
Two miles of sea covers Big Oil’s next-generation field
The oilfield of the future is taking shape two miles underwater. More »
Eagle Ford January crude output rises 50% to fan Texas oil boom
Oil production in Texas’s Eagle Ford shale formation climbed 50 percent in January versus a year earlier, boosted by drilling from companies including ConocoPhillips and Chesapeake Energy Corp. More »
ZaZa, EOG enter agreement to work in the Eaglebine
ZaZa Energy Corp. has entered into a joint venture with EOG Resources to develop ZaZa’s Eaglebine assets in five counties north of Houston. More »
Breaking the gender barrier was hard work, but ‘lots of fun’
About a third of the members of the American Association of Professional Landmen are women and the numbers are growing. Houstonian Hellen Reasoner Hutchison said the trend started with her, when she became the first woman to join in 1973. More »
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