Russia, meddling with investment, plans tax changes
September 26th, 2011Russia’s undulating tax regime for oil and gas companies is expected to change again Oct. 1.
Kazakhstan: Doris-6 well encounters hydrocarbons
September 26th, 2011Tethys Petroleum Ltd. said drilling and log data indicate that the Doris AKD06 appraisal well in Kazakhstan encountered oil in the Cretaceous sandstone and Jurassic limestone reservoirs.
Brazil: HRT details hydrocarbon shows in Solimoes wells
September 26th, 2011HRT Participacoes em Petroleo SA, Rio de Janeiro, said its 1-HRT-1-AM well in Brazil’s Solimoes basin is being logged after penetrating five crude oil intervals in aeolian sandstones in the Devonian Marimari Group and three gas intervals, two in the Jurua formation and one in the Marimari Group.
Perceptions of energy
September 25th, 2011Two different reports by separate sources recently demonstrated most succinctly how Canada’s vast oil sands resource is regarded by government officials in different parts of the world.
Watching The World: Turkey overplays its hand
September 25th, 2011Turkey’s government has made repeated efforts to establish itself as an oil and gas transit hub between Europe and Central Asia.
Turkey, Northern Cyprus sign exploration agreement
September 25th, 2011Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, making good on earlier threats, has signed an agreement with Dervis Eroglu, president of the breakaway Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), to explore for oil and natural gas offshore in the eastern Mediterranean.
Alaskan officials cite job, economic gains from opening ANWR
September 25th, 2011Authorizing oil and natural gas leasing on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain would provide thousands of new jobs and major economic benefits relatively quickly, Alaska state officials told the US House Natural Resources Committee.
EPA issues air permits to Shell for oil drilling offshore Alaska
September 25th, 2011The US Environmental Protection Agency issued final air quality permits Sept. 19 necessary for Shell Oil Co. to proceed with oil and natural gas exploration drilling in the Arctic offshore Alaska using the Noble Discoverer drillship and a support fleet of icebreakers, oil spill response vessels, and supply ships.
Writer sees clean energy standards as ‘Trojan Horse’
September 25th, 2011Climate politics has taken a stealthy turn on energy, according to a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI).
Energy, water, and food
September 25th, 2011Routine analysis of future oil and gas markets amounts to reductionism. It begins with projections of broad factors like population and economic activity.