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(12/5/2020) COVID-19 Resurgence & Renewed Demand Loss
(8/22/2020) Crude oil prices strengthening through 2021
(1/6/2020) Meeting the challenges of a new decade
(11/6/2019) Oil Industry Shakeup Looming in the Permian Basin
(6/16/2019) Moving over to MEMS for digital seismic data acquisition
(4/16/2019) Global discoveries on the rise
(12/9/2018) Trump pro-oil stance mostly talk, little action
(8/12/2018) Rigs for recycling dumped in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan
(7/5/2018) Tariffs anger US oil, gas, & pipeline industry
(4/29/2018) What can solve the dire situation in Venezuela?
(3/4/2018) $100/bbl oil in 2019 not likely
(12/28/2017) Trump's tax rewrite to boost oil industry in short term
(10/22/2017) Pros & cons of Iraq Kurdistan independence
(7/30/2017) OPEC oil cut still not reducing global oil glut
(6/5/2017) Trump declares exit from Paris Climate Accord
(3/20/2017) Guest Editorial: Brexit & the oil industry
(1/18/2017) 2017 comes with guarded optimism
(11/13/2016) Who wins & who loses in OPEC agreement to limit oil production
(10/17/2016) What now for the US oil & Gas industry under President Trump?
(8/15/2016) Time to revise thinking on climate change
(6/24/2016) World to feel effects of British vote to leave EU
(6/13/2016) Global oil market in balance - at least for now
(5/1/2016) The Saudi-Iran standoff & the state of oil prices
(3/7/2016) Orphan wells another result of low oil prices
(2/7/2016) Producers holding to hope for higher prices
(1/18/2016) Sanctions lifted, Iran to export half-million b/d extra
(12/5/2015) Sorting out the deepening Syrian quagmire
(11/1/2015) Oil patch garage sales across the globe
(8/21/2015) Oil prices plummet but reserves & production increase
(8/23/2015) Oil price collapse has world petroleum industry contracting
(6/8/2015) Iran nuclear deal to alter world oil market
(6/8/2015) OPEC doesn't budge from market share increase tactic
(5/17/2015) Mexican open licensing good for both it & USA
(4/19/2015) Coping with long-term low oil prices
(3/8/2015) US oil boom far from over
(1/5/2015) 2014 review, 2015 predictions
(11/2/2014) Ebola - don't panic but don't take chances
(10/12/2014) US to surpass Saudi Arabia in oil & gas liquids this month
(9/7/2014) Re-fracturing existing wells a practical new trend
(8/17/2014) Sanctions & boycotts hit companies in Russia
(6/23/2014) The division of Iraq
(5/21/2014) Libya on the verge of civil war
(4/27/2014) Gaza gas a big step toward a free Palestine
(3/9/2014) Russia's Crimea seizure puts Ukraine Black Sea gas in question
(2/2/2014) Mexican opening of oil sector a boon for it & the USA
(10/20/2013) Iran nuclear accord a step in right direction
(10/20/2013) US world's largest oil producer, China world's largest oil importer
(9/22/2013) What will it take to break the Libyan oil production stalemate
(8/25/2013) The next big thing is here: pad drilling
(7/21/2013) The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming
(7/7/2013) Remembering the Piper Alpha disaster 25 years on
(6/17/2013) Major shift in global oil demand underway
(5/19/2013) Safety enforcement & survival training can cut offshore worker fatalities
(4/8/2013) National oil companies move to center stage
(2/25/2013) Give credit where credit is due
(2/4/2013) In Amenas a warning of increased risk & vulnerability
(1/8/2013) What lies ahead in 2013?
(11/12/2012) Obama to change Cabinet's Interior & Energy secretaries
(10/14/2012) Oil after Scottish independence 2014
(8/13/2012) Arctic oil & gas rush beginning as ice disappears
(7/16/2012) Sabers rattle on both sides of Hormuz Strait
(7/9/2012) The costly Norwegian lockout
(6/18/2012) Fraccing ops can cause earthquakes
(5/19/2012) LNG to change the world
(5/7/2012) Argentina expropriation of YPF unwise
(4/2/2012) Is the next big shale play Wolfcamp?
(2/20/2012) Time for payback for public subsidy of petroleum industry
(1/30/2012) To frac or not to frac, that is the question
(1/9/2012) A lot of hot air in the Persian Gulf
(11/6/2011) Oil & the Arab Spring: Tunisia & Egypt
(9/26/2011) Levant Basin potential a point of major contention
(8/29/2011) What to expect from the NTC post Qadaffi
(8/8/2011) US shale gas a global energy leveler
(7/4/2011) Why is Brent so much higher in price than WTI?
(6/12/2011) With an unprecedented divide, what is ahead for OPEC?
(4/23/2011) Arab Spring implications for autocracy & oil prices
(4/23/2011) Industry transforming fraccing a risk or blessing
(3/6/2011) LNG & oil offer some relief in Japan triple disaster
(3/6/2011) Achieving transparency in oil & gas elusive
(2/21/2011) Oil & the Mideast demand for democracy
(1/13/2011) The phenomenal ascendance of China
(10/31/2010) Trans Sahara Gas Pipeline setbacks may spell its doom
(10/3/2010) Oil & gas & the Mexican drug cartels
(8/29/2010) Italian Mediterranean drilling moratorium
(8/8/2010) Lessons to be learned from the Deepwater Horizon disaster
(6/28/2010) Upcoming Afghan licensing unlikely to succeed
(6/7/2010) Obama overkill - all deepwater drilling need not be suspended
(5/18/2010) A word about the US Gulf oil spill
(4/5/2010) End of US East Coast drilling moratorium
(3/16/2010) Shale gas an industry game changer
(2/15/2010) Bay of Bengal sovereignty disputes ill afforded
(1/25/2010) Antarctica must be off limits to oil forever
(11/16/2009) CCS - the CO2 imperative
(10/17/2009) US dollar decline & its denomination of oil
(9/15/2009) G20 should meet in Africa next time
(8/31/2009) No time to be rushing revision of US Jones Act
(8/3/2009) Coming to terms with the worldwide gas glut
(7/5/2009) What is it worth to Shell to end Nigerian rebel attacks?
(6/17/2009) Peak oil? Probably not but reserves have fallen
(5/25/2009) Seismic circular shooting coming full circle
(5/4/2009) The scramble for shelf extensions
(4/13/2009) Arctic polar region prime oil & gas real estate
(3/23/2009) Use it or lose it applies offshore & onshore
(3/9/2009) To what end is another OPEC output cut?
(2/23/2009) Investors bypassing Nigeria for less risky African venues
(2/2/2009) Falling oil price politically destabilizing
(1/9/2009) India: Not ready for prime time
(11/30/2008) High oil prices good for the global economy - to a point
(11/10/2008) Change on US horizon with Obama administration
(10/27/2008) OPEC-like gas cartel in the offing
(10/13/2008) Oil crisis winners & losers
(9/22/2008) Oil & the global financial debacle
(9/8/2008) PetroChina - the new gorilla in the room
(8/14/2008) Russia, Georgia, & the specter of Chechnya
(7/14/2008) A question of adequate supply
(6/23/2008) Red herring enters US presidential race
(6/9/2008) G8 doesn't have the answer to oil prices
(5/19/2008) The Arctic oil industry & the polar bear
(5/5/2008) Surging oil prices threat to world economy
(4/14/2008) Time for Mexican petronationalist flexibility
(4/1/2008) Texas' Barnett Shale an oil play?
(3/17/2008) Is OPEC responsible for high oil prices?
(3/3/2008) New risks triggered by Colombia incursion into Ecuador
(2/18/2008) Dollar down but not out as denominator of oil
(2/4/2008) Chukchi Sea Sale could spell end to polar bears
(1/21/2008) Barnett Shale lessons: closer wells, longer laterals & more fracs
(1/9/2008) Kenya violence threatens oil investment
(11/26/2007) Billions in Niger Delta development funds past due
(11/19/2007) Talking points at the OPEC summit
(11/13/2007) World Energy Congress talking interdependence
(10/29/2007) US strike on Iran could trigger worldwide chaos
(10/15/2007) Alberta may back away from roundly opposed royalty hike
(10/1/2007) Is oil supporting Burma or Myanmar?
(9/24/2007) This year's SEG a must
(9/10/2007) North America's gas future unconventional
(8/27/2007) A PR bone to pick with repeat offenders
(8/6/2007) Another African standoff in the making?
(7/18/2007) Flush with cash industry M&As abound
(7/4/2007) Kremlin claiming North Pole - and its oil
(6/18/2007) BP's Statistical Review of World Energy
(6/4/2007) US Congress needs to learn basic facts about oil industry
(5/21/2007) Is a new Nigeria on the horizon?
(5/7/2007) Global warming conundrum for oil & gas industry
(4/30/2007) OTC: transforming the industry
(4/16/2007) Oil and human rights
(3/26/2007) Non-terrestrial hydrocarbons on horizon
(3/19/2007) Who benefits from Iraq's hydrocarbons law?
(2/19/2007) Dearth of skilled oil workers industry's own fault
(2/5/2007) No end to Niger Delta violence
(1/22/2007) US Democratic Party launching anti-oil agenda
(1/12/2007) Poverty & petroleum's promise
(10/23/2006) Chavez woes the world's hearts & minds
(9/25/2006) Kremlin wants to scuttle Russian PSAs
(9/11/2006) Out of oil again? Hardly
(8/28/2006) Kurd petroleum law another Iraq flashpoint
(8/14/2006) North Sea prospects changing
(7/30/2006) An Inconvenient Truth
(7/17/2006) Mideast conflict may push oil beyond $100 per bbl
(7/10/2006) China & India competition for oil expanding
(7/3/2006) Time to open US Outer Continental Shelf to E&P
(6/26/2006) The Mexican presidential hat dance
(6/5/2006) Discovering oil at the North Pole
(5/22/2006) Oil supply threats - not just Iraq, Iran & Nigeria
(5/8/2006) OTC's new technology spotlight
(4/24/2006) Energy Forum facing daunting challenges
(4/10/2006) Global warming threat greater than terrorism
(4/3/2006) We were down but for good reason
(3/20/2006) Three years and counting
(3/6/2006) Three industry failures: Nigeria, Ecuador, Pakistan
(2/12/2006) Further division by a Danish cartoon
(2/6/2006) Bush asks the impossible in state of union
(1/30/2006) Iran's nuclear ambition - energy or bomb
(1/23/2006) Major oil & the Gulf of Guinea
(1/16/2006) Where does exploration go from here?
(1/9/2006) Chad thumbs nose at World Bank
(12/5/2005) Now's not the time for divisive drilling
(11/28/2005) Deng Xiaoping's dream for China emerging
(11/14/2005) What to do with windfall profits
(10/31/2005) Oil & the world's most corrupt governments
(10/24/2005) South American populism focused in oil industry
(10/17/2005) Norway's Red & Green to continue Barents E&P
(10/10/2005) Time for change in platform design criteria
(9/26/2005) Katrina & Rita spawns of global warming
(9/12/2005) The Katrina catastrophe
(8/15/2005) Natural gas prices soaring, too
(8/8/2005) Rig demand outpacing supply
(8/1/2005) Oil-hungry Asian NOCs moving in
(7/25/2005) Inject depleted fields with greenhouse gases
(7/3/2005) US needs UK's fallow field program
(6/27/2005) CNOOC buying Unocal
(6/20/2005) Baluchistan deserves recognition
(6/6/2005) The EU constitution & the oil industry
(5/23/2005) Mexico's dilemma: MSCs for oil E&P
(5/16/2005) It's time for the oil industry to be cool
(5/9/2005) National oil companies taking center stage
(5/2/2005) My 36th OTC
(4/25/2005) Controversial energy bill passes US House
(4/18/2005) The sordid tale of Sudan & Darfur
(4/11/2005) World economies weakened by negative perceptions of oil industry
(4/4/2005) Oil at center of Iraq power struggle
(3/16/2005) Will Shell & Gazprom swap interests?
(3/7/2005) Yuganskneftegaz a new state-owned company
(2/28/2005) Managing maturity
(2/21/2005) Japanese-Chinese animosity growing
(2/14/2005) Kyoto is law
(2/7/2005) ONGC & CNPC vying for Yuganskneftegaz stake
(1/31/2005) A vote for peace or civil war?
(1/24/2005) Majors buying not exploring for new reserves
(1/17/2005) Sudan accord a beginning but Darfur rages
(1/5/2005) Oil industry aid flows to Tsunami victims
(12/13/2004) $1.4 trillion set for offshore E&P by 2015
(12/6/2004) China expanding E&P worldwide
(11/29/2004) Carbon sequestration comes to Texas oilfields
(11/22/2004) Just who is to develop Shtokmanovskoye?
(11/15/2004) High wellhead gas prices need more to stir exploration
(11/8/2004) Obasanjo, it is time to share the wealth
(10/25/2004) Oil and the US election
(10/4/2004) Russian approval to make Kyoto Treaty law
(9/27/2004) OPEC out to buy political favor in USA
(9/20/2004) Another Putin putsch for power
(9/6/2004) Iran is not Iraq
(8/23/2004) Oil the political football
(8/16/2004) Chavez wins: time to end disruptions
(8/12/2004) The Kremlin's bewildering logic
(8/2/2004) The continuing Timor Sea standoff
(7/19/2004) US wants military role in Nigeria to secure oil
(7/12/2004) Caspian coercion for Kashagan stake
(7/5/2004) Ambivalence on Independence Day
(6/28/2004) The growing dependence on Russia
(6/21/2004) Sandline mercenaries protecting oil ops in Iraq
(6/14/2004) Saudi Arabia unsafe for Westerners
(6/7/2004) Most US federal oil & gas leases unproductive
(5/31/2004) Should Indonesia resign from OPEC?
(5/24/2004) What lies at the end of "Operation Rainbow"?
(5/17/2004) North Sea: use it or lose it
(5/10/2004) Geophysical phoenix arising
(5/3/2004) Ode to Joy for world's largest trading bloc
(4/26/2004) SEC in U-turn on oil reserves reporting
(4/19/2004) Time for Law of the Sea in Australia-East Timor
(4/12/2004) Missionary warfare
(4/5/2004) Arctic wars
(3/29/2004) Is the US Gulf being depleted?
(3/22/2004) Shell's diminishing reserves a signal to others for accuracy
(3/15/2004) Entangled Sibneft shares up for sale - or not
(3/8/2004) Tilting at windmills
(2/23/2004) Jeopardizing oil & gas supply from Venezuela
(2/16/2004) Industrywide environmental management system
(2/9/2004) Do you speak Chinese?
(2/2/2004) SPE: our industry in microcosm
(1/26/2004) Kerry campaign hyperbole aimed at oil
(1/19/2004) Kremlin vs Yukos saga continues
(1/12/2004) Giving new life to old fields growing
(1/5/2004) The approaching Euro supremacy
(12/1/2003) The Quandary of Colombia
(11/17/2003) A new OPEC Secretary-General
(11/10/2003) Obasanjo's Transparency Initiative
(11/5/2003) Khodorkovsky
(10/27/2003) Beating up on Halliburton
(10/20/2003) Bolivian LNG project needs rethinking
(10/13/2003) Schwarzenegger wants to pump you up
(10/6/2003) Mile high technology at ATCE
(9/29/2003) Australia continues to drag feet
(9/22/2003) $54 billion for flowlines in next five years
(9/15/2003) Now it's Libya's move
(9/8/2003) Statehood for Iraq
(9/1/2003) Industry advocate lost in Igor Farkhutdinov
(8/25/2003) Worm viruses, spam & the Nigerian scam
(8/18/2003) Lockerbie agreement moot for US operators
(8/11/2003) Concentrating on predictable prospecting
(8/4/2003) Terror trading courtesy US DOD
(7/28/2003) Khodorkovsky vs the KGB
(7/21/2003) Sao Tome coup: the mouse that roared
(7/14/2003) The Azadegan dance card
(7/7/2003) Everyone wants a piece of the pie
(6/30/2003) Bush's African safari
(6/23/2003) Going for greater transparency
(6/16/2003) Gracias to Pemex
(6/9/2003) Iraq & the 4th Geneva Convention
(6/2/2003) Another round of aquatory battles
(5/25/2003) Galina Pavlova & Sakhalin
(5/19/2003) And now the Congo
(5/12/2003) New frontiers in the extreme offshore
(5/5/2003) The tenth crusade
(4/28/2003) Offshore Technology Conference a must
(4/14/2003) Timorous times in Nigeria
(4/7/2003) Seabed logging a boon to geoservices
(3/31/2003) Texas running out of oil
(3/24/2003) The repercussions of this war
(3/17/2003) To what purpose the renewed Iran sanctions
(3/10/2003) Oil & the inevitable war
(2/24/2003) Australia dragging feet on Timor Treaty
(2/10/2003) Subscribe to the Times
(2/3/2003) Lessons learned from the Venezuelan strike
(1/27/2003) Extending subsea tiebacks
(1/20/2003) Saudis don't deserve the bad rap
(1/13/2003) Pocketing the spoils of war
(1/6/2003) 2003 Outlook: Not a bad year for E&P
(12/30/2002) The US double standard re. North Korea & Iraq
(12/23/2002) Time for Chavez to throw in the towel
(12/16/2002) Kyoto to take effect in six months
(12/9/2002) Time for OPEC to face reality
(12/2/2002) Are there any more places for big discoveries?
(11/25/2002) Oil industry needs peace in the Middle East
(11/18/2002) Australia, Indonesia & East Timor ignoring West Timor
(11/11/2002) Time for remote service provision
(11/4/2002) Where will new oil men & women come from?
(10/28/2002) Land seismic layoffs indicative of lag in technology
(10/21/2002) Oil security
(10/14/2002) A tale of two presidents
(10/7/2002) IntelliPipe a major intelligent wells breakthrough
(9/30/2002) Is militarization of West Africa necessary?
(9/23/2002) 2 ½ weeks to a major change in government in Brazil
(9/16/2002) Regional perception: Bush seeks hegemony over Iraqi oil
(9/9/2002) Who's dancing at Osaka?
(9/2/2002) New deepwater slender wells
(8/26/2002) International gasline projects proliferating
(8/19/2002) Is Russia another point on Bush's axis of evil?
(8/12/2002) Pragmatism and the golden rule
(8/5/2002) Is West Africa to replace Mideast as oil source?
(7/29/2002) Harken back to yesteryear
(7/22/2002) Is Nigeria quitting OPEC?
(7/15/2002) Considering the end to Iraqi sanctions
(7/8/2002) Should drilling occur now in Eastern Congo?
(7/1/2002) Rethinking OPEC quotas
(6/24/2002) Arthur Andersen
(6/10/2002) Did Mesozoic man live in Russia's Urals?
(6/3/2002) Brother, can you spare about $235 million?
(5/27/2002) Time to bypass Iran and get Caspian pumping
(5/20/2002) Finding a way to make CBM less environmentally offensive
(5/13/2002) Russian prospects change - investors at the door
(5/6/2002) Welcome to the Offshore Technology Conference
(4/29/2002) Is the oil weapon on the horizon?
(4/22/2002) Nigeria needs a state-federal offshore compromise
(4/15/2002) Protest by switching oil trade from dollar to euro
(4/8/2002) Corruption could hamper Angola's oil-rich future
(4/1/2002) Paying the Price of Hostilities
(3/25/2002) Should the US cut Iraqi oil imports?
(3/18/2002) Sustainable development
(3/11/2002) New kids on the block
(3/4/2002) Chavez chimera
(2/25/2002) Angolan peace & prosperity now possible
(2/18/2002) The Demise of Arabian Oil Company
(2/11/2002) Subsidizing Oxy Security
(2/4/2002) Now an "OPEC for gas"
(1/28/2002) Rebuilding Afghanistan
(1/21/2002) Norton's Over-Reaction
(1/14/2002) Coalbed Methane Gas
(1/7/2002) Farming Days
(12/31/2001) Hello 2002
(12/24/2001) Good-bye 2001
(12/17/2001) Trinidad's tied election tremors
(12/10/2001) Eastern Gulf Sale bellwether
(12/3/2001) A friend in the seismic business
(11/26/2001) Time for another cartel?
(11/19/2001) Names you need to know
(11/12/2001) WTO accepts China
(11/5/2001) Building better microbes
(10/29/2001) Unocal & Afghanistan
(10/22/2001) A Call from Calabar
(10/15/2001) A picture is worth 1000 words
(10/8/2001) Anticipating reprisals
(9/30/2001) State of the Industry
(9/23/2001) Keep the faith
(9/16/2001) High day rates equal a strong industry
(9/11/2001) Senseless violence serves no one
(9/10/2001) Happy (Business) New Year!
(9/3/2001) Oil & Gas Industry Worker Day
(8/27/2001) Angola's dos Santos stepping down
(8/20/2001) Donuts for sale
(8/13/2001) Another polynomial on the horizon
(8/6/2001) Carving up the Caspian
(7/30/2001) Kudos to Obasanjo
(7/23/2001) Wahid out
(7/16/2001) The Instrumented Oilfield
(7/9/2001) Iran's forbidden fruit
(7/2/2001) Will gas sink Gulf FPSOs?
(6/23/2001) Cleaning up Gazprom nepotism
(6/18/2001) OPEC trial balloons preceding July output boost
(6/11/2001) Bet on the wrong horse
(6/4/2001) Sanctions redoux
(5/21/2001) A time for new 3D
(5/14/2001) Shades of 1973
(5/7/2001) The Oil Industry: A Lifelong Adventure
(4/30/2001) Dayrates rising dramatically
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