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The oil and gas industry contains substantial risks and not just the risks of job-related injuries that first come to mind.
“That’s why we teach well control and safety and health,” said Susan Schrader, assistant professor of petroleum technology in the University of Texas of the Permian Basin’s Industrial Technology department. “There’s also, in the industry, […]

May 20th, 2007 Tags: Audi, El Paso, Gas, gas industry, Industrial technology, Industrial Technology building, Mexico, mining, Natural Gas, New Mexico, Nova, Oil, Oil and Gas, oil and gas industry, oil remains, Ovations, Petroleum, petroleum technology, Pipeline, Price, Prices, Reno, technology, Texas, University of Texas, Valley

As part of Microsoft’s initiative for education and development, the company recently held an IT awareness session at the King Fahd University for Petroleum and Minerals. The session was prepared and presented by Ahmad Alafaliq, the desktop product manager at Microsoft in Saudi Arabia who shared with students how Windows Vista and Office 2007 […]

May 20th, 2007 Tags: Audi, Chairman, chemical, Company, Education, IGHL, information technology, Labor, Microsoft, mine, Miner, Mineral, Nova, Petroleum, Saudi Arabia, software, technology

Alcoa Inc. announced that it has reviewed Alcan’s continuity agreement with the Government of Quebec which identifies the requirements that Alcoa must meet regarding Alcan’s future operations in the Province in order to maintain certain of Alcan’s hydroelectric and water rights. In a letter to Alcan’s Board of Directors, Alcoa outlined the many ways in […]

May 18th, 2007 Tags: Africa, Alcan, Alcan Inc., Alcoa, Alcoa Inc., Aluminum, aluminum producer, aluminum producers, aluminum products, America, army, Audi, Australia, Bauxite mine, Bauxite Mining, BMO Capital Markets, BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF, Brazil, British Columbia, Brunswick, Canada, Center, Chairman, Columbia, commercial, Company, Completion, CONSOL, Corporate Headquarters, DIRECTORS OF, E Street, Earnings, Eastern, Education, Energy, energy costs, energy efficiency, energy regulator, Energy Regulatory Commission, energy supplies, engineered products, Environment, environmental law, Exchange, finance, Gas, gas emissions, Gold, Goldman, Goldman Sachs, Government of Quebec, Grants, greenhouse gas, greenhouse gas emissions, Guinea, Halco, Hamilton, Hydro, Iceland, IGHL, Knox, Knoxville, law, Lehman Brothers, London, Market, markets, metal, metal sales, mine, mining, mining equipment, Montreal, Natural Resources, New York, New York City, North America, Norway, Nova, NOx, Oil, Oman, Orica, Ovations, Paris, Pittsburgh, Power, Precision, Price, Prices, Quebec, Quebec government, Reliance, Resources, Rita, Saudi Arabia, Securities and Exchange Commission, services, Shares, South Africa, start-up, Steve, Switzerland, technologies, technology, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, United States, use gas, Water, World Economic Forum

Canadian Superior Energy Inc. Speaking from the dockside of the harbour in Brownsville, Texas, Canadian Superior’s Chairman, Greg Noval, said today at 7:00 AM Central Daylight Time, “We have launched the Kan Tan IV semi-submersible drilling rig on its way to Trinidad. The rig is being towed to Trinidad by Secunda International Limited of […]

May 13th, 2007 Tags: Alberta, America, Beijing, BG, BP, British Gas, British Petroleum, Calgary, Canada, Canadian Superior Energy, Canadian Superior Energy Inc., Chairman, China, commercial, Company, Denmark, east coast, Energy, EOG Resources, Exchange, Gas, gas exploration, gas market, gas play, gas plays, gas prospect, gas supply, Greg Noval, Houston, liquefied natural gas, Market, markets, Mike, mining, Natural Gas, natural gas prospect, natural gas supply, North America, Northwest, Nova, Nova Scotia, Offshore Drilling, Oil, Oil and Gas, oil and gas exploration, OPEC, Petroleum, Resources, Securities and Exchange Commission, Semi-Submersible Drilling Rig, Sinopec, start-up, Statoil, Texas, Trade, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, United States, Water

Canadian Superior Energy Inc. Speaking from the dockside of the harbour in Brownsville, Texas, Canadian Superior’s Chairman, Greg Noval, said today at 7:00 AM Central Daylight Time, “We have launched the Kan Tan IV semi-submersible drilling rig on its way to Trinidad. The rig is being towed to Trinidad by Secunda International Limited (’Secunda’) of […]

May 11th, 2007 Tags: Alberta, America, Beijing, BG, BP, British Gas, British Petroleum, Calgary, Canada, Canadian Superior Energy, Canadian Superior Energy Inc., Chairman, China, commercial, Company, Denmark, east coast, Energy, EOG Resources, Exchange, Gas, gas exploration, gas market, gas play, gas plays, gas prospect, gas supply, Greg Noval, Houston, liquefied natural gas, Market, markets, Mike, mining, Natural Gas, natural gas prospect, natural gas supply, North America, Northwest, Nova, Nova Scotia, Offshore Drilling, Oil, Oil and Gas, oil and gas exploration, OPEC, Petroleum, Resources, Securities and Exchange Commission, Semi-Submersible Drilling Rig, Sinopec, start-up, Statoil, Texas, Trade, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, United States, Water

A House committee Wednesday subpoenaed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to find out what she knew about the 2003 claim that Iraq sought uranium from the African country of Niger.
The uranium claim, which President Bush made in his 2003 State of the Union address, was a key element in the administration’s case for the invasion […]

April 26th, 2007 Tags: Africa, Attorney, BP, Bush, Bush administration, California, Chairman, CNN, Condoleezza Rice, Dick Cheney, Intel, Iraq, Lee, Lewis, Mike, mining, Niger, Nova, services, Uranium, White House

A Nova Scotia-federal regulator is making it easier for companies to explore for petroleum off the province’s coast. The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board will introduce more flexible terms and conditions for new exploration licences, chairwoman Diana Dalton said Thursday.

“We believe the changes we’ve announced today will get explorers exploring at minimal cost and provide valuable […]

April 20th, 2007 Tags: Alton, Calgary, Canada, Company, Encana, Encana Corp., Gas, gas field, gas project, Halifax, Natural Gas, natural gas project, Nova, Nova Scotia, Oil, Oil and Gas, Oman, Petroleum

Following a year highlighted by the passage of landmark mine-safety legislation at both the state and federal levels, and 16 months removed from two catastrophic accidents that killed 14 West Virginia miners, the International Mining Health and Safety Symposium returns to the Ohio Valley later this month to build on the progress and momentum of […]

April 16th, 2007 Tags: Africa, America, Aracoma, Aracoma mine, Bush, Cecil Roberts, Center, Charleston, Coal, coal mine, coal mining, communication technologies, CONSOL, CONSOL Energy, Education, Energy, equipment manufacturer, IGHL, Intel, J. Davitt McAteer, Joe Manchin, Labor, law, Legislature, mine, mine operator, mine operators, Mine Safety, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Miner, Miners, Mines, mining, MSHA, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Nova, Ohio, Ovations, Sago Mine, Senate, services, South Africa, technologies, technology, technology transfer, United Mine Workers of America, Valley, Virginia, Virginia Gov, West Virginia, West Virginia mine

Building the better mouse trap, er, drilling rig had always been a dream of Joe Stevens.
“Truck mounted drilling rigs were designed to drill one well per location, then tear down, and drive to another location miles away,” the Maple Plain, Minn. man explains. “Truck mounted drilling rigs were NOT designed to drill several bore-holes 10 […]

April 15th, 2007 Tags: Algeria, America, Cambodia, Canada, Center, Company, Ethiopia, France, Hydro, Italy, Labor, Lebanon, Mexico, Mobil, Nova, Plains, Power, Sentinel, South America, steel, Steve, Sual, Taiwan, Thailand, The Times, United States

SeaDragon Offshore, currently building the first of a number of planned 6th Generation (Deep Water/Harsh Environment semi-submersible) rigs, has placed a significant order with National Oilwell Varco (NOV) for Drilling Equipment Package, Subsea BOP Stack and Marine Riser equipment for its first vessel the Moss CS50 MkII–the “Oban B.”

Highlights:
SeaDragon is currently building one of the […]

April 15th, 2007 Tags: ARCO, bank, Chairman, Environment, Hull, IGHL, KCA DEUTAG, Nova, Oil, Russia, Russian, services, Water

A coal mine has reopened in Jefferson County after being shut down for five months to undergo renovations and its new owners expect to produce 200,000 tons a year.
Headwaters Inc., owner of Covol Engineered Fuels LC, has completed work at the Jim Walter Resources Mine No. 3 in Adger, located just outside of Bessemer. Headwaters […]

April 9th, 2007 Tags: Alabama, Birmingham, Coal, coal mine, fuel, Jefferson, Jefferson County, Market, mine, Nova, Oil, Ovations, Reno, Resources, Water

Pump manufacturers in the oil and gas industry will likely garner substantially higher sales revenue by offering complete services and solutions with their products. These manufacturers seek to improve their competitive edge by providing convenient access to additional service and solution requirements such as on-site assistance, maintenance and spare parts.
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan […]

April 6th, 2007 Tags: America, Asia, Asia Pacific, Company, corporate communications, Emerging, Energy, energy consumption, energy costs, Gas, gas industry, Labor, Latin America, Market, Mehr, mining, Nova, Oil, Oil and Gas, oil and gas industry, Price, Prices, real estate, services, Sullivan, telephone