Offshore Technology Conference, 6-9 May, Houston TX US

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Join us at Reliant Park in Houston for the Offshore Technology Conference. [Read more...]

World Energy Engineering Congress, Sept 25-27

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Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC
Be a part of 2013′s biggest energy event… [Read more...]

Subsea Tieback Forum and Exhibition, March 5-7 2013

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Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center
San Antonio, Texas USA [Read more...]

How much energy does each country use & per capita? See data

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International Energy Statistics
Total Primary Energy Consumption [Read more...]

International Petroleum Technology Conference, 26-28 March 2013

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Mission and Conference Profile

The International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC) is an international oil & gas conference and exhibition, rotating between Asia Pacific and the Middle East. The scope of the conference programme and associated industry activities address technology and relevant industry issues that challenge industry [Read more...]

U.N. Guidebook Identifies Common Green Economy Principles

economic, environmental, and social aspects of sustainable development

(IISD) The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) has published a guidebook to the green economy, seeking to provide clarity on green economy principles proposed before the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), and those in the Rio+20 Outcome Document. [Read more...]

Ten Predictions Made by the IEA’s 2012 World Energy Outlook

road freight sector will be the leading contributor to the rise in oil consumption

(OIL PRICE) The IEA’s 2012 World Energy Outlook has spurned many a headline since its release on Monday, which should be none too surprising given it is 688 pages long. The executive summary of the report can be viewed here (which is 676 pages less than the full version), while through even more distillation here are ten points I have gleaned from it in the past few days: [Read more...]

Growth Story For Deepwater Drillers Not Tarnished By Pullback In Oil Prices

two-year day rate of $650,000

(SEEKING ALPHA) The first-quarter results and management teams’ commentaries during conference calls with analysts reaffirmed my bullish take on the deepwater drilling market. Alf Thorkildsen, CEO of Seadrill (SDRL), summarized the growth drivers for deepwater drillers during a May 14 conference call:

The high and stable oil price, numerous significant oil [Read more...]

Heavy sea ice could mean slight delay in offshore Arctic drilling

Beaufort Sea north of Alaska

(LA TIMES) The heaviest polar ice in more than a decade is clinging to the northern coast of Alaska and could postpone the commencement of offshore oil drilling in the Arctic until the beginning of August — a delay of up to two weeks, Shell Alaska officials said Friday.

Unveiling the newly refurbished ice-class drilling [Read more...]

Arctic: ConocoPhillips files plans for Chukchi Sea drilling

(Alan Bailey, PETROLEUM NEWS) ConocoPhillips is moving ahead with its plans to drill exploration wells in the Chukchi Sea, starting in the 2014 open water season, Mike Faust, the company’s Chukchi Sea exploration project manager, told the National Marine Fisheries Service’s annual Arctic Open Water meeting on March 8.

On March 1 the company filed its Chukchi Sea [Read more...]