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Definition Fertilizer is any natural or manufactured plant nutrient that contains at least 5% of one or more of the three primary nutrients – nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P), or potassium (K) Industrially manufactured fertilizers are sometimes referred to as mineral fertilizers. Comments There are several sources of fertilizers. The two most important are organic manure […]

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Definition Proven reserves is an industry term that means oil or gas that has been discovered and could be produced with today’s technology. Comments The world consumes about 89 million barrels of oil per day, or 32.5 billion barrels per year. The industry describes a field as giant if it has more 500 million barrels of […]

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Gas prices and high costs dictate to rethink Shtokman The foreseen capital expenditure for the Shtokman gas field development came up from first estimated $15 billion to $30-40 billion. This costs escalation is resulting from multiple factors including the combined target to produce 50/50 natural gas and LNG. This goal appeared to have a great impact on […]

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Shaw to sell Energy & Chemicals Group (mostly Stone & Webster) to Technip  On May 21st, 2012, The Shaw Group Inc (Shaw) and Technip announced to have closed a deal to the US based Energy & Chemicals Division, mostly made of Stone & Webster, to the France headquartered engineering company Technip for approximately $300 million. Under […]

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After Kitimat LNG, LNG Canada will boost LNG Export Shell Canada Limited, Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS), Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), and PetroChina Company Limited (PetroChina or CNPC) today announced they are jointly developing a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility near Kitimat, British Columbia,Canada. The demand for natural gas, the cleanest burning fossil fuel, remains […]

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Apache, EOG and Encana lead British Columbia gas development for export The Kitimat LNG project started in 2006 with the signature of a partnership agreement with the Haisla First Nations It took a decisive step forward in 2010 when Apache purchased a majority interest in the proposed project. Today Kitimat LNG is owned:  – 40% […]

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BP, ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips re-think APP in the light of the Shale Gas develoment The Alaska Pipeline Project (APP) is a joint initiative between TransCanada and ExxonMobil that seeks to build and operate a pipeline system to transport Alaska’s North Slope natural gas resources to markets. TransCanada and ExxonMobil began working together in 2009. Originally, APP was […]

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Definition Heavy crude oil  and extra heavy crude oil is any type of  crude oil which does not flow easily. Physically heavy crude oil have higher viscosity and density or specific gravity with an heavier molecular composition Heavy crude oil has been defined as any liquid petroleum with an API gravity less than 20°. Extra Heavy crude oil have an API gravity […]

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