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Our editorial board comprises a specialist group of leading industry figures who, in conjunction with the hydrocarbons technology editorial team, identify the main drivers of the industry helping to produce regular, thought provoking opinion pieces on the latest issues, challenges and developments.Latest Hydrocarbons Feature
Chemicals are now being relied upon to recover oil reserves as demand for the black stuff grows. Sarah Blackman finds out first-hand how surfactant-based technology is being used to...
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Flaring for a cause: saving a resource worth billions Gas flaring, the burning off of natural gas, has been identified as a parlous waste of limited fuel reserves that could be worth billions of dollars to local gas markets. If this is the case,...
April's top stories: EPA criticises Keystone review, Nigeria losing oil revenue The US EPA brands state environmental review for Keytone XL Pipeline as 'inadequate', Shell says Nigeria is losing out on billions from oil theft and ExxonMobil continues the Arkansas oil...
Keystone XL Pipeline – the energy issue that has split America The debate over whether the US President should approve TransCanada's proposed 835 mile Keystone XL Pipeline has divided the nation. Now the final deadline for public consultation has passed,...
Keystone XL Pipeline infographic - a crash course TransCanada's proposed 835 mile Keystone XL Pipeline has divided a nation, but how do the facts stack up? To find out click on the Keystone XL infographics below and read our expert commentary...
Photo feature: ExxonMobil's Arkansas oil spill As the clean up of ExxonMobil's pipeline oil spill in Arkansas, US, continues, more pictures of the oil soaked streets and wetlands have surfaced. Now categorised as a 'major spill' by the...
March's top stories: Iran-Pakistan begin pipeline production, UK tax breaks The UK introduced tax incentives for fracking companies and local communities to promote the industry, Iran and Pakistan started construction of a gas pipeline between the two countries and...
Video feature: New York's fracking debate – a state divided Plans for hydraulic fracturing have divided New York for five years, and a recent move to defer a final decision on the issue has failed to cool the debate. So what do the people who live...
February's top stories: 25 killed at Pemex HQ explosion In Mexico, Pemex's HQ was rocked by an explosion that killed 25 people, meanwhile Greece, Italy and Albania signed an agreement to support the Trans Adriatic Pipeline project and Gran Tierra...
Video feature: is the oil and gas industry increasing ozone formation? Researchers from CIRES in the US have discovered a link between elevated volcanic compounds in the atmosphere, which contribute to unhealthy ground-ozone formation, and oil and gas facilities....
January's top stories: terrorist attack kills at least 68 at In Amenas field One of the worst terrorist attacks for decades hit In Amenas gas field in Algeria, killing at least 39 hostages, while Iran announced plans for an Iraq-Syria border...
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