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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.

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Mainstream chemicals: Enhancing oil recovery
17 June, 2013
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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Video feature: online game brings oil drilling to the masses 17 June, 2013 by Heidi Vella In a ploy to make the oil business more accessible, Maersk Group has launched a downloadable 'Quest for Oil' video game, enabling those outside the industry to simulate some of the...

May's top stories: US exports boost and GE pushes on with fracking 03 June, 2013 Rosneft announces big money move for local gas company Itera, US announces major LNG terminal expansion, GE pushes on with fracking research and India re-opens peace pipeline...

Flaring for a cause: saving a resource worth billions 31 May, 2013 by Liam Stoker 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 01 May, 2013 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 25 April, 2013 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 25 April, 2013 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 10 April, 2013 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 02 April, 2013 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 07 March, 2013 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 01 March, 2013 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? 07 February, 2013 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 01 February, 2013 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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