The Department of Energy is adding two new projects to its program to develop new technologies that can increase natural gas production from low-permeability, or “tight,” reservoirs. The new projects, to be carried out by Advanced Resources International of Arlington, VA, and Cementing Solutions of Houston, were selected for federal cost-sharing when Congress increased DOE’s budget for natural gas research in fiscal year 2002. They will join two projects selected last August. All four had been proposed in an industry-wide competition earlier this year.
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Recruiting, Keeping Oil Patch Workers Vital
Begin early and work overtime to keep what you got — that was the advice of an Offshore Technology Conference panel last week on how to recruit for the oil and gas field. Demand is especially high for experience from top to bottom, which has led to a high turnover as companies aggressively go after other company employees.
Recruiting, Keeping Oil Patch Workers Vital
Begin early and work overtime to keep what you got — that was the advice of an Offshore Technology Conference panel this week on how to recruit for the oil and gas field. Demand is especially high for experience from top to bottom, which has led to a high turnover as companies aggressively go after other company employees.
Conservation Takes a Back Seat, Cheney Says
In a place where he could put his point across no more clearly — a room full of Associated Press journalists — Vice President Dick Cheney on Monday used a Canadian pulpit to begin the official push for advancing the Bush Administration’s official energy policy. Cheney noted that without a solid energy plan, the entire country faces future energy shortages similar to California’s current crisis.
Industry Brief
The Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory(NETL) through its Strategic Center for Natural Gas released asolicitation for proposals to improve the reliability of thenation’s natural gas infrastructure. NETL expects to fund researchand development projects totaling up to $10 million over athree-year period through this solicitation. Multiple awards areanticipated with industrial participants expected to contribute atleast 35% of each selected project’s cost. The proposals are due byJan. 9, 2001. The solicitation is available at the NETL web sitehttp://www.netl.doe.gov/business/solicit/index.html . For moreinformation, contact David J. Anna, (412) 386-4646, or e-mail:anna@netl.doe.gov .
J.P. Morgan: Tech Boom = Gas Company Boom
In the new economy, while energy-intensive industrial businesslags, the growing information technology (IT) and telecom sectors”should account for an increasingly large piece of the total energypie,” according to an industry analysis report released by J.P.Morgan. And some will profit more than others, the financial giantsaid, in naming seven natural gas-based companies the winners inthe new market.
Web Site Exchange for Pipes, Suppliers Planned
The Pipeline Research Council International Inc. (PRCI) and itsstrategic technology partner, Houston-based Technical ToolboxesInc. (TTI), announced yesterday they plan to launchPipelineCentral.com, a neutral Internet marketplace that wouldenable suppliers to furnish services and equipment (i.e.compressors and smart pigs) more quickly to interstate natural gasand oil pipelines in the United States and overseas.
GRI, IGT to Merge into One Research Group
In keeping with the consolidation of the natural gas industry,the boards of directors of GRI (formerly Gas Research Institute)and the Institute of Gas Technology (IGT), the leading energyresearch organizations, last week announced they approved inprinciple a combination of the two organizations. The boards areexpected to meet again today (April 24) to give their final stampof approval to the deal.
GRI, IGT to Combine into One Research Group
In keeping with the consolidation of the natural gas industry,the boards of directors of GRI (formerly Gas Research Institute)and the Institute of Gas Technology (IGT), the leading energyresearch organizations, said yesterday they have approved inprinciple a combination of the two organizations. The boards areexpected to meet again next Monday to give their final stamp ofapproval to the deal.
PowerSpring Targets Commercials, Citygates
PowerSpring.com, a newly-formed marketer-technology partnership,is rolling out a B2B website aimed at bringing price transparencyto citygates across the country, to tap the next level ofcost-conscious customers, commercial end users, according to JohnHarpole, PowerSpring executive vice president.