Differences exist between two approaches to measuring field decline that could significantly affect appraisals. Field well-productivity performance is a more accurate measure than the industry practice of calculating decline rate based only on production. Source: News

Improved understanding of the predominant organofacies through the past ~500 million years and the number of source rocks preserved in the geologic record will lead to better estimates of paleo-organic matter storage.  Source: News

Samples collected from the Kirthar fold belt area near BHP Billiton Ltd.’s Rehmat gas field in the Dadu district near Sindh, Pakistan (Fig. 1), will provide new direction in the development of tight-gas reserves in Pakistan. Source: News

A provision that was passed as part of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act in 1996 could help Republicans in Congress and the White House keep at least some of their campaign promises to reduce federal regulations in 2017. Source: News

Neil Duffin has been appointed by ExxonMobil Corp. as president of ExxonMobil Production Co. He also has been elected as a vice-president of the corporation. Source: News