Busy US President Donald Trump rushes toward a crossfire between his urge to fulfill campaign promises and the need to deliver prosperity. Someone must find a way to tell him he can’t do everything- and certainly not all at once. Source: News

Saudi Arabia’s oil policy, shaped by multiple factors including domestic fiscal-geopolitical objectives, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries dynamics, and market conditions, has been constantly changing. Source: News

Effects of yet-to-be-clarified Trump administration policy moves-from possible new individual free trade agreements if the country withdraws from multination treaties to an emphasis on increased domestic gas production and new pipeline construction-on US liquefied natural gas export growth are uncertain, speakers agreed at a Jan. 26 Atlantic Council forum. Source: News

Oil and gas industry association officials in Washington, DC, are by no means certain what kind of treatment they and their members will get from the incoming Trump administration. It probably will be better than their dealings with Barack Obama’s, most suggested. Source: News

Repeal of mandates for overly detailed disclosure of payments to foreign governments relates more to competition and regulatory balance than to transparency. Source: News

The US House of Representatives approved a Congressional Review Act resolution on Feb. 3 to rescind the US Bureau of Land Management’s methane emissions limits for oil and gas activity on public and Indian tribal land by 221 to 191 votes. Three Democrats joined Republicans in support of the measure, while 11 Republicans voted with […]

AL WAHA Petrochemicals Co., a joint venture of Sahara Petrochemicals Co. 75% and Basell Arable lnvestissements SAS 25%, has let a contract to Honeywell International Inc. subsidiary Honeywell UOP LLC, Des Plaines, Ill., to provide a suite of cloud-based technology and interactive support services aimed at helping to explore possibilities for maximizing propylene production at […]