IGP Methanol LLC has secured approval from state regulators to build and operate its proposed 7.2 million-tonne/year Gulf Coast Methanol Complex on a 140-acre parcel adjacent to the Mississippi River near Myrtle Grove in Plaquemines Parish, La.  Source: News

The authorization of oil and gas leasing on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain in late December is not the only significant provision in the federal tax reform bill which became law in late December for the US oil and gas industry. But it clearly is the most obvious. Source: News

The draft final scientific report on the impact of hydraulic fracturing in unconventional shale reservoirs in Australia’s Northern Territory, released for public viewing last week, has reached an overall conclusion that the challenges and risks associated with any onshore shale gas industry in the NT are manageable as long as a number of regulations and […]

Early in the last century, the US Congress addressed a clear problem: Uncontrolled hunting had ravaged bird populations. Its repair, to judge by the enduring abundance of creatures of the air, worked. Last month, repair came also to confusion born of a century of associated legal dispute-and to regulatory zeal for which confusion means opportunity. […]

The oil and gas industry kept a close watch over development projects during 2017, particularly those offshore Guyana and Congo (Brazzaville) and in Egypt’s West Nile Delta. Forecasts from various sources also were monitored to assist in determining in which direction oil demand and prices were headed, where and how much drilling was occurring, and […]

Lloyd W. “Billy” Helms Jr. has been promoted to chief operating officer of EOG Resources Inc. An EOG employee for 36 years, Helms most recently was executive vice-president, exploration and production. Source: News

Light, sweet crude prices dropped modestly to settle below $62/bbl on the New York market Jan. 5, but US crude futures still gained for the week for a third consecutive week. Source: News

At least twenty Iranians have died because of—as opposed to from—bird flu. Source: News