Articles by Tom Standing
Most Enhanced Oil Recovery Remains Confined to Non-Conventional Fields
The April 19 issue of the Oil and Gas Journal featured their biennial survey and tabulations of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects all over the world, with special focus on the U.S. OGJ has surveyed EOR projects in the U.S. since the 1970s by compiling responses from questionnaires sent to the industry about their EOR projects. OGJ then tabulates pertinent data for each project. By 1980 OGJ had refined their tabulations
Canadian Oil Sands Misses Unrealistic Projection – Issues Another
Canadian energy authorities have done it again. They missed their last rosy projection of future oil sands production, so they issued a new one: they merely
Natural Gas Vehicles—how much can they reduce oil imports?
On February 18 a cadre of political and energy heavyweights gathered in a teleconference with reporters to map out a new direction for U.S. energy policy.
Alaska’s Key to Oil Production - It’s a Gas…
The two-and-a-half year bout to rehabilitate pipelines on Alaska’s North Slope appears to be over. Daily field-by-field production figures from Alaska’s
Lifting Drilling Moratoriums - One Important Step to Control Oil Imports
On July 14 President Bush lifted the executive order that banned drilling in U.S. offshore areas. His action left Congress to renew its own ban on offshore
Oil Price Drivers - a Look at the Fundamentals
On May 21 oil prices took a huge leap, up $4.19 a barrel. It was particularly galling, after repeated record-setting days, and after Saudi Arabia added
