Schlumberger chief: Gas set to overtake coal Natural gas is set to overtake coal as the world’s “dominant” fuel in the next few years, driven by rising demand for cleaner-burning fuel, an executive from the world’s largest oilfield services provider said. ...
Oil, Gas Royalty-In-Kind Program to End, Salazar Says (Bloomberg) -- The $6.6 billion U.S. royalty-in- kind payment program for oil and natural gas drilling fees will end, done in by allegations of illicit sexual encounters, drug use and financial mismanagement that eroded government retu...
Botswana: Mines pride themselves in low vacancy rate Other problems bedeviling the diamond mines on the production front, he said were shortage and high cost of tyres, stating that other consumables such as fuel and electricity were emerging as major concerns in terms of prices and potential shor...
Characterization of the precursors by IR and gas chromatography (GC) attests to the presence of carboxylate fatty acids in good agreement with the proportion contained in the oil, and ICP confirms that the metallic ratios are in the proportion used during the synthesis. Analysis of the products ...