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A Ticking Time Bomb Lies Off The Coast of Yemen – An Old Tanker with 1.1 Million Barrels of Oil

Energy Central

The current case of the FSO Safer brings to light a practice that needs to stop. Storing oil in decommissioned tankers has been ongoing for decades. It’s a marketing ploy by oil traders who purchase during periods of low prices and hold onto the oil until demand and prices rise.

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IEW 2025 Days III & IV: India's quest for a gas economy

Oilholics Synonymous Report

In India's case, the country's Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri is leading the charge personally. Yours truly had the pleasure of reconnecting with the Minister and interviewing him for Forbes to discuss a host of energy related issues. mmtpa from 2026 for 14 years.

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Rig floor components and drill string handling tools

Rig Skills

Side door Elevators : A set of clamps that grips drill sting or casing string to lower or raise in wellbore. Mud Bucket Is barrel type device used around drill pipe to collect mud and drain to flow line while pooh. Rat hole Is hole on rig floor cased with pipe and is used to rack kelly.

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Fifth Circuit Vacates $6 Million Clean Water Act Penalty

The Energy Law

The case relates to a 2006 oil spill which occurred at CITGO’s Lake Charles, Louisiana, refinery. This opinion from the Fifth Circuit is likely to have wide-ranging effects on CWA penalty cases. The CITGO case may continue to provide insight as it progresses on remand and any subsequent appeals. CITGO Petroleum Corp.,

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Know Mostly used Drilling Rig Acronyms

Rig Skills

DP -Drill pipe HWDP – Heavy weight drill pipe DC – Drill collar BOP – Blow out preventer TDS – Top drive system WOB -Weight on bit ROP – Rate of penetration GPM – Gallon per minutes SPP – stand pipe pressure VFD Variable frequency drive SCR -Silicon controlled rectifier AC -Alternating current DC – direct (..)

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Texas Supreme Court Holds that Add-Back Provision in Oil and Gas Lease Required Royalties to be Paid on Prices in Excess of the Producers’ Gross Proceeds

The Energy Law

Anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, it is expressly provided that the terms of this paragraph shall be controlling over the provisions of Paragraph 3 of this lease to the contrary and this paragraph shall not be treated as surplusage despite the holding in the cases styled “Heritage Resources, Inc. NationsBank”, 939 S.W.2d

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New Judge, Same Result – $81 Million CWA Civil Penalty Appealed

The Energy Law

As a result, Judge Haik imposed a civil penalty of $1,500 per barrel spilled – for a total of $81 million – and significantly increased the penalty of $111 per barrel in his original judgment. The EPA sought a penalty of $4,300 per barrel. CITGO Petroleum Corp., 2:08CV00893, 2016 WL 1158075, at *4 (W.D. Year in Rev.