The oil industry's almost-unanimous opposition to Ickes' plans for an Arabian pipeline (TIME, Dec. 27, et seq.) reached a new high last week. In Dallas, Sun Oil's Vice President ...

On Oct. 28, 2021, executives from Exxon, BP, Chevron, Shell and the American Petroleum Institute faced questions from a Congressional subcommittee about the oil industry’s efforts to downplay ...

New words will emerge, old words will take on new meanings, and some words will vanish altogether. The language of the petroleum industry is no exception, particularly during what many of its ...

It's a pivotal moment for the oil industry. With a pandemic-induced demand crash, the uncertainty about the long-term prospects for gas is growing. Forecasts chart divergent paths for the future.

Gov. Gavin Newsom seems to be taking a friendlier tone regarding the petroleum industry, as two refineries recently announced they would close down operations in California. Earlier this week ...

The oil industry has struggled to solve its diversity problem despite having some big advantages. It's a wealthy industry accustomed to taking on complicated challenges (think deep-water offshore ...

The first acquisitions occurred in the US petroleum industry in 1977. From then to 2015, nearly 1,070 petroleum-related M&A deals with value not less $100 million each were struck in the world ...

The Oil Industry’s Grip on Public Lands and Waters May Be Slowing Progress Toward Energy Independence. Seventy-seven percent of public lands in the western United States that are ideal for ...

The industry may be changing, but it’s not going anywhere. Some, if not all, of these words and/or phrases will typically be found in any job description for a petroleum engineer.

History of Oil before Modern Petroleum. While the drilling of oil — which marks the start of the modern petroleum industry — dates only to the middle of the 19 th century, the knowledge of oil is very ...