Articles related to oil and gas
Prelude There have been so many instances where U.S. and Russia stood head to head, be it space exploration, dominance in the oil and gas market, control over the Middle East and the list goes on. There was another race not many people know about. It was the race to …
An Overview Demand for crude oil has been declined marginally as most of the countries are locked down and people are not allowed to travel. The spread of this pandemic has really broken the spine of the world economy because of which many industries are bleeding badly. The price of …
Prelude People, Ideas, Innovation, Assets, Statistics and Exploration are some of the numerous areas that we deal with while thriving in a society abound in skill. The Petroleum Industry comprises of many parts. All these various areas generate a lot of information – from downstream, midstream, drilling, production, reservoir, geology …
“Du siehst den Wald vor lauter Bäumen nicht” The English equivalent for the same can be given as “You don’t see the forest for all the trees”. It means that it is always important to see the big picture. In our day to day life, if we focus on the …
Introduction: Bhopal Gas Tragedy or Bhopal Gas Disaster, as it is commonly known, occurred due to gas leakage in Bhopal, a city in Madhya Pradesh on 2nd December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant. Over 500,000 people were exposed to highly toxic Methyl Isocyanate Gas (MIC). …
The morning of January 28 brought bad news for Chennai residents. Two ships, The BW Maple carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from Ran Laffan in Qatar, and The Dawn Kanchipuram loaded with petroleum lubricating oil collided near Kamaraj port in Ennore. Kamaraj is a busy port near Chennai which handles …
Russia is a major player in oil and gas production worldwide. It is the second-largest producer of natural gas and the second largest (in 2016) producer of oil. Russia’s oil output touched an all-time high of 11.75 million barrels per day (bpd) in September 2016. In 2016, Saudi Arabia and …
Prelude Nobody has seen how the hell looks like, but there are some places on mother earth that are little scary, places that feel sinister, and then there are places that are spine-chilling, downright hellish. Around four decades ago, one unfortunate incident or mishap took place that gave birth to …
Introduction: The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill, the BP oil disaster, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and the Macondo blowout) began on April 20, 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico, on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect. It is considered the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry, …
Baba Gurgur is an oil and gas field, located in the city of Kirkuk in Northern Iraq. It was entitled to the world’s largest oil field till the discovery of Ghawar in Saudi Arabia. As per reports, the field has been burning for over 4000 years now. History: Baba Gurgur …
