Meet Process Engineer Sundara Viswanathan
. by Stephanie Viola
Learn about the career path that led Sundara to Fluor Corporation and about the challenges and rewards of his career as a process engineer.
Shale Gas
TJ Wojnar and Kamel Ben-Naceur on the Future of Energy in the Region, Nation, and World
. by Kelsey Kettelhut
Watch a discussion on the future of energy.
Improved Catalyst Promises Energy Savings and Reduced Pollution
. by Douglas B. Clark
A discovery that improves on a commonly used catalytic reaction used to break down methane could lead to significant energy savings and pollution reduction.
The Saudi Oil Glut's Winners and Losers
. by Kent Harrington
Speaking to a packed auditorium during CERAWeek in Houston, Texas, Saudi Arabia's oil minister laid out the oil crash'
Mexico's Huge, Untouched Shale-Oil Fields Lure Wildcatters and Criminals
. by Kent Harrington
Fracking "unconventionals" has rapidly accelerated US oil production, boosting output by more than 60 percent since 2010, but Mexico hasn’t "even scratched the surface on the u
Argentina's Vaca Muerta Is a Refuge in the Shale Storm
. by Kent Harrington
Productivity and costs soared as the US shale industry rapidly evolved over the past 7 years, drilling longer and longer horizontals much faster from multi-well pads that often came with walking dr
Why the US Fracking Boom Took Off and China's Sputtered
. by Kent Harrington
China has discovered that it isn't easy to duplicate a shale boom fueled by a special cadre of small, wildcatting oil and gas exploration companies.
The Global Spread of Advanced Fracking Technology Is Winning the Oil War
. by Kent Harrington
In November 2014, OPEC and Saudi Arabia started a price war against the US shale industry (and other high-end producers) by refusing to rein in output and fighting for market share instead.
CNG Cars May Soon Have a Smart New Alternative
. by Douglas B. Clark
Jeffery Long, professor of chemistry and chemical and bimolecular engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and colleagues have devised a space-efficient natural-gas tank that can store the same amount of gas as bulky conventional tanks at a much lower pressure.
LNG Gazprom Buster Fights for Global Energy Security
. by Kent Harrington
Energy insecurity may be the world's greatest sales tool to encourage infrastructure impulse shopping.
Second LNG-Powered Container Ship Launch Signals New Regulatory Clampdown
. by Kent Harrington
When TOTE, a shipper that plies the waters between the US and the Caribbean, recently launched a 760-foot container ship from its construction drydock in San Diego, it carried a special distinction
Surviving $40 Oil by Unlocking the Mysteries of Frac-Sand
. by Kent Harrington
America may have started out as a religious haven with a lot of elbow room, but it's also a strike-it-rich country.
How US Shale Drillers Survive the OPEC-Engineered Oil Price Crash
. by Kent Harrington
When Ryan Lance, CEO of ConocoPhillips, told an OPEC conference in 2012 that the cartel was complacently under-estimating the global impact of US shale drillers, the audience, flush with $100 a bar
BP's Energy Outlook: Renewables & Gas Surge, Coal Slows
. by Kent Harrington
Despite the dramatic fall in oil markets that began four months ago, this year's BP Energy Outlook 2035 tries to look long term - beyond the current turmoil - to explain the confluence of sever
Challenges for Water Reuse in Hydraulic Fracturing Wells
. by Martin Bergstedt
Of the many issues confronting the boom in formation fracturing processes at natural gas and shale oil well heads, water use and reuse are among the most important. Todd Langford of GE Power & Water presented an overview of these challenges and current solutions.
