Business news

A career in welding is considered one of the top ten best career-change professions for 2010.

A brief look at Nigeria’s changing oil industry.

Iran is seeking foreign investors and markets in a new drive to develop its natural gas reserves and establish itself as a major energy supplier.

Europe’s hydrocarbon industry now sits in a precarious position as to the future of its energy supply. Currently Europe is dependant on Middle Eastern and Russian supplies. However, Europe is predicted to become more heavily dependent on external supplies over the next decade.

A summary of two environmental issues within the oil industry.

Rosneft have announced that they will be building a new oil refinery in war torn Grozny to help promote economic growth.

Opening of the world’s largest calibration facility for oil and gas meters.

Gazprom will delay the start up of its Shtokman gas field by three years, and plans to export half its output as LNG to Europe.

The demand for oil and gas is rising worldwide as is the demand for pipeline materials, according to a report from Tube 2010

An overview of the North American natural gas industry

Dr. Hooman Peimani looks at the major pipeline projects taking place in Russia and considers the potential of these projects in contributing to Russia’s status as a ‘world energy superpower’.

T.D Williamson has carried out its first Stopple® Train intervention operation on a pipeline in Europe

In my last column of 2009, I ended on a positive note cautiously claiming that all sectors across the energy supply chain were beginning to see signs of a recovery. Let’s take a look at some of the sectors in more detail.

Nord Stream has commissioned three steel producers to supply a total of 1 million t of pipes, to be used on its second pipeline.

GAIL India’s profits are up; the company invests heavily in pipelines in the next three years