Oil and Gas Journal Editor Bob Tippee will speak at the upcoming Energy Policy Conference that is being held in Dallas, TX on September 18th, 2006.
Bob Tippee is Editor of Oil & Gas Journal, a weekly trade magazine, and its web site, Oil & Gas Journal Online. Since joining the Journal in Tulsa in 1977, [...]

A long-awaited federal decision that would open the Roan Plateau to natural drilling includes compromises that make the land “much less economically attractive,” an industry group said Thursday.
The Bureau of Land Management’s plan to open up the Western Slope site includes measures that would prolong the effective drilling period for decades, according to the Colorado [...]

Less than half the area on top of and below the Roan Plateau would be opened to natural gas drilling, according to a management plan released Thursday. The remainder would see protections designed to preserve wildlife, views and rare plants.
With the western flank of the Roan Plateau in view, Bureau of Land Management officials unveiled [...]

Allis-Chalmers Energy Inc. (Amex: ALY - News) announced today the closing of its acquisition of DLS Drilling Logistics and Services Corporation, from Bridas International Holdings Limited, Bridas Central Company Limited and Associated Petroleum Investors Limited. The acquisition purchase price consisted of approximately $93.7 million in cash, 2.5 million newly issued shares of Allis-Chalmers’ common stock [...]

BP PLC announced it would keep one side of the Prudhoe Bay oil field open as it replaces corroded pipes, enabling it to funnel up to half its previous output and avert a larger crimp in the nation’s oil supply.
BP had previously said it would have to completely shut down the nation’s largest oil field [...]

Arch Coal Inc. said Thursday that Brian Jennings was elected to its board of directors effective immediately. He will serve on the board’s finance and audit committees.
Steven Leer, Arch Coal’s chairman and CEO, said in a statement, “Brian’s expertise in corporate finance for the global energy industry will be extremely valuable to the board and [...]

Earnings from the State Land Office’s monthly oil and gas lease sales jumped 12 percent in July compared to June, from $5.829 million to $6.517 million.
On July 19, Commissioner of Public Lands Patrick H. Lyons announced that 41 tracts covering 12,717 acres of trust lands were offered during the July auction, and all 41 tracts [...]

The federal government, the University of Wyoming and the energy industry should immediately join forces in a pilot project to demonstrate that the state’s coal reserves can be converted into such products as diesel fuel and clean-burning gas to fuel power plants, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Dale Groutage said Monday.
Groutage, unopposed for his party’s nomination [...]

DETAILS of Victoria’s proposed renewable energy encouragement scheme could be delayed in the lead-up to the state election, despite the fact the energy industry wants to have the detail as quickly as possible to allow for planning.
The plan was to have been launched in the middle of the year but a Government spokesman has now [...]

Mitsui Babcock Energy Ltd. has won a $100 million contract to build a clean-coal power plant in Kentucky.
The West Sussex, England-based company, which has its American headquarters in Atlanta, is partnering with the No. 1 power-plant builder the United States, Bechtel Group, to build the $1-billion-plus facility, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle, a sister [...]