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Wednesday, January 1, 2014

PennEnergy's Most Popular Petroleum Stories of 2013



  PennEnergy's Most Popular Petroleum Stories of 2013
Saipem oil rig sinks offshore Angola
After the sudden and significant tilting, one crew member was recorded missing and another six incurred minor injuries.
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55 killed in dual oil pipeline blasts
55 people are dead and 136 injured after a pair of explosions at a massive Sinopec refinery complex in China’s Shangdong province.
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Bakken shale natural gas flaring tops $100 million each month
A new report finds a staggering 1/3 of natural gas produced in the rich Bakken shale region of North Dakota is being burned off into the air.
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Shell floats hull for world’s largest floating LNG facility
Once complete, Prelude FLNG will be the largest floating facility ever built.
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Offshore oil exploration stopped in Gulf of Mexico
Deep-water oil exploration on some drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico was stopped by U.S. regulators.
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9 oil workers kidnapped by pirates in Nigeria
Nigeria’s Bayelsa State was home to three kidnapping attempts on April 24th.
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Venezuelan leader's death leaves oil uncertainty
Chavez’s death leaves big questions about the country’s massive oil reserves.
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Two workers killed in explosion at Total refinery
The explosion occurred during maintenance on a steam generation system within a gas production unit.
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Algerian gas plant siege over; 81 dead
The raid began when the militants kidnapped hostages from a bus traveling between the gas plant and a nearby airport.
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Continental CEO says Keystone XL pipeline “not critical any longer”
As the fate of the northern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline remains in limbo in Washington, other pipeline and transportation projects could eliminate its necessity.
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