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Is the oil and natural gas revolution turning the US into an energy superpower?
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Is the oil and natural gas revolution turning the US into an energy superpower?

Canada has a wealth of new and existing deposits of oil and gas clamouring for pipeline capacity to market. The challenge, says Gordon Cope, is building it.

Earlier this week, GE Oil & Gas held its 14th Annual Meeting in the historic Italian city of Florence.

The energy giant has introduced its first single-stage Integrated Compressor Line, designed for oil and gas pipeline compression.

Iran is planning to begin construction of the Iran-Pakistan pipeline next month but faces a number of serious political and security concerns, which may mean that it never realises its potential.

Russia’s OAO Transneft has confirmed that the Caspian Pipeline Consortium’s crude pipeline that runs from northwest Kazakhstan to the Black Sea will reach full capacity by 2015.

Peter Hardy, Head of Technical Services, The Institution of Gas Engineers & Managers (IGEM), UK, looks at the thriving role of natural gas in the UK’s energy future.

The American Petroleum Institute comment on Ohioan lawmakers urging the expansion of natural gas development.

The Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Kharkiv have voted to join Shell in a products sharing agreement in the Yuzivske shale gas filed which will accord them a 31–60% share of produced gas.

Shut down following a leak at an offshore platform, a crucial Brent oil pipeline in the North Sea has been cleared for start-up.

The Czech Republic has opened a natural gas pipeline that provides an alternate route for Russian energy imports and will help supply other parts of the EU.

Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz gas group has agreed a deal to obtain a stake in the Nabucco pipeline, boosting the gas pipeline project's chances against a rival pipeline.