Amalgamated Explorations Glossary of Industry Terms
http://www.findoil.com/glossary.html

Glossary of oil and gas terms.

APEC Energy Pricing Practices - Natural Gas End-Use Prices
http://ns.ieej.or.jp/aperc/2001/Pricing.pdf

"The natural gas industry is one of the markets in which reforms and restructuring are actively taking place. Also, diverse pricing policies and regulations are applied over the APEC region and, particularly, subsidies and cross-subsidies are believed to exist in some sectors of the market to enhance market development or for other social policy objectives. However, the issue of the merits of subsidisation or cross-subsidisation has been controversial in terms of the notions of both efficiency and equity. Therefore, it was considered useful to investigate the natural gas pricing practices in the APEC member economies in the context of market reforms and subsidisation. This study surveys the theory and practices on end-use natural gas pricing in the APEC region, with attention being paid especially to the issues of subsidies and cross-subsidies."

Canadian Energy - Supply and Demand to 2025
http://www.neb.gc.ca/energy/sd99/index.htm

"Since July 1987, the Board has been using the Market-Based Procedure (MBP) to discharge its responsibilities under section 118 of the NEBA with respect to the licensing of natural gas exports. The MBP contains an Export Impact Assessment (EIA) component, the purpose of which is to assist the Board in its determination of whether a proposed export is likely to cause Canadians difficulty in meeting their energy requirements at fair market prices. While the Board's previous Canadian Energy Supply and Demand 1993-2010 - Technical Report released in 1994 contained an EIA, which parties could choose to adopt, the Board's new S&D 1999 does not. However, it is anticipated that potential applicants and interested parties in gas export licensing matters may use the data and analysis contained in this new report or use any other appropriate sources that are available to them to develop their own EIAs to be filed for Board consideration."

China's Petroleum Industry
http://www.vitrade.com/china/chinanews_brieing_oil_industry.htm

"China was the first country to discover and use oil and gas, but China only began developing a modern oil and gas industry in the 1950s. China's oil and g as industry has had a difficult development. Before 1949, China had only one or two small oil fields that produced 120,000 tons of crude oil annually." Provided by ViTrade, an international research and financial risk analysis company

Closing Asia's Energy Gaps
http://www.riia.org/briefingpapers/bp41.html#cent

From The Royal Institute of International Affairs "Asia faces three 'energy gaps'. The first is an increasing 'supply gap' in East and South Asia between energy demand and the supply available from within that region. The second is an 'infrastructure gap' between the resources of Siberia and Central Asia on the one hand, and the regions of growing demand in East and South Asia on the other. Closing the infrastructure gap ­ by the construction of oil and gas pipelines and electricity connections from Siberia and Central Asia ­ will reduce but not eliminate the supply gap. The latter will require growing imports from western Asia (the 'Middle East'), enlarging a third gap ­ of security of supply."

Colonial Pipeline Emergency Response
http://www.nrt.org/cp_exm.htm

"The Colonial Pipeline spill was the result of a rupture in a 36-inch oil pipeline, which extends along the east coast from the Gulf of Mexico to Maine. The pipeline is operated by the Colonial Pipeline Company (the responsible party). The regulation of the pipeline's operation falls under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Transportation. The rupture caused No. 2 heating oil to be ejected 100 feet into the air, and the oil flowed from the break to the Sugarland Run creek, a tributary of the Potomac River. Of the estimated 477,436 gallons of oil that were discharged into the environment, 372,498 gallons of oil were finally recovered from 407,436 gallons of oil/water collected. An additional 100,000 gallons of oil were recovered directly from the inactivated pipeline."

Conversion Factors
http://www.mees.com/Energy_Tables/factors.htm

"Table 1: Conversion Factors: Barrels Per Ton By Api Degrees (10.0-64.5) Table 2: Conversion Factors: Barrels Per Ton By Api Degrees (65.0-79.5) Table 3: Average Conversion Factors For Crude Oil In Major Exporting Countries Table 4: Average Conversion Factors For Petroleum Products Table 5: Gas Conversion Factors"

Converting Hydrogen Sulfide by the Claus Process
http://www.nelliott.demon.co.uk/company/claus.html

"Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is a smelly, corrosive, highly toxic gas. Besides its other bad habits, it also deactivates industrial catalysts. H2S is commonly found in natural gas and is also made at oil refineries, especially if the crude oil contains a lot of sulfur compounds. Because H2S is such an obnoxious substance, it is converted to non-toxic and useful elemental sulfur at most locations that produce it. The process of choice is the Claus Sulfur Recovery process."