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Algeria is holding 8th place as world's largest producer of natural gas reserves and 3rd largest supplier to Europe. It is the third largest holder of oil proven reserves in Africa as of January 2012, behind Libya and Nigeria, and second largest holder of natural gas proven reserves after Nigeria. (Oil and Gas Journal). Algeria is a member of Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The country's hydrocarbons sector accounted for 60% of its budget revenues, 36% of its GDP and over 97% of its export earning in 2010 (US State Department). (US Energy Information Administration).

Sailors have always told of bad things that lurk in the mists, and while the legends of yore may not be much more than tales, the possibility of flammable mists - conjured up from offshore hydrocarbon releases - is all too real. So how are they formed and what is the danger?

Pacific NorthWest liquefied natural gas (LNG) project is a new natural gas liquefaction and export facility proposed to be constructed in Lelu Island near the Port of Prince Rupert, British Columbia (BC). The project is operated by Pacific NorthWest LNG, a consortium comprised of Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas 62%), Japan Petroleum Exploration Company (JAPEX 10%), PetroleumBRUNEI (3%), Indian Oil Corporation (10%) and China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec 15%).

Surmont Phase 2 Oil Sands project involves the expansion of the Surmont steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) plant to increase its production capacity from the existing 27,000 barrels of bitumen a day to 136,000 barrels of bitumen a day. The Surmont site is located approximately 60km south-east of Fort McMurray, Alberta, in the Athabasca oil sands region.

Kuwait National Petroleum Company's (KNPC) Clean Fuels Project (CFP) involves the upgrade and integration of the Mina Abdulla (MAB) and Mina Al Ahmadi (MAA) refineries. The project will increase the combined capacity of the refineries from the existing 736,000 barrels per day to 800,000 barrels per day, and will lower the sulphur content of petroleum products to 5%.

Uses of N-Methyl Pyrrolidone (NMP) 1-Methyl-2-pyrrolidinone (NMP) is a polar aprotic solvent that has the advantages of low toxicity, high boiling point, outstanding solvency, strong selectivity, and good stability. It is widely used in purification of aromatic hydrocarbon extraction, acetylene, olefins, and diolefins. It is used in industrial cleaning, and it serves as a solvent for the production of pesticides, engineering plastics, coatings, synthetic fibers, and integrated circuits. It can also be used as an industrial cleanser, dispersant, dye, lubricant, and antifreeze. 1-Methyl-2-pyrrolidinone is an excellent solvent, widely used in aromatics extraction, lubricating oil refining, acetylene enrichment, butadiene separation, and synthesis gas desulfurization. It is used in gas desulfurization, lubricating oil refining, lubricating oil antifreeze, olefin extraction, and as a solvent for insoluble engineering plastics polymerization. It can be used in herbicide, to clean insulation materials, semiconductor industry precision instruments and circuit boards, to recycle PVC exhaust, as a detergent, dye supplement and dispersing agent. It is used in mediums for polymerization reactions such as engineering plastics and aramid fiber. 1-Methyl-2-pyrrolidinone is used as a polyvinylidene fluoride solvent and electrode auxiliary material for lithium-ion batteries. high purity grade for ICP-MS detection.

Electrical hydrocarbon prospecting using induced polarization (IP) has a history in the offshore industry, but Norwegian company ORG Geophysical wants to push the technology on to the world stage.