Gulf Publishing Company is an international publishing and events business dedicated to the hydrocarbon energy sector. In mid-2018 it rebranded as Gulf Energy Information. Founded in 1916 by Ray Lofton Dudley, Gulf Energy Information produces and distributes publications in print and web formats, online news, webcasts and databases; hosts conferences and events designed for the energy industry. The company was a subsidiary of

Euromoney Institutional Investor Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC is one of Europe's largest business and financial information companies which has interests in business and financial publishing and event organization. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a ...

from 2001 until a 2016 management buyout by CEO John Royall and Texas investors. The business and strategy publication ''Petroleum Economist'' also transferred to the company in May 2016. In mid-2017 the company acquired 109-year old Oildom Publishing. The company's flagship magazines, ''World Oil,'' ''Hydrocarbon Processing'', ''Pipeline & Gas Journal'', and the ''Petroleum Economist'' are published monthly. Gulf is headquartered in

Houston, Texas Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 i ...

, with sales staff and columnists around the world, due to expansion efforts by William G. Dudley, Sr. The ''Petroleum Economist'' publishing and map cartography staff are based in

London, UK London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major se ...

. Gulf Energy Info's Data Services staff support on-line ''Energy Web Atlas'' energy data visualization, and ''Construction Boxscore'' downstream project database, from Houston, London and Mumbai. Since 1916 ''World Oil'' has covered the upstream oil and gas industry for conventional, shale, offshore, exploration and production technology in oil and gas. Since 1922, ''Hydrocarbon Processing'' has provided job-relevant information to technical staff, operations, maintenance and management in petroleum refining, gas processing facilities, petrochemical and engineer/constructor companies throughout the world. Bi-monthly supplement ''Gas Processing & LNG'' was added in 2012. Since 1934, the ''Petroleum Economist'' has written about oil, its politics and economics - explained some of the industry's biggest disruptions: such as the 1973 oil crisis, the Gulf Wars, the rise of China, the Arab uprisings, and the more recent supply-side shocks from North America's unconventional energy sector. Since 1859, ''Pipeline & Gas Journal'' has been the essential resource for technology and trends in the midstream industry; written and edited to be of service to those involved in moving, marketing and managing hydrocarbons from wellheads to ultimate consumers. The company formerly published trade books, but spun off the division as TaylorWilson (now part of Taylor Trade) in 2000; sold its professional book list to

Elsevier Elsevier () is a Dutch academic publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content. Its products include journals such as '' The Lancet'', '' Cell'', the ScienceDirect collection of electronic journals, '' Trends'', ...

in 2013.Elsevier Acquires Book Assets of Gulf Publishing
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