About Us
Gulf Energy Information (Gulf) empowers employees to deliver premium technical and business content, as well as market intelligence solutions, to the global energy and infrastructure industries through trusted engagement. For more than 100 years, Gulf's quality content and commitment to audience needs has led our company to become the most trusted resource in B2B media for the industries we serve. Our market-leading brands—Petroleum Economist, World Oil, Pipeline & Gas Journal, Hydrocarbon Processing, Gas Processing & LNG, H2Tech, Hydrogen Economist, Carbon Economist and Underground Infrastructure—serve their markets with real-time content through digital media and in-person/virtual events. Gulf also provides market intelligence solutions to the global energy industry through Global Energy Infrastructure and the Construction Boxscore Database.
Gulf Energy Information Timeline
The Early Years
- 1916 — Gulf Publishing Company (Gulf) is founded and publishes its first magazine, Gulf Coast Oil News.
- 1918 — The magazine name is changed to Oil Weekly.
- 1922 — Gulf launches Refiner & Natural Gasoline Manufacturer magazine and Filing Station as a series of specialized oil journals.
- 1927 — Gulf launches the Composite Catalog of Oil Field Equipment and Services.
1940's - 1990's
- 1942 — Refiner & Natural Gasoline Manufacturer changes its name to Petroleum Refiner.
- 1947 — The Oil Weekly is renamed World Oil and becomes a monthly publication.
- 1954 — Gulf launches its third magazine, Pipe Line Industry.
- 1966 — Gulf acquires Ocean Industry.
- 1975 — Construction Boxscore covers active, global construction projects.
- 1995 — Gulf’s Pipe Line Industry is renamed to Pipe Line and Gas Industry
2000's
- 2000 — Gulf is purchased by two private investment partners.
- 2001 — Gulf sold to London-based Euromoney Institutional Investor plc.
- 2004 — Gulf launches its annual Women’s Global Leadership Conference.
- 2013 — Gulf publishes Gas Processing.
- 2016 — Gulf undergoes a management buyout and becomes an independent, Houston-based company. Petroleum Economist is added to the Gulf portfolio.
- 2017 — Gulf acquires Oildom Publishing Company of Texas, publisher of Pipeline & Gas Journal, Underground Construction and Pipeline News.
- 2017 — Gulf launches Energy Web Atlas, a real-time project information platform.
- 2018 — Gulf changes its name to Gulf Energy Information.
