Brookeland and Giddings fields are back in the news, as superior commodity prices have revived interest in the Gulf Coast’s polemical Austin Chalk reservoir.

Canadian players are proceeding with care as negative drivers litter the M&A roadway.

As more production flows from unconventional shale plays to the Southeast/Gulf region, this analyst anticipates bottlenecks and lower prices.

Angel funding, the SPAC and other capital sources have pros and cons. Here are some.

­Horizontal drilling in North Dakota’s enormous Bakken resource play is yielding astonishing volumes of oil.

When Spyglass Cedar Creek needed capital for new gathering lines and drilling in an under-drilled South Dakota anticline, mezzanine capital filled the bill.

EnCap Investments celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, having funded 158 start-up and early-stage energy companies, and helping to create the energy private-equity model along the way.

A wave of foreign investors has washed over U.S. acquirers in the competition for Gulf of Mexico assets.

Between high commodity prices and the boom in shale plays, the U.S. land-rig count has soared to a 20-year high. Shortages and higher dayrates are coming soon.

From software-license ownership to ease-of-use for report making, here are seven critical questions when interviewing potential back-office outsourcing providers.

There are new oil and gas royalty trusts in the U.S. Here’s what they are, what they aren’t, and when they can be good for both producers and investors.

Southeastern New Mexico is an important source of energy for the U.S., but E&Ps contend with onerous environmental restrictions and compete with the potash industry.

If SEC proposals are adopted as expected, E&P companies will be able to report their reserves differently in 2009.

Drilling for gas right next to a major university takes extra time and planning, but is well worth the effort, says Carrizo Oil & Gas.

Seizing a “moment in time,” XTO Energy fervently stockpiles assets while the acquisition iron is hot. 

Three majors plan to buy into North American unconventional-gas plays. What’s next?

As oil prices continue to rise, so does uncertainty, says S&P’s chief economist.

The tempest developing in commodity and credit markets presents a midsummer nightmare for oilmen seeking shelter.

Utah’s Mancos shale gets strong attention from Uinta Basin operators.

Strychnos potatorum seeds found in India can purify water produced from CBM wells.