American independent Noble Energy has discovered a world-class natural gas field offshore Israel, changing both its fortune and the fortunes of its host country.

Golden State investors say now is the time to capture upside with distressed upstream and midstream equities.

Domestic energy demand has defined China’s goals, but energy policy has failed to keep pace.

Joint ventures are becoming the new transaction of choice. Up-front preparation is key to achieving the most profitable structure.

Microseismic monitoring of the fracturing process in the vast shale is proving to be a key tool in its development.

With a new chief executive officer and new strategy, Toreador Resources has revamped its finances and is aiming at a Bakken shale look-alike in France.

As Swift Energy Co. president, Bruce H. Vincent takes aim at renewing production growth, and as new IPAA chairman, he wants Capitol Hill to listen to independents.

A Worldwatch Institute initiative would advance natural gas as the transition fuel to a low-carbon world.

The oil-price forecast for the near term is not heartening.