The Marcellus may be the largest natural gas field in North America (just give it a few more years of steady development drilling), and in fact, it might rank among the top five gas fields in the world.

The Appalachian Basin’s Marcellus shale is talked up as the best shale-gas play in the country these days, and attendance at Hart’s DUG East conference seemed to confirm that sentiment.

The world awaits U.S. unconventional gas producers’ expertise in unlocking reserves across the world—with Europe possibly the most anxious.

The sentiment amongst most in the upstream E&P world is that fall bank borrowing-base redeterminations will largely be a nonevent—in spite of fears to the contrary all summer.

Sean Penn met with Hugo Chavez yesterday to discuss U.S. involvement in Colombia, shooting films in Venezuela and other silly things.

Nanotechnology breakthroughs will be essential in developing game-changing solutions to address world issues, such as energy shortages, environmental concerns and greater connectivity.

What the oil and gas industry’s investment and management leaders are talking about.