Steven R. Williams, president of Bridgeport, West Virginia-based Petroleum Development Corp., entered the public-drilling-fund business just as this investment strategy, ...

In December 1999, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a new rule called Reg FD (Fair Disclosure). Its recent adoption ...

The last time energy stocks experienced a period of sterling performance like that of recent quarters was from 1996 to ...

For anyone just coming back from a four-year stint on the Mir Space Station, Wall Street has shrunk. Specifically, its ...

The approximately $410-million, all-stock merger of Stone Energy Corp. (NYSE: SGY) and Basin Exploration Inc. (Nasdaq: BSNX) will bring together ...

There are a whole lot of small fish swimming around the big pond known as the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, ...

This month the ability to treat corporate mergers as a tax-free pooling of interest expires, so there will be no ...

Exploration editor Peggy Williams began researching activity in East Texas' Bossier play several months ago, as rumors of huge discoveries ...

3Tec Energy Corp.'s current stock price does not accurately reflect the company's underlying asset value or its growth potential through ...

Noble Drilling provides an attractive play on domestic and international jackup and deepwater drilling markets, with near-term upside from potential ...

1 Van Fossan Oil Corp., Collinsville, Ill., plans to evaluate Mississippian zones at the #1-V Gates, a new wildcat scheduled ...

1 Exxon Mobil Corp. gauged a flow of 20.854 million cu. ft. of gas, 500 bbl. of condensate and 153 ...

1 Kansas is scheduled to get a remote wildcat that's to be drilled by Lyons & Lyons Inc., Tulsa, in ...

1 Three remote wildcats, all scheduled to 3,500 ft., are set for Nevada. IHS Energy Group reports Connelly Exploration Inc., ...

Agip has apparently struck oil in the Barents Sea, offshore northern Norway. The Italian firm's 7122/7-1 exploratory well, on License ...

CMS Energy Corp. (NYSE: CMS), Dearborn, Mich., plans to make an initial public offering of up to 50% of its ...

North Coast Energy Inc. (Nasdaq: NCEB) entered into a $125-million credit agreement with a group of four major energy lending ...

With exploration and production already its primary income and growth engine, Amerada Hess Corp. (NYSE: AHC) made it even more ...

Southern Energy Inc.'s energy capital group is the smallest piece of the newly public independent power producer, energy marketer and ...

• Stone Energy Corp., Lafayette, La., and Basin Exploration Inc., Denver, have agreed to merge in a tax-free, stock-for-stock deal ...

• Murphy Oil Corp., El Dorado, Ark., plans to acquire Beau Canada Exploration Ltd. for C$2.15 per Beau share and ...

• Netherland, Sewell & Associates Inc. and Digital Divestment Corp. have allied to allow clients worldwide access to integrated digital ...

• Ultra Petroleum, Denver, plans to acquire Houston-based Pendaries Petroleum Ltd., which owns participating interests in contract areas 04/36 (18.2%) ...

It's been a painfully slow process for the partners, but an immense natural gas field looks to be taking shape ...

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