Ask anyone in the industry what the United States needs to quench its infamous thirst for natural gas, and increased ...

Far too many mergers and major acquisitions have underperformed in building shareholder value, despite the lofty goals with which executives ...

PanCanadian Petroleum Ltd. has near-legendary origins, but the company's challenge now is to ensure that its future is as storied ...

Vineyards entwine the gentle, rolling hillsides of New York's Finger Lakes region. Dairy cattle graze in the lush summer pastures, ...

Natural gas-compression service and rental companies have been very busy this year, muscling up through public offerings and mergers and ...

Although much has been said about it, the new Regulation FD (Fair Disclosure) does not materially change the rules of ...

Strong commodity prices and higher revenues led upstream companies to double their capital spending last year in North America. But ...

To practiced observers, a number of trends this past summer point the way to enhanced natural gas prices in the ...

When Victor Burk told energy-industry journalists in Houston that the world's largest publicly traded oil and gas companies spent substantially ...

Now that ABN Amro, the Dutch banking conglomerate, has acquired the experienced upstream energy team of ING Bank in Houston ...

1 A Mississippian wildcat has been scheduled by Cliff D. Price Oil & Gas Properties, Longview, Texas, at the #36-1 ...

1 Pennsylvanian Canyon, perforated between 12,722-12,806 ft., is the producing formation at a Val Verde County, Texas, discovery completed by ...

1 Comanche Resources Co. has staked a 5,300-ft. Mississippian wildcat in Comanche County, Kan., reports IHS Energy Group. The #5-1 ...

1 Independent Jordan Exploration Co., Traverse City, Mich., has permitted three 3,000-ft. wildcats in northwestern Washington, reports IHS Energy Group. ...

Even very mature basins can still hide pleasant surprises. Calgary-based explorer PanCanadian Petroleum Ltd. says its Buzzard find, 100 kilometers ...

Equity Company Exchange / Symbol Headquarters Amount Comments Exco Resources Inc. (Nasdaq: EXCO) Dallas US$105.1 million Sold 5 million 5% convertible ...

Oil-country tubular-goods suppliers clearly benefited as domestic drilling accelerated during the second quarter. Lone Star Technologies Inc., Maverick Tube Corp. ...

• Calpine Corp., San Jose, Calif., is acquiring 236 billion cu. ft. equivalent of proved gas reserves from The Bayless ...

• Petrobank Energy Resources Ltd., Calgary, and Ventus Energy Ltd. have merged. Ventus shareholders may receive C$9.75 per share up ...

• ATP Oil & Gas Corp., Houston, has acquired undeveloped reserves in the Southern Gas Basin of the U.K. North ...

• Universal Compression Holdings Inc., Houston, has purchased KCI Inc., Tulsa, Okla., for approximately $26.3 million in cash and 694,927 ...

• David B. Miller has joined the board of Denbury Resources Inc., Dallas, increasing Denbury's board to nine members. Miller ...

After more than a century of activity, it's quite astonishing that a basin as thoroughly drilled as the Appalachian can ...