After a decade of plummeting production, privatization in fits and starts, and shifting tax and legal codes, the Russian oil ...

Bill Stewart, president and chief executive officer of BJ Services Co., is among service-company leaders who are looking for signs ...

There has been a sea change in the approach of oil and gas presenters at energy conferences this year, and ...

The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers' (CAPP) annual investment symposium this year was surprising only for its lack of surprises. ...

With volatility in the stock market, the unease following the Enron debacle and capital budgets under fire, it is critical ...

While we ponder the volatility the natural gas industry has seen during the last two years-the PG&E and Enron bankruptcies, ...

Events during the past year have painfully reminded us that individuals, companies and entire industries can quickly suffer new lows ...

Sam Smith's meeting with rating-agency representatives recently wasn't his first time at that table. But it was his first time ...

The type of institutional investment affects volume in E&P stocks. Historically, lower trading volume coincides with lower investment from so-called ...

Uintah County, Utah, established on February 18, 1880, is in the central portion of the Uintah Basin. The county has ...

Calgary-based EnCana Corp. has completed a successful appraisal program on its June 2001 Buzzard discovery in the U.K. North Sea ...

1 Denver independent Duncan Oil Inc. is set to drill the #1 State-Deep River & Zygiel, a scheduled 4,750-ft. wildcat ...

1 United Oil & Minerals Inc., Austin, tested a discovery in Zapata County, Texas, flowing 2.3 million cu. ft. of ...

1 A three-well drilling program scheduled by John O. Farmer Inc., Russell, Kan., is set to get under way near ...

1 Tri-Valley Oil & Gas Co., Bakersfield, Calif., set pipe at 4,010 ft. and is waiting on completion tools at ...

Equity Company Exchange / Symbol Headquarters Amount Comments Petrobras (NYSE: PBR) Rio de Janeiro US$1.5 billion Plans to issue up to US$1.5 billion in units, consisting of 1 billion ...

Marathon Oil Corp., Houston, (NYSE: MRO) will strengthen its presence offshore Equatorial Guinea with the purchase of privately held Houston-based ...

Houston-based upstream and midstream operator Plains Resources Inc. (NYSE: PLX) will separate into two companies in a series of moves, ...

• Contango Oil & Gas Co., Houston, has acquired additional south Texas assets for $2.6 million. The assets contain proved ...

• Cequel Energy, Calgary, plans to acquire certain producing properties in the Gold Creek and Karr areas of northwest Alberta ...

• Philip B. Smith, who was chairman and chief executive officer of Prize Energy Corp. before it was acquired by ...

• Conoco Inc., Houston, plans to sell some of its U.K. interests in the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea ...

Greka Energy Corp., New York City, (Nasdaq: GRKA) has privately placed $30 million of secured debt with institutional investors as ...

Oil-service firm Cal Dive International Inc., Houston, (Nasdaq: CDIS) E&P subsidiary Energy Resource Technology Inc. (ERT) has acquired Gulf of ...

In the 19th century, prospectors swarmed over the Rockies, panning or mining for gold. Today, different kinds of prospectors are ...