No doubt about it, the biggest challenge the oil industry faces in this decade is fighting the relentless production decline ...

Some 25 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of natural gas was produced in the U.S. and Canada in 2002, and unconventional ...

Just about everybody knows that the production-decline curve in the U.S. has steadily worsened during the past 10 years. But ...

While battling internal decline curves, many companies turn to acquisitions to cover their losses. In 2002, a relatively mild year ...

Fighting the production-decline curve is a good fight for companies, investors and the country. That's why this entire issue of ...

Clearly, buyers and sellers were better able to see eye to eye in the last few weeks of 2003 than ...

Two year-end E&P spending surveys predict worldwide upstream spending will grow about 4% in 2004. Approximate 6% growth in international ...

Pemex has been moderately successful in its debut of its unique multiple-service contracts (MSCs) in northeastern Mexico's Burgos Basin. With ...

1 The eastern Gulf of Mexico is attracting a lot of attention these days as several companies have deepwater wildcats ...

1 Longview, Texas-based CW Resources Inc. reached a total depth of 10,100 ft. at an exploratory test in the northeastern ...

1 Newton, Kan.-based Palomino Petroleum Inc. completed a wildcat in western Kansas' Ness County, about four miles northeast of Ness ...

1 Production Specialties Co., Woodland, Calif., brought home a gas discovery at its #1-5 Stagecoach wildcat in Section 5-22n-2w, Glenn ...

Operators active in Vietnam have been enjoying recent successes. In the prolific Cuu Long Basin, partners in the multinational Cuu ...

Equity Company Exchange / Symbol Headquarters Amount Comments Amerada Hess Corp. (NYSE: AHC) New York US$600 million Sold 12 million ...

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. has shifted the market's focus from "takeover" to "turnaround" by hiring veteran energy executive James T. Hackett ...

Since emerging from Chapter 11 in 2001, KCS Energy has continued to improve its balance sheet and operations. It is ...

Two years ago Marathon Oil Corp. began moving in a more high-profile way to pursue an international, integrated gas strategy. ...

• Alan Smith and Tom Campbell have formed Chalker Energy Partners, Houston. Smith was most recently vice president, business development, ...

During the first 11 months of 2003, the combination of strong fundamentals, unit-distribution increases and a historically low interest-rate environment ...