Record-high oil and gas prices may be a welcome blessing for independent producers, but for energy lenders, it's a slightly ...

The Texas Panhandle is rocking and rolling. The tight-sand Granite Wash play has expanded to cover hundreds of square miles, ...

You might count the Gulf of Mexico down, but it is definitely not out. True, it is beset with tremendous ...

Offshore northwestern Australia, Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a country that has vast natural resources-hydrocarbons and many others-most of which ...

Between 2002 and mid-2005, the market window for initial public offerings (IPOs) in the oil-service sector remained largely closed, after ...

When John Walker isn't deciding how to invest EnerVest Management Partners Ltd.'s 10th fund, he's visiting EnerVest's institutional investors or ...

The long-dreaded impact of high oil and gas prices on the U.S. economy is starting to show in a number ...

Privately held producers are rushing to exit at 2005 prices. "Some asset owners, particularly private producers, are concerned that commodity ...

In a market where all energy sectors are reaping the benefits of high commodity prices and growing demand, the Canadian ...

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has received 19 nominations for 160-acre parcels of public lands in its new ...

1 Northeastern Monroe County, Miss., is the location of a wildcat planned by Spooner Petroleum Co., Jackson. The company will ...

1 Tyler, Texas, independent Barrow-Shaver Resources Co. brought in a discovery at its #1 Shiels Unit in Eliza R. Caraway ...

1 Castle Resources Inc., Schoenchen, Kan., completed a wildcat seven miles south and slightly west of Russell, Kan., through four ...

1 Oil companies have asked for two new units on Alaska's North Slope, according to IHS Energy. Anadarko Petroleum Corp., ...

Yemen has been a fruitful area for a number of international operators, and several new exploration, development and infrastructure projects ...

Equity Company Exchange / Symbol Headquarters Amount Comments Southwestern Energy Co. NYSE: SWN Houston US$521.5 million Priced up to 8.5 million common shares at US$61.35 each to fund capex ...

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Los Angeles, (NSYE: OXY) plans to acquire Vintage Petroleum Inc., Tulsa, (NYSE:VPI) for $20 in cash ...

Norsk Hydro ASA, Oslo, Norway, (NYSE: NHY) plans to acquire Houston-based, Gulf-focused Spinnaker Exploration Co. (NYSE: SKE) for $65.50 per ...

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Oklahoma City, (NYSE: CHK) will expand its U.S. gas strategy into the Appalachian Basin with the acquisition ...

Richard Bachmann can speak on crisis management. The chairman and chief executive of New Orleans-based Energy Partners Ltd. (NYSE: EPL) ...

• The Bank of Texas has announced new energy-lending team members. T. Coy Gallatin, executive vice president and manager, was ...

• Privately held, Dallas-based Exco Resources Inc., dba TXOK Acquisition Inc., has completed the acquisition of oil and gas production ...

One of the hottest summers on record, back-to-back Category Three-plus hurricanes on the Gulf Coast, refinery disruptions and bottlenecks, plus ...

Between 2002 and mid-2005, the market window for initial public offerings (IPOs) in the oil-service sector remained largely closed, after ...

One of the hottest summers on record, back-to-back Category Three-plus hurricanes on the Gulf Coast, refinery disruptions and bottlenecks plus ...

If London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) were a motion picture, it likely would carry an R rating: for mature audiences ...

In a market where all energy sectors are reaping the benefits of high commodity prices and growing demand, the Canadian ...

Privately held producers are rushing to exit at 2005 prices. "Some asset owners, particularly private producers, are concerned that commodity ...

The average American energy company now faces 49 lawsuits, 10 internally initiated in the past year, according to a survey ...

Natural gas leads oil by a wide margin in domestic reserves replacement, and reserves replacement from new fields is disappointing, ...

Debate continues throughout the oil industry as to whether world oil production has peaked, or soon will, followed by a ...

During the past half-century, the U.S. has made extraordinary progress toward an environmental ethic, according to L. Poe Leggette, a ...

In the face of pessimists, international crises and political turmoil, Saudi Arabia continues to stand behind its oil-production commitments to ...

Energy investors fared well in 2004 as shareholder returns reached record levels, but there were snags-upstream costs continued to rise ...

The long-dreaded impact of high oil and gas prices on the U.S. economy is starting to show in a number ...

The U.S. at present has some 1,700 land rigs, and rig contractors could add up to 191 new and refurbished ...

Drilling-permit issuance across 30 U.S. states is decidedly up since 1994, according to a survey by Lehman Brothers. James D. ...

Patrick Draw Field was discovered in 1959 in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, in the Green River Basin. The sizeable, oil-filled stratigraphic ...

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Los Angeles, (NYSE: OXY) has purchased assets in the Permian Basin from an undisclosed seller for $144 ...

Schlumberger Ltd., New York, (NYSE: SLB) has acquired a minority share in Canadian-based completions company Packers Plus Energy Services. Schlumberger ...

Calgary-based Harvest Energy Trust (Toronto; NYSE: HTE) and Viking Energy Royalty Trust (Toronto: VKR.UN) have agreed to merge. The combined ...

As it transitions to a pure-play oil and gas exploration and production company, Kerr-McGee Corp., Oklahoma City, (NYSE: KMG) has ...

CCS Income Trust plans to acquire Producers Disposal Services Ltd. and Rycroft Disposal Well Inc. from Producers Oilfield Services Inc., ...

Energen Resources Corp., a subsidiary of Energen Corp., Birmingham, Ala., (NYSE: EGN) plans to acquire Permian Basin properties from a ...

Swift Energy Co., Houston, (NYSE: SFY) has closed the acquisition of interests in South Bearhead Creek Field in Beauregard Parish, ...

Denbury Resources Inc., Dallas, (NYSE: DNR) plans to acquire oil properties in Mississippi and Alabama for $250 million from an ...

Boots & Coots International Well Control Inc., Houston, (Amex: WEL) plans to acquire the hydraulic workover business of Oil States ...

Norsk Hydro ASA plans to acquire a 50% interest in the Chinook heavy oil discovery, offshore Brazil, from EnCana Corp., ...

Canaccord Capital Inc., Vancouver, (Toronto: CCI) has acquired Calgary-based advisory firm Enermarket Solutions Ltd. The entity will operate as part ...

Noble Royalties Inc., Dallas, has closed the acquisition of a royalty asset for $91 million. The acquisition was made through ...

Kerr-McGee Corp., Oklahoma City, (NYSE: KMG) has completed the sale of 100% of the stock of Kerr-McGee (G.B.) Ltd. to ...

Unit Petroleum Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Unit Corp., Tulsa, Okla., (NYSE: UNT) has closed the acquisition of oil ...

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Oklahoma City, (NYSE: CHK) has closed the acquisition of Columbia Natural Resources LLC and certain affiliated entities ...

Parallel LP, a subsidiary of Parallel Petroleum Corp., Midland, Texas, (Nasdaq: PLLL) has completed a portion of its acquisition of ...

Texas American Resources Co., Austin, Texas, has acquired several producing properties in the Denver-Julesburg Basin, northeast Colorado, for $70 million. The ...

Burlington Resources Inc., Houston, (NYSE: BR) plans to acquire substantially all the assets of a privately held company that is ...

Fairfield Energy Ltd., a newly formed U.K.-based E&P company, plans to acquire certain subsidiaries from Acorn Oil & Gas Ltd., ...

Public Gas Partners Inc., Kennesaw, Ga., has closed three transactions and signed an agreement for a fourth transaction to purchase ...

Houston-based asset-brokers PLS Inc. and Burks Oil & Gas Properties Inc. have signed a partnership and joint-marketing agreement. Burks ...

Exxel Energy (USA) Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Exxel Energy Corp., Vancouver, (Toronto Venture: EXX) has acquired a 100% ...

The Houston Exploration Co., Houston, (NYSE: THX) has retained Wachovia Securities to sell its entire Gulf of Mexico asset base. ...

Samson Canada Ltd. has retained Scotia Waterous and BMO Nesbitt Burns to evaluate strategic alternatives. The company's producing properties are ...

Hercules Offshore Inc., Houston, (Nasdaq: HERO) has completed the acquisition of a fleet of eight liftboats from Danos & Curole ...

Houston-based Dune Energy Inc.'s (Amex: DNE) planned acquisition of 95% of Voyager Partners Ltd.'s interest in producing and nonproducing oil ...

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Oklahoma City, (NYSE: CHK) has closed the acquisition of 19.9% of the common shares of Houston-based Gastar ...

Precision Drilling Corp., Calgary, (Toronto: PDS) has completed its reorganization into an income trust, consisting of its Canadian contract drilling, ...

Kootenay Energy Inc., Calgary, (Toronto Venture: KTY) plans to acquire oil assets in southeast Saskatchewan for approximately C$2.1 million, including ...

Delta Petroleum Corp., Dallas, (Nasdaq: DPTR) plans to acquire Castle Energy Corp. King of Prussia, Penn., (Nasdaq: CECX) in exchange ...

Mullen Group Income Fund, Aldersyde, Alberta, (Toronto: MTL.UN) has made an unsolicited takeover bid for Pe Ben Oilfield Services Ltd. ...

ATP Oil & Gas Corp., Houston, (Nasdaq: ATPG) has acquired substantially all of the oil and gas properties of a ...

MAB Resources LLC plans to acquire three oil and gas leases covering approximately 6,400 net mineral acres in Box Elder ...

Energy Resource Technology Inc., Houston, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cal Dive International Inc., (Nasdaq: CDIS) has acquired a 40% ...

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