What makes a winner? Last year, high oil and gas prices lifted many companies and executives to higher plains of ...

No doubt about it, 2004 was an incredible time to be a chief executive officer. Who can argue with stock ...

A year ago, Floyd Wilson had his Petrohawk Energy LLC team together and capitalized, forming the latest in his series ...

In 1998, Houston's Southwestern Energy Co. (NYSE: SWN) had a tough hill to climb. The small-cap integrated energy company-focused primarily ...

For small-cap E&P companies, the ability to access capital quickly-and in a cost-efficient manner-can be the deciding factor in capturing ...

Cedar Hills Field lies on the southern plunge of the Cedar Creek Anticline, a well-known, 100-mile-long structure that has been ...

It's one thing to drill a well on a remote plain 40 miles from the nearest town or ranch gate. ...

Well-funded energy royalty trusts continue to put pressure on the Canadian asset marketplace as they remain somewhat restricted to the ...

How much longer can this go on? Now that results for 2004 are in, we know the rising tide lifted ...

The "troubled E&P company" seems to be a problem of the past in this continued environment of strong oil and ...

Most observers remain bullish on the direction of oil and gas prices in 2005, notwithstanding the record price run-up of ...

A high-profile wildcat is planned for Washington State by the U.S. unit of Calgary-based EnCana Corp. The operator's #1 Anderville ...

1 Anadarko Petroleum Corp., The Woodlands, Texas, added the Daredevil prospect to its Lloyd Ridge exploration program in the eastern ...

1 Samson Lone Star LP, Tulsa, Okla., received a permit to drill an 8,900-ft. wildcat in Shelby County, Texas, (RRC ...

1 Palomino Petroleum Inc., Newton, Kan., staked a remote wildcat in a nonproducing region of the northern Hugoton Embayment in ...

1 Methane Energy Corp., Maple Valley, Wash., is evaluating a couple of wildcats in township 26s-13w in Coos County, Ore. ...

Several deals are in the news in the U.K. portion of the central North Sea, as prospective acreage moves into ...

Equity Company Exchange / Symbol Headquarters Amount Comments W&T Offshore Inc. NYSE: WTI Houston US$240 million Sold 12.65 million shares in an initial public offering ...

The Cimarex Energy Co. (NYSE: XEC) deal for Magnum Hunter Resources Inc. (NYSE: MHR) made for stunned talk the opening ...

Several analysts expressed cautious reassurance, while others responded with concern-and sharply reduced ratings-upon news of Pogo Producing Co.'s (NYSE: PPP) ...

Pioneer Natural Resources Co. (NYSE: PXD) has sold 2% of total company reserves, or 20.5 million BOE, by means of ...

Jefferies Group Inc., New York, (NYSE: JEF) has acquired M&A advisement firm Randall & Dewey, which has offices in Houston, ...

Participating in a massive heavy-oil-sands project in northern Alberta requires a great deal of financial creativity and flexibility, according to ...

• Tom J. Morrow has formed Access Exploration Corp., Houston, to invest onshore and offshore, and arrange investment funds. Morrow ...

• Bonavista Energy Trust et al. have purchased British Columbia assets from Dominion, Richmond, Va., (NYSE: D) in five transactions ...

Since 1984, the strategy of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP, a Los Angeles-based investment firm, has been to identify and ...

3Tec Energy 45 A.G. Edwards & Sons 60 A.G. Edwards & Sons 50 Access Exploration Corp. 92 Acclaim Energy Trust 21 Advantage Energy 63 Affiliated Holdings Inc. 75 AIG Financial Products Corp. 92 Albrecht & Associates ...