Small-cap exploration and production company Cheniere Energy Inc., armed with 7,000 square miles of 3-D seismic but little production or ...

Giving up oil and gas since the 1940s, the Gulf of Mexico continues to provide traditional E&P companies with opportunities-some ...

Private capital, in both equity and debt form, is pouring into the E&P space at record levels. In fact, according ...

The upstream industry is cooking in the Permian Basin, where the mercury in Midland had soared above 100 degrees in ...

If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, the Greater Aneth Field divested by Chevron Corp. in November 2004 ...

To the surprise of absolutely no one, fiscal 2004 was a banner year for the major integrated oils in terms ...

From the pine forests of northern Alberta and British Columbia to the mesquite flats of South Texas and the Louisiana ...

The Rockies will one day be the most important gas-producing province in the Lower 48, says Bill Barrett, chairman and ...

Producers who had already increased their 2005 capex plans are boosting them further, according to a midyear spending-survey update from ...

The shallow biogenic gas play in the Niobrara Chalk in the eastern Denver-Julesburg Basin is attracting strong interest. One of ...

1 Bepco Inc., Metaire, La., will try its luck at a remote wildcat in Webster County, Miss. The county has ...

1 Southwestern Smith County, Texas, (RRC 6) gave WSF Inc., Shreveport, La., a discovery pumping 50 bbl. of oil, 10,000 ...

1 McCoy Petroleum Corp., Wichita, Kan., has scheduled a pair of wildcats, both targeting the Mississippi oil zones eight to ...

1 EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc., Calgary, is doing exploratory work on a large land position it accumulated in ...

Algeria has awarded nine out of the 10 concessions it put up for tender in its sixth international licensing round. ...

Equity Company Exchange / Symbol Headquarters Amount Comments Dresser-Rand Group Inc. NYSE: DRC Olean, N.Y. US$400 million Filed for an initial public offering. Proceeds will be used to redeem ...

Dramatic growth followed by dramatic debt and restructuring mark the history of El Paso Corp. (NYSE: EP), according to chief ...

Noble Energy Inc., (NYSE: NE) executives don't have a crystal ball. Instead, the Houston-based company has held its own through ...

Companies looking for a way to raise equity without the challenges of being public in the U.S. are increasingly turning ...

• Among new private-equity providers in Calgary, JOG Capital is targeting start-ups and junior producers. It aims to raise C$120 ...

• Weatherford International Ltd., Houston, (NYSE: WFT) plans to acquire Precision Drilling Corp., Calgary, (Toronto: PD) energy-services division and international ...

Upstream start-ups take heed. The energy private-capital markets are off to the races-and the E&P-commitment track is fast. Case in point: ...

St. Mary Land & Exploration Co., Denver, (NYSE: SM) plans to acquire oil and gas properties in the Wind River ...

PetroQuest Energy Inc., Lafayette, La., (Nasdaq: PQUE) has closed the acquisition of gas properties in the Arkoma Basin of Oklahoma ...

ConocoPhillips, Houston, (NYSE: COP) and Russia-based Lukoil (LSE: LKOD) have finalized the OOO Naryanmarneftegaz joint venture to develop resources in ...

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