The smallest Central American country has become the newest, commercial hydrocarbon producer on the world scene, and a privately held ...

Maple Leaf gas producers plan more wells next year, but will sinking gas prices have management teams rethinking capex budgets? ...

Whether it's mezzanine debt or private equity for private or public entities, plenty of capital-raising alternatives abound. Here's an update ...

Technology is improving the ability to produce heavy oil, but there is a new economic paradigm: Portfolio managers can no ...

Chesapeake Energy Corp. co-founder Tom Ward has taken the helm of SandRidge Energy Inc. to work the natural gas potential ...

Newfield Exploration has just begun to tap the billion-barrel potential of this field in the Uinta Basin. When Newfield ...

What is the breakeven price of a play? And what does it take into account, besides land, seismic, drilling and ...

Oil and gas executives are making hay while the sun shines-and long after sunset and on weekends too. It is ...

During the past few years, hyperinflation in the oil and gas industry has resulted in billions of dollars of cost ...

Onshore wildcatting is on the rise, a wonderful aspect of the current boom. Some of these tests are long-cherished prospects: ...

1 Palmer Petroleum Inc., Shreveport, La., took out a permit for a wildcat to Smackover at 12,000 ft. in southwestern ...

1 Houston-based Goodrich Petroleum Co. completed a discovery for 301,000 cu. ft. of gas and 95 bbl. of water a ...

1 Ron's Oil Operating Inc., Penokee, Kan., discovered oil at a rate of 144 bbl. a day on pump at ...

1 Pioneer Natural Resources Alaska Inc., Irving, Texas, is ramping up its Oooguruk Field development with staging and pig-launcher pads ...

Drilling has started on a high-stakes exploration well in the Orphan Basin, about 350 kilometers offshore of Newfoundland, Canada. Chevron ...

Exco Resources Inc.NYSE: XCODallasUS$1.3 billionPlans to sell 52 million units at up to US$25 each to pay debt connected with ...

Energy Partners Ltd., New Orleans, (NYSE: EPL) has terminated its plan to acquire Stone Energy Corp., Lafayette, La., (NYSE: SGY) ...

BreitBurn Energy Partners LP, Los Angeles, (Nasdaq: BBEP), a subsidiary of Provident Energy Trust, Calgary, (Toronto: PVE-UN.TO; NYSE: PVX) has ...

• Nabors Industries Ltd., Houston, (NYSE: NBR) and Greenwich, Conn.-based private-equity firm First Reserve Corp. plan to form NFR Energy ...

• A subsidiary of Exco Resources Inc., Dallas, (NYSE: XCO) has acquired Winchester Energy Co. Ltd. and its affiliated entities ...

What drives oil prices and where are they headed? According to one analyst, traditional institutional funds and hedge funds are ...

The U.S. Minerals Management Service (MMS) tallies 12 discoveries announced by the industry in the ultra-deepwater Lower Tertiary trend in ...

Once the deal is closed, the real work begins. "There must be value creation throughout the process," says Sunil Deshmuk, ...

At the annual John S. Herold Pacesetters Energy Conference, the theme was rock and roll. So when Harold Korell began ...

Gas producers in Canada have dramatically boosted their drilling efforts during the past few years, but initial productivity of new ...

U.S.-Libya trade and business confidence has reached a new high, as U.S. companies show significant interest in doing business in ...

A sharp drop in concerns about energy prices pushed investor optimism in August to 74, the highest level in the ...

What drives oil prices and where are they headed? According to one analyst, traditional institutional funds and hedge funds are ...

When Newfield Exploration Co. paid $575 million to acquire the Monument Butte Field in Utah in August 2004 from Inland ...

Oil and gas executives are making hay while the sun shines-and long after sunset and on weekends too. It is ...

In spite of mounting debt, the oil and gas sector is expected to make more than $150 billion in stock ...

Oil-patch writers often use such adjectives as venerable, aged and mature to characterize the Appalachian Basin. These descriptors are all ...

When chairman and chief executive J. Larry Nichols founded Devon Energy Corp. with his father, John, in 1988, there were ...

Onshore wildcatting is on the rise, a wonderful aspect of the current boom. Some of these tests are long-cherished prospects: ...

This is an incredibly friendly time to be an LNG (liquefied natural gas) seller, according to BP Plc's Doug Rothenberg, ...

The major oil companies may look at buying U.S. independents next year, according to Dan Pickering, managing director of Houston-based ...

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During the past few years, hyperinflation in the oil and gas industry has resulted in billions of dollars of cost ...

The upstream master limited partnership (MLP) format will become an important player in the U.S. upstream oil and gas space, ...

In the wake of the recent precipitous slide in commodity prices, there may well come a time shortly when independents ...

Chesapeake Energy Corp. is expanding its position in another Barnett Shale play-that of far West Texas in the Delaware Basin, ...

Canadian Oil Sands Ltd., a subsidiary of Canadian Oil Sands Trust, Calgary, (Toronto: COS-UN) plans to acquire noncore Canadian oil-sands ...

Pengrowth Energy Trust, Calgary, (Toronto: PGF-UN; NYSE: PGH) plans to acquire four Canada-based subsidiaries of Burlington Resources Ltd., a subsidiary ...

Omni Energy Service Corp., Carenco, La., (Nasdaq: OMNI) plans to acquire privately owned Charles Holston Inc., Jennings, La., for ...

American Real Estate Holdings LP, Mt. Kisco, N.Y., (NYSE: ACP) and its indirect subsidiary NEG Oil & Gas LLC, have ...

Privately held SandRidge Energy Inc. (formerly Riata Energy Inc.), Oklahoma City, has closed its acquisition of NEG Oil & Gas ...

Jed Oil Inc., Calgary, (Amex: JDO) has canceled its proposed acquisition of JMG Exploration Inc., Calgary, (NYSE: JMG) in which ...

Callon Petroleum Co., Natchez, Miss., (NYSE: CPE) has named Bob Weatherly executive vice president and chief financial officer. He was ...

Isramco Inc., Houston, (Nasdaq: ISRL) plans to acquire certain properties in Texas and New Mexico from privately held Five States ...

Edge Petroleum Corp., Houston, (Nasdaq: EPEX) plans to acquire properties in 13 counties in southeast and South Texas from an ...

Jed Oil Inc., Calgary, (Amex: JDO) has sold its working interests in the East Ferrier area of Alberta to an ...

Apache Corp., Houston, (NYSE: APA) has acquired additional interests in Argentina's Tierra del Fuego province from Argentina-based Pan American Fueguina ...

PetroQuest Energy Inc., Lafayette, La., (NYSE: PQ) has sold its interests in 17 mature Gulf of Mexico fields to an ...

Tusk Energy Corp., Calgary, (Toronto: TSK) plans to acquire Zenas Energy Corp., Calgary, (Toronto: ZNS) for 1.033 Tusk share per ...

Dana Gas PJSC, Sharja, United Arab Emirates, (Abu Dhabi: DANA) plans to acquire Centurion Energy International Inc., Calgary, (Toronto: CUX) ...

BHP Billiton, Melbourne, Australia, (NYSE: BHP) Hess Corp., New York, (NYSE: HES) and Repsol YPF, Madrid, Spain, (NYSE: REP) plan ...

Pride International Inc., Houston, (NYSE: PDE) has acquired its undisclosed partner's interest in the joint venture companies that own the ...

El Paso Exploration & Production Co., a subsidiary of El Paso Corp., Houston, (NYSE: EP) plans to acquire producing properties ...

Hydril, Houston, (Nasdaq: HYDL) has named Christopher T. Seaver chairman. He will remain president and chief executive. ...

Complete Production Services Inc., Houston, (NYSE: CPX) has acquired privately held Pumpco Services Inc., Gainsville, Texas, for $157.5 million in ...

Sondex Plc, London, (London: SDX) plans to cancel its acquisition of Innicor Subsurface Technologies Inc., Calgary, (Toronto: IST) for C$3.75 ...

A subsidiary of Hercules Offshore Inc., Houston, (Nasdaq: HERO) has closed its acquisition of eight liftboats and assumed the rights ...

Santos CSG Pty Ltd., a subsidiary of Santos Ltd., Adelaide, Australia, (Nasdaq: STOSY, Australia: STO) plans to continue with its ...

Statoil ASA, Stavanger, Norway, (Oslo: STL; NYSE: STO) plans to acquire interests in and around two deepwater Gulf of Mexico ...

Privately held Chaparral Energy Inc., Oklahoma City, has closed its acquisition of Tulsa, Okla.-based Calumet Oil Co. and certain affiliates ...

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., Calgary, (Toronto, NYSE: CNQ) has closed the acquisition of Anadarko Canada Corp., a subsidiary of Anadarko ...

Dominion, Richmond, Va., (NYSE: D) plans to sell most of its E&P assets to focus on its electric generation and ...

Endeavour Energy UK Ltd., a subsidiary of Endeavour International Corp., Houston, (Amex: END) has acquired Talisman Expro Ltd. from Talisman ...

Petro-Canada, Calgary, (Toronto: PCA; NYSE: PCZ) has acquired a 90% interest in a production-sharing contract in Syria from a subsidiary ...