BreitBurn Energy Partners LP has joined Linn Energy LLC and EV Energy Partners LP as the new U.S. oil and ...

In the wake of the recent slide in commodity prices, look for a surge in energy M&A deals in 2007 ...

Emerging centers of gravity in the global oil, gas and LNG markets have strategic implications for the U.S. and its ...

CO2 has been successfully pumped into northwestern Colorado's Rangely Field for 20 years. The still-flourishing enhanced-recovery project offers lessons for ...

An informal approach focused solely on traditional oil and gas industry risk may be insufficient in today's business environment. Non-traditional ...

High oil prices have pumped billions of dollars into the coffers of OPEC and non-OPEC producers alike. Thanks to that, ...

The era of the dominance of the Canadian energy trusts is drawing to a close just as a similar E&P ...

Collapsing gas market fundamentals recently drove both October Nymex gas futures and Henry Hub spot gas prices to four-year lows, ...

A late October state lease sale in Washington produced some excellent bids, and served to swell the already considerable buzz ...

1 Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., Houston, took out a permit for a wildcat to Mississippian in Section 9-14s-1e, 1.5 ...

1 A Rodessa discovery tested for 2.14 million cu. ft. of gas and 18 bbl. of condensate a day for ...

1 Wichita, Kan.-based Red Oak Energy Inc. drilled a discovery about 13 miles southwest of Scott City in the Hugoton ...

1 Pioneer Natural Resources Co., Dallas, presented Halliburton Energy Services Group with a multimillion-dollar contract to handle drilling services at ...

Yemen remains a rewarding province for independent operators. In the central portion of the Middle Eastern country, Norwegian firm DNO ...

Equity Pengrowth Corp.Toronto: PGF-UNCalgaryC$526.8 millionPrivately placed 23.3 million units at C$22.60 each to acquire the Carson Creek ...

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

• Pogo Producing Co., Houston, (NYSE: PPP) plans to divest certain non-strategic oil and gas properties mainly in the Gulf ...

Dominion, Richmond, Va., (NYSE: D) plans to sell most of its E&P assets to focus on its power-related businesses. The ...

• Universal Compression Holdings Inc., Houston, (NYSE: UCO) subsidiary Universal Compression Partners LP (Nasdaq: UCLP) has priced its IPO of ...

In a move very much consistent with its bullish logo, Merrill Lynch & Co. this fall announced a strategic stampede ...

A new global energy map is taking shape as Canada, Russia and Qatar come to play new, more decisive supply-side ...

Collapsing gas market fundamentals recently drove both October Nymex gas futures and Henry Hub spot gas prices to four-year lows, ...

It's hard to believe but looking back at much of 2006, the public stock-market valuations of many E&P companies actually ...

Despite the drawbacks of regulatory demands and increased investor scrutiny, more private oil and gas companies are making the move ...

In spite of some criticism about its acquisition pace, Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) chief executive Aubrey McClendon says the ...

Iraq's ambassador to the U.S., Samir Shakir Mahmood Sumaida'ie, says the current climate in Iraq should not discourage future investors. "We ...

Oil-service companies continue to prosper and expand, according to speakers at a forum sponsored by consulting firm RMI in Houston. The ...

Oil and gas executives long have been well-acquainted with the obvious risks facing their companies. Spills, environmental damage, fires and ...

In a move very much consistent with its bullish logo, Merrill Lynch & Co. this fall announced a strategic stampede ...

With the U.S. House of Representatives changing hands in January, what will this mean for energy policy? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ...

A new Canadian tax plan may put the brakes on the growth of income trusts, and has already caused a ...

Oil production in the Rockies is expected to increase in the next five years, though regulation on public lands in ...

High oil prices have pumped billions of dollars into the coffers of OPEC and non-OPEC producers alike. Thanks to that, ...

As the industry rounds the corner of another year of strong commodity prices, John Thieroff, director, Standard & Poor's Corp., ...

These days, the Rocky Mountain region is heralded for its profusion of unconventional gas reservoirs. But the region is also ...

The Arctic presents a tremendous opportunity for eager producers, though the assets in the region will prove to be less ...

Sevin Rosen Funds, one of the oldest and most successful venture-capital firms that backs technology start-ups, says it is returning ...

The era of the dominance of the Canadian energy trusts is drawing to a close just as a similar E&P ...

The era of the dominance of the Canadian energy trusts is drawing to a close just as a similar E&P ...

In May, Oklahoma City-based SandRidge Energy Inc., known at the time as Riata Energy Inc., announced that Tom L. Ward ...

PRB Energy Inc., Denver, (Amex: PRB) has acquired 12 gas wells and one water-disposal well, and approximately 330,000 net acres ...

FieldPoint Petroleum Corp., Austin, Texas, (Amex: FPP) has acquired a 50% working interest (43% net) in the Bilbrey Field in ...

Rancher Energy Corp., Denver, (OTCBB: RNCH) has acquired working interests in the South Glenrock B and Cole Creek South oil ...

Exco Resources Inc., Dallas, (NYSE: XCO) plans to acquire producing oil and gas properties, acreage and other assets in the ...

Swift Energy Co., Houston, (NYSE: SFY) has closed the acquisition of interests in operated wells and acreage in the northeast ...

Basic Energy Services Inc., Midland, Texas, (NYSE: BAS) has entered into two asset-purchase agreements for approximately $26 million in cash. The ...

Whiting Petroleum Corp., Denver, (NYSE: WLL) has sold its interests in several noncore properties in the U.S. and Canada to ...

Allis-Chalmers Energy Inc., Houston, (Amex: ALY) has acquired substantially all the assets of Oil & Gas Rental Services Inc., Morgan ...

Edge Petroleum Corp., Houston, (Nasdaq: EPEX) has amended its previously announced deal and plans to acquire additional properties in 13 ...

Statoil ASA, Stavenger, Norway, (NYSE: STO) plans to acquire Norsk Hydro ASA, Oslo, (NYSE, Oslo: NHY) except for its aluminum ...

Privately held Q Consolidated Oil Well Services LLC has acquired oilfield-service subsidiaries Consolidated Oil Well Services Inc. and CIS-Oklahoma Inc. ...

EV Energy Partners LP, Houston, (Nasdaq: EVEP) has acquired properties in North Louisiana, East Texas, Western Oklahoma and West Texas ...

Mittal Investments, a subsidiary of Mittal Group, Indore, India, (NYSE: MT; Bombay: 511672) plans to acquire half of the Caspian ...

Linn Energy LLC, Houston, (Nasdaq: LINE) plans to acquire properties in Texas and West Virginia in three separate transactions from ...

Stone Energy Corp., Lafayette, La., (NYSE: SGY) plans to divest selected properties in the Rockies and onshore and offshore the ...

Edge Petroleum Corp., Houston, (Nasdaq: EPEX) plans to acquire properties in Nueces County, Texas, from Anadarko Petroleum Corp., The Woodlands, ...

Superior Energy Services Inc., Harvey, La., (NYSE: SPN) has acquired Warrior Energy Services Corp., Columbus, Miss., (Nasdaq: WARR) for approximately ...

Petroleum Development Corp., Bridgeport, W.Va., (Nasdaq: PETD) plans to acquire substantially all the Exco Resources Inc., Dallas, (NYSE: XCO) assets ...

Santos Ltd., Adelaide, Australia, (Nasdaq: STOSY; Australia: STO) has retained Scotia Waterous to divest all of its interests in the ...

Calgary-based Shiningbank Energy Income Fund (Toronto: SHN.U) has canceled its acquisition of Rider Resources Ltd., Calgary, (Toronto: RRZ) in a ...

Merrill Lynch, New York, (NYSE: MER) has acquired energy investment-banking and M&A advisory firm Petrie Parkman & Co., Denver and ...

A Canadian subsidiary of National Oilwell Varco Inc., Houston, (NYSE: NOV) has acquired 85% of NQL Energy Services Inc., Calgary, ...

AGL Energy Ltd., St. Leonards, Australia, (Australia: AGK) plans to acquire a 27.5% stake in Queensland Gas Co. Ltd., Brisbane, ...

Flotek Industries Inc., Houston, (Amex: FTK) plans to acquire Triumph Drilling Tools Inc. from its parent Teal Supply Co., Corpus ...

Petrobras America Inc., a Houston-based subsidiary of Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, (NYSE: PBR) has acquired the 20% ...

Parker Hannifin, Cleveland, (NYSE: PH) has acquired Cabett Subsea Products Inc., Houston, for an undisclosed price. Cabett Subsea designs and manufacturers ...