Eastern Utah's Tavaputs Plateau defines desolation. Pavement and services are nonexistent, and the rutted, rocky roads that curl through the ...

When thinking of "Top of Class" among E&P executives, XTO Energy Inc. chairman and chief executive Bob R. Simpson comes ...

Were Paul Revere alive today and a Boston buysider focused on energy, he would likely be riding through the New ...

By any measure, 2005 was a remarkable year for the upstream industry and its investors. It was a year no ...

America's top independent gas reserve-holders have each arrived there by honing a strength in the U.S. marketplace, and they're sticking ...

Seasoned commercial energy lenders and well-respected newcomers are still keeping in step with an E&P industry that refuses to slow ...

The second half of 2005, especially during December, was one of the busiest periods in recent memory in the E&P ...

We last spoke with geologist Gerald (Jerry) Walston in June 1992, right after he returned from Western Siberia, where for ...

Three events in early February reminded me of the variety inherent in the global oil patch and the interplay of ...

It's been whipped by hurricanes, squeezed by rising insurance costs and nostalgic for the days of cheap dayrates, which were ...

Energy IPO investors have been handsomely rewarded, making for further interest in initial public offerings. "Much of the IPO activity in ...

A small area in far western Virginia is pushing out amazing volumes of natural gas. The state's production has jumped ...

1 The Meridian Resource & Exploration Co., Houston, brought in a second successful exploration well at its Gato del Sol ...

1 Andrew Alan Exploration Inc., Kilgore, Texas, permitted the 11,000-ft. #1 Van McElroy wildcat to evaluate Cotton Valley in Cery ...

1 Downing-Nelson Oil Co., Hays, Kan., completed a wildcat 2.5 miles east of Victoria, Kan., in southeastern Ellis County. The ...

1 Alaska's Oil and Gas Conservation Commission approved drilling permits on three ventures put together by the FEX LP subsidiary ...

After nearly two decades, the three U.S. oil firms that form the Oasis group have returned to Libya. After last-minute ...

Chaparral Energy Inc. NA Oklahoma City US$345 million Filed for an IPO to pay outstanding debt and for general corporate purposes. J.P. ...

W&T Offshore Inc., Houston, (NYSE: WTI) plans to acquire substantially all of Oklahoma City-based Kerr-McGee Corp.'s (NYSE: KMG) Gulf of ...

Oil-service company Cal Dive International Inc., Houston, (Nasdaq: CDIS) plans to acquire Dallas-based Remington Oil and Gas Corp. (NYSE: REM) ...

Noble Energy Inc., Houston, (NYSE: NBL) plans to purchase privately held, Billings, Montana-based United States Exploration Inc. for $411 million ...

• Tecton Energy LLC, Houston, received a $30-million equity commitment from affiliates of Quantum Energy Partners to fund E&P activities ...

Look for E&P and oil-service stocks to once again beat the broad market in 2006 as commodity prices and energy-sector ...

Eastern Utah's Tavaputs Plateau defines desolation. Pavement and services are nonexistent, and the rutted, rocky roads that curl through the ...

It's been whipped by hurricanes, squeezed by rising insurance costs and nostalgic for the days of cheap dayrates, which were ...

Three events in early February reminded me of the variety inherent in the global oil patch and the interplay of ...

Seasoned commercial energy lenders and well-respected newcomers are still keeping in step with an E&P industry that refuses to slow ...

When thinking of "Top of Class" among E&P executives, XTO Energy Inc. chairman and chief executive Bob R. Simpson comes ...

Noble Energy Inc., Houston, (NYSE: NBL) has closed its previously announced purchase of United States Exploration Inc., a privately held ...

Pioneer Natural Resources USA Inc., a subsidiary of Pioneer Natural Resources Co., Dallas, (NYSE: PXD) has closed the sale of ...

Jefferies & Co. Inc., the principal operating subsidiary of Jefferies Group Inc., New York, (NYSE: JEF) reports Frank D. Bracken ...

Five States Energy Co. LLC, Dallas, an independent oil and gas company, has hired Energy Spectrum Advisors Inc., Dallas, to ...

PHI Inc., Lafayette, La., (Nasdaq: PHII) has commenced a cash offer for its outstanding US$200 million aggregate principal amount of ...

XTO Energy Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, (NYSE: XTO) has priced $400 million of 5.65% senior notes due April 1, 2016, ...

Enterra Energy Trust, Calgary, (NYSE: ENT; Toronto: ENT.UN) completed the second closing of the acquisition of producing assets in Oklahoma ...

Pinnacle Group Unlimited Inc., Las Vegas, (Pink Sheets: PGPU) has agreed to purchase of all the assets and liabilities of ...

Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco, (NYSE: WFC) has named Kyle Hranicky head of the Wells Fargo Energy Group. Hranicky ...

Shell Exploration & Production in the Americas (NYSE: RDS.A; RDS.B) has established Sure Northern Energy Ltd., a Canadian corporation, to ...

Lime Rock Partners, Houston, a private equity firm focusing on the energy industry, announced an investment in IDM Equipment, Inc., ...

Compton Petroleum Corp., Calgary, (Toronto: CMT; NYSE: CMZ) has acquired its partner's working interest in the Callum play in southern ...

ExxonMobil Corp., Irving, Texas, (NYSE: XOM) reports that its subsidiaries Mobil Cepu Ltd. and Ampolex (Cepu) Pte. Ltd. have signed ...

Energy Spectrum Capital, Dallas, through its current fund Energy Spectrum Partners IV LP, has invested $30 million in Oklahoma-based Forrest ...

Tetra Techonologies Inc., The Woodlands, Texas, (NYSE: TTI) has added two heavy lift derrick barges to its offshore well abandonment ...

Houston-based Quantum Energy Partners III LP, Ed Hutchinson, Phil Peron and Steve Salge have formed Houston-based Sequoia Resources LP with ...

Lukoil Overseas Holding Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Russia-based Lukoil, plans to acquire Chaparral Resources Inc., White Plains, ...

A special purpose affiliate of Los Angeles-based investment fund TCW plans to acquire membership units of CDX LLC, the parent ...

Amerada Hess Corp., New York, (NYSE: AHC) plans to change its name to Hess Corp. The Hess brand is established ...

Black Hills Corp., Rapid City, S.D., (NYSE: BKH) plans to acquire assets in the Piceance Basin of western Colorado from ...

Vermilion Energy Trust, Calgary, (Toronto: VET.UN) plans to purchase 89.88% of Esso SAF, the French subsidiary of Irving, Texas-based Exxon ...

Resilient Resources Ltd., Calgary, (Toronto: RRL) plans to merge with privately held Guardian Exploration Inc. The combined company will continue ...

XTO Energy Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, (NYSE: XTO) has closed the acquisition of producing properties in East Texas and Mississippi ...

The Houston Exploration Co., Houston, (NYSE: THX) plans to sell the Texas portion of its Gulf of Mexico assets to ...

SignalEnergy Inc., Calgary, (Toronto: SGI) has closed the first sale of a significant portion of its assets for C$44 million ...

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