More than a few oil and gas companies have avoided operating in a state like California, known for its heightened ...

After going public in February 2001, Houston-based ATP Oil & Gas Corp. (Nasdaq: ATPG) made a commitment to get its ...

The romance of deepwater exploration is undeniable. During the past decade, monster finds have been made in deepwater's Golden Triangle ...

High commodity prices have generated intense new interest in oil and gas investing. Energy private-equity funds are flush with cash, ...

The devastation hurricanes Katrina and Rita caused to Gulf of Mexico energy operations is well documented. Losses to the offshore ...

More of today's private-equity firms, institutional investors and master limited partnerships (MLPs) are investing higher dollar amounts in midstream ventures. ...

When California-based power company Calpine Corp.'s finances came under pressure in 2003, it came to view its Houston-based E&P subsidiary, ...

The great commodity squeeze of the 2000s is on. At this writing, the prices of oil, gold and silver have ...

Shares of The Houston Exploration Co. jumped at press time on news of pressure from hedge-fund manager Barry Rosenstein that ...

The year certainly started with a bang for many of the energy companies in the John S. Herold Inc. universe. ...

Deepwater drillers in the Gulf of Mexico have to contend with many issues-rig availability, lease expirations, opaque subsalt seismic images, ...

1 Denbury Onshore LLC, Plano, Texas, permitted a 16,800-ft. wildcat for northern Rankin County in central Mississippi. The #1 Pearl ...

1 J-OB Operating Co., Shreveport, La., staked a remote wildcat in southeastern Lamar County, Texas (RRC 5). The well will ...

1 Vincent Oil Corp., Wichita, Kan., staked a wildcat 3.5 miles south and slightly east of Edmond, Kan., in southern ...

1 BP Exploration, with a U.S. Department of Energy grant, will drill a gas-hydrate test about 28 miles west of ...

Australia has launched a new gas strategy to increase liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports fourfold during the next 10 years, ...

ATP Oil & Gas Corp. Houston Nasdaq: ATP US$150 million Privately placed non-convertible, perpetual preferred stock with a non-cash dividend of 12.5% Falcon ...

Pogo Producing Co., Houston, (NYSE: PPP) plans to acquire privately held Latigo Petroleum Inc., Tulsa, Okla., and its assets in ...

The E&P labor market is very difficult today, says Norsk Hydro ASA's Gulf of Mexico business chief. Professionals are trading ...

• Houston-based Complete Production Services Inc. plans to file for an IPO with the New York Stock Exchange of 21.7 ...

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

Despite the U.S. independent E&P sector's current strong performance, its history of high volatility and cyclicality will continue-and eventually the ...

Proved reserves in the Gulf of Mexico are the most expensive in the world currently-more expensive than reserves in the ...

The great commodity squeeze of the 2000s is on. At this writing, the prices of oil, gold and silver have ...

Global oil demand this year might not be as high as earlier thought, according to one leading crude-markets tracker. Going into ...

Despite the U.S. independent E&P sector's current strong performance, its history of high volatility and cyclicality will continue-and eventually the ...

Production growth in 2006 and beyond was the stated goal for more than 120 E&P presenters at the 34th annual ...

It's a sign of the times that at the annual convention of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, held in ...

A variety of rumors have been floated about the London AIM (alternative investment market). Two of the most erroneous are ...

About 400 people attending the 12th annual Executive Oil Conference, sponsored by Petroleum Strategies Inc. in Midland, Texas, recently heard ...

The romance of deepwater exploration is undeniable. During the past decade, monster finds have been made in deepwater's Golden Triangle ...

Growing liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies have been touted as the answer to averting an energy disaster in the U.S. ...

Not enough kids are saying, "I want to be a petroleum engineer when I grow up." In fact, the dwindling ...

Shares of The Houston Exploration Co. jumped at press time on news of pressure from hedge-fund manager Barry Rosenstein that ...

Kinder Morgan Inc., Houston, (NYSE: KMI) has received a proposal from a group of investors led by Richard D. Kinder, ...

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

Energy Partners Ltd., New Orleans, (NYSE: EPL) plans to outbid the offer from Plains Exploration & Production Co., Houston, (NYSE: ...

Sheridan, Wyo.-based Pinnacle Gas Resources Inc. has filed for a 144A placement of 25.1 million shares for expected proceeds of ...

Bankers Petroleum Ltd., Calgary, (Toronto; London AIM: BNK) has closed the acquisition of approximately 250,000 net acres of unconventional assets ...

Geocan Energy Inc., Calgary, (Toronto: GCA) plans to acquire an undisclosed private company for approximately C$18 million, including the assumption ...

Lukoil, Moscow, (Pink Sheets: LUKOF) plans to acquire E&P businesses in the Khanty Mansiysk region of western Siberia, Russia, from ...

Coldren Resources LP, a subsidiary of privately held Coldren Oil & Gas Co., New Orleans, plans to acquire the Gulf ...

Petro-Canada, Calgary, (NYSE: PCZ; Toronto: PCA) has made an unsolicited offer for Canada Southern Petroleum Ltd., Calgary, (Nasdaq: CSPLF; Toronto: ...

Penn Virginia Corp., Radnor, Penn., (NYSE: PVA) plans to acquire privately owned Tulsa, Okla.-based Crow Creek Holding Corp. for $71.5 ...

Range Resources Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, (NYSE: RRC) plans to acquire privately owned Fort Worth, Texas-based Stroud Energy Inc. for ...

Tom L. Ward plans to acquire the majority of privately-held Riata Energy Inc., Amarillo, Texas, from the company's founder Malone ...

Denbury Resources Inc., Dallas, (NYSE: DNR) plans to acquire the Delhi Holt-Bryant Unit in northern Louisiana from Natural Gas Systems ...

Shell Canada Ltd., Calgary, (Toronto: SHC) plans to acquire BlackRock Ventures Inc., Calgary, (Toronto: BVI) for C$2.4 billion in cash. Shell ...

Devon Energy Corp., Oklahoma City, (NYSE: DVN) plans to acquire the Barnett Shale E&P properties in north Texas of privately ...

A subsidiary of Cano Petroleum Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, (Amex: CFW) has acquired producing properties in the Texas Panhandle Field ...

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