In January 1984, Trevor Rees-Jones left a successful partnership as an oil and gas bankruptcy lawyer to get into the ...

Watching Chaparral Energy Inc. develop its CO2 tertiary-recovery business in Oklahoma and Texas, Aubrey K. McClendon, an astute observer of ...

Fresh off the $425-million sale of Sligo Field assets in North Louisiana to Chesapeake Energy Corp. in May 2004, privately ...

Encouraged by investor interest and the abundance of maturing oil and gas basins in the U.S., upstream trusts-some in the ...

Several new firms are emerging in the energy space to help smaller producers fund drilling prospects. Some act as match-makers ...

As gas supplies tighten around the world, gas hydrate is being seriously considered as a potentially enormous natural source by ...

Despite negative press, Latin America is experiencing an increasing level of M&A transaction activity. New entrants in the form of ...

Since 2004, crude prices have had a heady ride in the market, with oil hitting $78-plus last summer. However, what ...

With a robust energy M&A market expected for 2007, the ranks of seasoned upstream and oil-service management teams looking to ...

The need for experienced upstream personnel within the oil and gas industry has never been as acute as it is ...

North American energy companies active in international plays increasingly find themselves forced to defend themselves in court against allegations of ...

After markets closed October 31, the Canadian government's department of finance announced sweeping changes in the taxation of income trusts, ...

At year-end 2006, a number of knowledgeable people gave us their recipe for continued high oil and gas prices. But ...

The giant mergers may resume in 2007, according to one veteran upstream analyst. Another says de-merging may be a smarter ...

Heading into the rush for positive year-end production and reserves growth, major oils had irked the expectations of some stock-performance ...

During the past three years, several factors have fundamentally reshaped business activity in the U.K. North Sea. That reshaping has ...

1 Arena Resources Inc., Tulsa, Okla., permitted a remote wildcat 8.5 miles south-southeast of Syracuse in Hamilton County, Kan. It ...

Exploration has uncovered intriguing potential in west-central Alberta. Talisman Energy Inc., based in Calgary, has announced initial results from a ...

1 ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc., Houston, will drill three wildcats between January 2007 and June 2010 at its Intrepid prospect on ...

1 A horizontal well inside the city limits of Midlothian in northwestern Ellis County, Texas, (RRC 5) is planned by ...

1 The #1 Saxaphone 22 wildcat will reach for 11,000 ft. in Section 22-16s-5e in Clay County, Miss., for Anadarko ...

EQUITY CompanyExchange / SymbolHeadquartersAmountComments Celero Energy Co. LPNAFort Worth, TexasUS$1 billionReceived private equity from Natural Gas Partners VIII ...

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

• New York-based investment firm Third Point LLC is asking Pogo Producing Co.'s (NYSE: PPP) board ...

• Privately held SandRidge Energy Inc. (formerly Riata Energy Inc.), Oklahoma City, has acquired NEG Oil & Gas LLC, a ...

• Seitel Inc., Houston, (OTCBB: SELA) will be acquired by investment firm ValueAct Capital, San Francisco and Boston, and its ...

• Royal Dutch Shell Plc, London, (NYSE: RDS.A) plans to acquire the minority interest in Shell Canada Ltd., Calgary, (Toronto: ...

• Premier Oil Plc, London, (London: PMO) has received an offer to acquire the company. Its assets are in the ...

Hurry up and let's get little done! When it came to formulating a sane national energy policy-one that relies on ...

Fresh off the $425-million sale of Sligo Field assets in North Louisiana to Chesapeake Energy Corp. in May 2004, privately ...

The U.S. must concentrate on securing new and alternative energy resources as well as investing in nuclear power, said former ...

The energy industry will see peak oil demand before it sees peak oil supply, according to Joseph Stanislaw. "Demand is ...

The energy industry will see peak oil demand before it sees peak oil supply, according to Joseph Stanislaw. "Demand is ...

Hurry up and let's get little done! When it came to formulating a sane national energy policy-one that relies on ...

Hurry up and let's get little done! When it came to formulating a sane national energy policy-one that relies on ...

Canadian E&P flow-through financings were higher-in number of deals and value-in the first nine months of 2006, compared with the ...

At year-end 2006, a number of knowledgeable people gave us their recipe for continued high oil and gas prices. But ...

The commodity-price roller-coaster didn't stop many of the independent oil and gas companies from showing year-over-year production growth-organically and via ...

Despite negative press, Latin America is experiencing an increasing level of M&A transaction activity. New entrants in the form of ...

Sellers should not become married to a dollars-per-barrel-equivalent scale, says Scott Rees, president and chief operating officer of Dallas-based reservoir-analysis ...

Almost concurrently, the winds of political change have recently swept across governments-legislatures and/or executive branches-of most of the Western hemisphere's ...

Almost concurrently, the winds of political change have recently swept across governments-legislatures and/or executive branches-of most of the Western hemisphere's ...

Encouraged by investor interest and the abundance of maturing oil and gas basins in the U.S. upstream trusts-some in the ...

Counter to claims that lack of asset supply increased competition for acquisitions in Canada, there was a rapid shift from ...

Watching Chaparral Energy Inc. develop its CO2 tertiary-recovery business in Oklahoma and Texas, Aubrey K. McClendon, an astute observer of ...

Higher steel prices for oil-country tubular goods (OCTG) are here to stay, according to Chuck Keszler, chief financial officer, Lone ...

With a robust energy M&A market expected for 2007, the ranks of seasoned upstream and oil-service management teams looking to ...

East Texas is a gas wunderkind. The time-honored basin was once synonymous with the old oil patch, home to the ...

A recent deal announced by Spanish E&P firm Repsol YPF and U.S. technology provider 3DGeo Inc. proposes to radically improve ...

U.S. demand for energy-coupled with growing Chinese demand and the realities of peaking worldwide production-should continue to drive up oil ...

Within the past month or so, Ecuador, Angola and Sudan have all signaled their interest in joining OPEC. But would ...

The drilling and formation evaluation division of the energy services group of Halliburton, Houston, (NYSE: HAL) has closed its acquisition ...

Privately held, Plano, Texas-based Grayhawk Energy Inc. has retained Tristone Capital Inc. to sell the company, which has assets primarily ...

Omni Energy Services Corp., Carenco, La., (Nasdaq: OMNI) plans to acquire certain assets of Houston-based Cypress Consulting Services Inc. dba ...

G. Thomas Graves has resigned as president and chief executive of Toreador Resources Corp., Dallas, (Nasdaq: TRGL) to pursue other ...

Encore Acquisition Co., Fort Worth, Texas, (NYSE: EAC) plans to acquire oil and gas properties in the Williston Basin in ...

Devon Energy Corp., Oklahoma City, Okla., (NYSE: DVN) has retained Goldman Sachs & Co. and Scotia Waterous to divest all ...

Superior Energy Services Inc., Harvey, La., (NYSE: SPN) has acquired Duffy & McGovern Accommodations Services Ltd., Aberdeen, Scotland, for $47 ...

BreitBurn Energy Partners LP, Los Angeles, (Nasdaq: BBEP) plans to acquire properties in the Permian Basin of West Texas from ...

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

The drilling and formation evaluation division of the Energy Services Group of Halliburton, Houston, (NYSE: HAL) plans to acquire Calgary-based ...

Sterling Energy Plc, London, (London: SEY) plans to acquire Whittier Energy Corp., Houston, (Nasdaq: WHIT) for US$11 per share for ...

Apache Corp., Houston, (NYSE, Nasdaq: APA) plans to acquire a controlling interest in assets in the Permian Basin of West ...

Taqa Bratani Ltd., a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Energy Co., Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., (Abu Dhabi: TAQA) plans to ...

Encore Acquisition Co., Fort Worth, Texas, (NYSE: EAC) plans to acquire oil and gas properties in the Big Horn Basin ...

Goodrich Petroleum Corp., Houston, (NYSE: GDP) plans to sell substantially all of its assets in South Louisiana to an undisclosed ...

Compagnie Générale de Géophysique (CGG), Massy, France, (NYSE: GGY) has closed the acquisition of Veritas DGC Inc., Houston, (NYSE: VTS) ...

Aban Singapore Pte Ltd., a subsidiary of Aban Offshore Ltd., Chennai, India, (Bombay: 523204) plans to acquire the remaining shares ...

TNK-BP, the Russian joint venture of BP Plc, London, (NYSE, London: BP) plans to acquire the 50% interest in the ...

Basic Energy Services Inc., Midland, Texas, (NYSE: BAS) plans to acquire Texas-based JetStar Consolidated Holdings Inc. for approximately $120 million ...

EV Energy Partners LP, Houston, (Nasdaq: EVEP) plans to acquire gas properties in Michigan from certain institutional partnerships managed by ...

Dana Gas PJSC, Sharja, United Arab Emirates, (Abu Dhabi: DANA) has closed its acquisition of Centurion Energy International Inc., Calgary, ...

Flotek Industries Inc., Houston, (Amex: FTK) has acquired Triumph Drilling Tools Inc. from Teal Supply Co., Corpus Christi, Texas, for ...

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

Forest Oil Corp., Denver, (NYSE: FST) plans to acquire The Houston Exploration Co., Houston, (NYSE: THX) for $1.5 billion in ...

General Electric Co., Fairfield, Conn., (NYSE: GE) plans to acquire U.K.-based Vetco Gray from Candover Investments Plc, Huddersfield, U.K., ...

Energen Resources Corp., the E&P unit of Energen Corp., Birmingham, Ala., (NYSE: EGN) has acquired assets in the San Juan ...

Canadian Oil Sands Ltd., a subsidiary of Canadian Oil Sands Trust, Calgary, (Toronto: COS-UN) has acquired noncore Canadian oil-sands assets ...

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