A new generation of airborne gradiometry measurements offers explorationists a fresh tool, particularly in areas of complex geology and rough ...

Affixed to the facade of Derrick Equipment's Houston headquarters is a plaque dedicated to the memory of H. William Derrick ...

A couple of years ago Excalibur Exploration Inc. drilled two wells that "looked like they were going to be truly ...

Business-development professionals in the oil and gas sector know the upstream master limited partnership (MLP) is a popular vehicle for ...

Ever since Colonel Edwin Drake's discovery well in 1859 in northwestern Pennsylvania, the Appalachian Basin-stretching more than 1,000 miles from ...

With so many upstream start-ups being spawned these days by seasoned management teams coming out of larger consolidated E&P companies, ...

After leaving El Paso Exploration & Production in September 2006 as president, Lisa Stewart hit the road. Her goal: To ...

In February 2006, when Geneva-based Addax Petroleum Corp. announced its initial public offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the company ...

Dallas-based wildcatter Ray L. Hunt is one of the biggest contrarians in the business, never one to follow the herd. ...

Canada's oil and gas business has had a tumultuous year. Last Halloween, the federal finance minister proposed new rules that ...

Whether this number is justified or overblown is something experts can argue long into the night. But since October 2002, ...

Hedge-fund meddling in New York-based diversified energy company National Fuel Gas has put assets of northwestern Pennsylvania's most active driller, ...

North Dakota's horizontal Bakken play is white hot in the vicinity of EOG Resources Inc.'s Parshall Field, a 50- to ...

1 Two wildcats are planned for north central California in adjoining Sacramento and Yolo counties. Rosetta Resources Operating Co. LP, ...

The emerging ultra-deepwater subsalt play in Brazil's offshore Santos Basin has yielded another major light-oil discovery. The discovery well, ...

1 Valence Operating Co., Humble, Texas, plans a 15,000-ft. wildcat in southwestern Smith County, Texas (RRC 6). The #3 Katherine ...

1 Lotus Operating Co. LLC, Wichita, Kan., will drill #1 Stelzer in Section 7-29s-14w in southwestern Pratt County, Kan. The ...

1 Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., Houston, will drill a remote wildcat in the eastern half of northern Mississippi's nonproducing ...

Equity CompanyExchange / SymbolHeadquartersAmountComments Linn Energy LLCNasdaq: LINEHoustonUS$1.5 billionPrivately placed 13 million units and 35 million class D ...

David F. Schaible, president and chief operating officer of Newfield Exploration Co., Houston, passed away on Oct. 13 after a ...

• Jim Parkman and Graham Whaling have formed energy investment-banking and M&A advisory firm Parkman Whaling LLC in Houston. ...

Denver-based Resolute Energy Partners LP has filed an S-1 to IPO 13.75 million units at approximately $24.15 each for a ...

The Anadarko Petroleum Corp., The Woodland, Texas, (NYSE: APC) offering of its the Woodlands, Texas-based midstream Western Gas Partners LP ...

Denver start-up Cirque Resources LP, helmed by president and chief executive Peter Dea and chief financial officer Neil Stenbuck, has ...

Houston-based, privately owned Common Resources LLC has received up to $500 million in line-of-equity commitments from New York-based private-equity firm ...

Even after rocketing up to $85 per barrel in mid-October, global oil prices could very well hit $100 by the ...

The Federal Reserve conducts monetary policy based on how core inflation is behaving. Historically, it has excluded food and energy ...

In February 2006, when Geneva-based Addax Petroleum Corp. announced its initial public offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the company ...

Callon Petroleum Co., Natchez, Miss., is searching for a partner for its Entrada Field, which involves Gulf of Mexico deepwater ...

Even after rocketing up to $85 per barrel in mid-October, global oil prices could very well hit $100 by the ...

Several speakers at the 16th annual Pacesetters Energy Conference hosted by John S. Herold Inc. claimed to have a lock ...

Whether this number is justified or overblown is something experts can argue long into the night. But since October 2002, ...

The central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 205 secured the largest total revenue for lease sales in close to a ...

A couple of years ago Excalibur Exploration Inc. drilled two wells that "looked like they were going to be truly ...

As several major U.S. E&P companies pull out of the Gulf of Mexico, more and more foreign oil companies are ...

Privately held EnerVest Management LLC of Houston is now the biggest player in the Austin Chalk, one of the oldest ...

The upstream MLPs will eventually have a negative impact on upstream asset flow in the U.S., according to Ken Olive, ...

A mid-September report proposing changes to Alberta's royalty structure, which dates from 1997, has caused a stir in Calgary. Released ...

The energy model used by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) is quite popular. The model's resulting forecast of energy prices, ...

Houston-based Contango Oil & Gas Co. (Amex: MCF) found gas at Mary Rose #1 in 11 feet of water in ...

Ever since Colonel Edwin Drake's discovery well in 1859 in northwestern Pennsylvania, the Appalachian Basin-stretching more than 1,000 miles from ...

As one of the top gas drillers and producers in the U.S., with about 155 rigs running, Oklahoma City's Chesapeake ...

Privately held LLog Exploration Co. LLC, Covington, Louisiana, plans to sell properties in the Gulf of Mexico shelf to an ...

Abu Dhabi National Energy Co. PJSC, Abu Dhabi, UAE, (Abu Dhabi: TAQ) has closed its acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources ...

Petrohawk Energy Corp., Houston, (NYSE: HK) plans to acquire assets in the Arkansas Fayetteville shale for $343 million in cash ...

Comstock Resources Inc., Frisco, Texas, (NYSE: CRK) plans to acquire South Texas properties from SWEPI LP, an affiliate of Shell ...

EnCana Corp., Calgary, (NYSE; Toronto: ECA) has closed its acquisition of all the East Texas Deep Bossier gas and land ...

EV Energy Partners LP, Houston, (Nasdaq: EVEP) plans to acquire gas properties in West Virginia from an institutional partnership managed ...

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Houston, (NYSE: APC) has closed its offering of noncore and unleased mineral interests in Arkansas via auction ...

Direct Energy, a subsidiary of Centrica Plc, Windsor, U.K., (London: CNA) plans to acquire Rockyview Energy Inc., Calgary, (Toronto: RVE) ...

Dutch investment company Oranje-Nassau Groep BV, through its subsidiary Oranje-Nassau Energie BV, has acquired the offshore Gabon oil and gas ...

French-based geophysical company CGGVeritas (NYSE: CGV) has acquired 12.67% interest in seismic-marine company Eastern Echo Holdings Plc, Cypress, (Oslo: ECHO) ...

Oilfield-services giant Schlumberger, Houston, (NYSE: SLB) has offered to acquire seismic-marine company Eastern Echo Holdings Plc, Cypress, (Oslo: ECHO) for ...

Pioneer Natural Resources Co., Dallas, (NYSE: PXD) plans to acquire interests in more than 118,000 gross acres in the Barnett ...

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Oklahoma City, (NYSE: CHK) plans to acquire approximately 2,000 net undeveloped leasehold acres in the Barnett shale ...

EnCana Corp., Calgary, (NYSE; Toronto: ECA) plans to acquire all of the Deep Bossier gas and land interests of privately ...

Privately held Salvo Energy Corp., Calgary, has acquired Expedition Energy Inc., Calgary, (Toronto: XPD) for approximately C$12.75 million in cash ...

Rosetta Resources Inc., Houston, (Nasdaq: ROSE) has named Randy L. Limbacher president and chief executive. He was president, E&P Americas, ...

Houston-based oil-services provider Allis-Chalmers Energy Inc. (NYSE: ALY) has acquired Diamondback Oilfield Services Inc., Conroe, Texas, for $22 million. Assets include ...