A new trust tax plan announced in Canada in October brought the normally bustling M&A activity of the energy trusts ...

In April 2006, Houston-based Anadarko Petroleum Corp. was progressing as it had since 1986 when it was spun out of ...

Midstream executives like to say that it has become too pricey to grow by acquisitions today. Because multiples have risen, ...

In 2003, Denver-based Forest Oil Corp. was primarily an offshore producer and frontier explorer, with assets in the Gulf of ...

When David Trice took the helm of Newfield Exploration Co. as chief executive and president in February 2000, the company ...

During the past couple of years, amid frothy commodity prices, the oil and gas industry has dramatically ramped up ...

The oil-sands region of Canada is steadily becoming one of the most talked about areas in the industry, with companies ...

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita double-punched South Louisiana's oil and gas operators. Swamped fields, storm-tossed rigs and busted pipelines ...

There is a mini-tempest brewing over Halliburton's announcement that it will move its headquarters to Dubai, as chief executive officer ...

Oil and gas prices have softened in the past 12 months, but asset prices have had no fear. In most ...

Of the 17 integrated oil companies on the Oil and Gas Investor This Week scoreboard, ConocoPhillips and Hess Corp. led ...

Of the 17 integrated oil companies on the Oil and Gas Investor This Week scoreboard, ConocoPhillips and Hess Corp. led ...

A state coastal restoration plan that will be financed by new federal offshore oil revenues is nearing completion in Louisiana. ...

1 Anadarko Petroleum Corp., The Woodlands, Texas, plans a 10,700-ft. horizontal wildcat, #1H LCSB 16-19-17, in the west-central Lowndes County ...

1 Ritchie Exploration Inc., Wichita, Kan., plans a wildcat to test Pennsylvanian and Mississippian formations to 5,450 ft. on the ...

1 PetroQuest Energy LLC, Lafayette, La., plans a pair of wildcats below 11,000 ft. in a continuing campaign in western ...

1 Petro-Canada (Alaska) Inc., Calgary, will drill four wildcats during the next three years in the northwestern section of the ...

Another high-volume oil well has been brought in offshore Vietnam, this one productive from Miocene clastic reservoirs. The Hai Su ...

EQUITY CompanyExchange / SymbolHeadquartersAmountComments Exco Resources Inc.NYSE: XCODallasUS$2 billionPlans to privately place up to US$400 million of 6% cumulative ...

• Petróleos Delta SA (Petrodelta), Panama City, Panama, plans to acquire the assets and rights in the South Monagas ...

• Hercules Offshore Inc., Houston, (Nasdaq: HERO) plans to acquire Todco, Houston, (NYSE: THE) for approximately $2.3 billion in ...

• Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Houston, (NYSE: APC) plans to sell a portion of its interest in the K2 unit ...

Standard & Poor's has assigned a B corporate credit rating to privately held, Oklahoma City-based SandRidge Energy Inc. and to ...

• Parks & Luttrell Interests LLC has been formed by Jack Parks and Terry Luttrell, who sold their two-year-old ...

Pogo Producing Co., Houston, (NYSE: PPP) has retained Goldman, Sachs & Co. and TD Securities Inc. to seek strategic alternatives ...

Energy Partners Ltd., New Orleans, (NYSE: EPL) has concluded its strategic alternatives process without any definitive offers to buy the ...

Last year was pretty good, in terms of the performance of the broad master limited partnership (MLP) sectors-pipeline and other ...

Last year was pretty good, in terms of the performance of the broad master limited partnership (MLP) sectors-pipeline and other ...

Despite falling short of the record C$16.9 billion set in 2005, the 2006 financings for the Canadian oil industry proved ...

A state coastal restoration plan that will be financed by new federal offshore oil revenues is nearing completion in Louisiana. ...

The world's national oil companies (NOCs) are taking center stage in terms of their dominance of world oil reserves and ...

In April 2006, Houston-based Anadarko Petroleum Corp. was progressing as it had since 1986 when it was spun out of ...

The number of oil and gas companies listed on the London Alternative Investment Market (AIM) will fall in 2007, according ...

Last year was pretty good, in terms of the performance of the broad master limited partnership (MLP) sectors-pipeline and other ...

Pioneer Natural Resources saves itself a buck an Mcf by providing many of its own services in developing its coalbed-methane ...

The fast pace of M&A transactions seen in 2006 may not be sustainable this year, absent the many large deals ...

According to 41% of participants in a recent survey by Houston-based accounting, tax and business advisory firm Grant Thornton LLP, ...

In 2003, Denver-based Forest Oil Corp. was primarily an offshore producer and frontier explorer, with assets in the Gulf of ...

The oil-sands region of Canada is steadily becoming one of the most talked about areas in the industry, with companies ...

The Floyd shale play of the Black Warrior Basin of Mississippi and Alabama lacks a primary operator that can fully ...

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita double-punched South Louisiana's oil and gas operators. Swamped fields, storm-tossed rigs and busted pipelines starkly revealed ...

Producers aren't retreating in the face of softening oil and gas prices. Most surveyed North American oil and gas operators ...

There is a mini-tempest brewing over Halliburton's announcement that it will move its headquarters to Dubai, as chief executive officer ...

Many of the independents on the fourth-quarter Oil and Gas Investor This Week scoreboard reported healthy gains in production, compared ...

ENI Petroleum Co. Inc., a subsidiary of ENI SpA, Rome, (NYSE: E) plans to acquire the offshore E&P operations of ...

Enterra Energy Trust, Calgary, (Toronto: ENT-UN; NYSE: ENT) has closed its acquisition of privately held Calgary-based Trigger Resources Ltd. for ...

Statoil ASA, Stavanger, Norway, (Oslo: STL; NYSE: STO) plans to acquire privately held North American Oil Sands Corp., Calgary, for ...

Royal Dutch Shell Plc, London, (NYSE: RDS.A) has closed its acquisition of Shell Canada Ltd., Calgary, (Toronto: SHC) for C$45 ...

Singapore-based Continental Alloys & Services (fka Continental Casing Ltd.) has acquired the businesses of Singapore-based Alloy & Oilfield Pte. Ltd. ...

Energy XXI (Bermuda) Ltd., Houston, (London: EGY) plans to acquire certain Gulf of Mexico shelf properties from Pogo Producing Co., ...

BP Plc, London, (NYSE: BP) plans to acquire all the Pakistan interests of Occidental Petroleum Corp., Los Angeles, (NYSE: OXY) ...

Pioneer Natural Resources Co., Dallas, (NYSE: PXD) plans to form two publicly traded master limited partnerships which will own interests ...

Teck Cominco Ltd., Vancouver, (Toronto: TCK.A; NYSE: TCK) plans to acquire a 50% interest in Lease 14 in the Athabasca ...

Callon Petroleum Co., Natchez, Miss., (NYSE: CPE) has closed the acquisition of an 80% working interest in Entrada Field in ...

Penn West Energy Trust, Calgary, has closed the acquisition of conventional assets in Alberta from an undisclosed seller for approximately ...

Dune Energy Inc., Houston, (Amex: DNE) plans to acquire Houston-based Goldking Energy Corp., for $302.5 million in cash and $18 ...

Plains Exploration & Production Co., Houston, (NYSE: PXP) plans to acquire all the interests in producing properties and midstream assets ...

Dana Petroleum Plc, Aberdeen, U.K., (London: DNX) plans to acquire the Egyptian assets of Devon Energy Corp., Oklahoma City, (NYSE: ...

EV Energy Partners LP, Houston, (Nasdaq: EVEP) and certain institutional partnerships managed by EnerVest Management Partners Ltd., Houston, plan to ...

Range Resources Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, (NYSE: RRC) plans to equalize its interests in the Nora Field in southwestern Virginia ...

Encore Acquisition Co., Fort Worth, Texas, (NYSE: EAC) has closed the acquisition of oil and gas properties in the Williston ...

Legacy Reserves LP, Midland, (Nasdaq: LGCY) plans to acquire certain producing properties in Texas and New Mexico from two undisclosed ...

Lloyd N. Unsell passed away April 7 at age 84. He retired as president of the Independent Petroleum Association of ...

Superior Energy Services Inc., Harvey, La., (NYSE: SPN) has acquired Brookshire, Texas-based Advanced Oilwell Services Inc. for $24.1 million in ...

American Real Estate Partners LP , New York, (NYSE: ACP) plans to sell its interests in privately held SandRidge Energy ...

Basic Energy Services Inc., Midland, Texas, (NYSE: BAS) has closed its acquisition of Midland-based Sledge Drilling Holding Corp. for approximately ...

ExxonMobil Corp., Irving, Texas, (NYSE: XOM) has named Mark Albers senior vice president. He was president of ExxonMobil Development Co. ...

The Exploration Co. (TXCO), San Antonio, (Nasdaq: TXCO) has closed its acquisition of privately held Output Exploration LLC, Houston, for ...

Royal Dutch Shell Plc, London, (NYSE: RDS.A) has acquired 98.8% of Shell Canada Ltd., Calgary, (Toronto: SHC) for C$45 per ...

Range Resources Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, (NYSE: RRC) has sold its Gulf of Mexico properties to an undisclosed private company ...

Eagle Rock Energy Partners LP, Houston, (Nasdaq: EROC) plans to acquire certain fee minerals, royalties and working interest properties throughout ...