There's a domino effect under way today in the energy sector that may be getting overlooked by investors. No, it's ...

The initial public offering alone can be a huge and heady endeavor. Try five of them. This is what management ...

The venerable San Juan Basin, discovered in the 1920s, has been actively drilled since the 1950s. Along the ...

Approaching its 100th birthday, Denver-based St. Mary Land & Exploration Co. is going through a bit of a management face-lift. ...

The U.S. Midcontinent involves 12 petroleum provinces and eight states, and is defined by long-life gas reserves and substantial yet-to-be ...

Executives in the oil and gas industry today face some unique challenges, including a competitive landscape, compliance and regulatory pressures, ...

Inasmuch as we write about commodities that provide energy, I've been thinking we ought to expand our horizons a little ...

Heads up, upstream players! Non-North American oil and gas companies are increasingly competing with U.S. independents for domestic oil and ...

You are not alone in the staffing challenge. Some 94% of energy human-resources executives report that acquiring top talent is ...

Petroleum exploration today is a complex and nuanced business, and the best approach is one that offers a broad portfolio ...

1 Shell Offshore Inc. lined up 11 wildcats to test six Beaufort Sea prospects offshore Alaska over the next three ...

Questions surround a mammoth potential discovery in Libya, with the foreign operator saying it could be one of the biggest ...

1 A couple of discoveries resulted from wildcats drilled in western Rooks County, Kan., on the northwestern end of the ...

1 A discovery flowed 163,000 cu. ft. of gas a day for Betsy Production Co., Magnolia, Ark., at its #1 ...

1 Mack Diamond Energy LLC, Wolfe City, Texas, permitted a 12,950-ft. wildcat for nonproducing Fannin County, Texas (RRC 5). The ...

Equity CompanyExchange / SymbolHeadquartersAmountComments D-R Interholding LLCNAHoustonUS$312.5 millionPlans to sell 11.6 million shares of its parent company Dresser-Rand ...

United States Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, (NYSE: X) plans to acquire Lone Star Technologies Inc., Dallas, (NYSE: LSS) for $67.50 per ...

• Securities analyst Stuart Wagner has joined LNG facility developer Cheniere Energy Inc., Houston, (Amex: LNG) as senior vice president, ...

Former IPAA president Lloyd N. Unsell passed away in April at the age of 84. He retired as IPAA president ...

This April, the 35th annual Howard Weil energy conference in New Orleans played to a packed house of investors who ...

Russia's oil and gas reserves are just too big for the world's oil companies to ignore, says Wood Mackenzie senior ...

Buyers understand the quality of and long reserve life of oil and gas assets in the Permian Basin, several business-development ...

Capacity of the vast infrastructure that moves crude oil to refineries from Canada and the Gulf Coast will be increasingly ...

Heads up, upstream players! Non-North American oil and gas companies are increasingly competing with U.S. independents for domestic oil and ...

A new trend of transactions being done on a "quiet basis" is emerging in the Canadian M&A space in 2007, ...

The U.S. Midcontinent involves 12 petroleum provinces and eight states, and is defined by long-life gas reserves and substantial yet-to-be ...

In 2006, the U.S. consumed an estimated 20.7 million barrels of oil a day, or approximately 7.5 billion barrels of ...

India has emerged from decades of self-imposed isolation, and it now plays an ever-widening role on the world stage. Today, ...

When there's a perception that the bull market for energy stocks is far from over, that may be great news ...

"We are in a real crisis with our energy sector," says former Mexican ambassador Andrés Rozental. Pemex, the national oil company, ...

Executives in the oil and gas industry today face some unique challenges, including a competitive landscape, compliance and regulatory pressures, ...

Master limited partnership (MLP) spin-offs in the E&P space should ramp up significantly during the next few years as producers ...

The initial public offering alone can be a huge and heady endeavor. Try five of them. This is what management ...

During a keynote speech at the 13th annual Executive Oil Conference in Midland recently, Mike Linn noted with alarm the ...

This April, the 35th annual Howard Weil energy conference in New Orleans played to a packed house of investors who ...

The venerable San Juan Basin, discovered in the 1920s, has been actively drilled since the 1950s. Along the way, it ...

World crude oil and petroleum liquids production will plateau at a peak rate between 90- and 100 million barrels per ...

ENI Congo SA, an affiliate of ENI SpA, Rome, (NYSE: E) has closed its acquisition of interest in two fields ...

Plains Exploration & Production Co., Houston, (NYSE: PXP) has closed its acquisition of all the interests in producing properties and ...

Gentry Resources Ltd., Calgary, (Toronto: GNY) has acquired certain assets in Alberta from an undisclosed seller for C$74.25 million. The assets ...

Paramount Energy Trust, Calgary, (Toronto: PMT-UN) and Baytex Energy Trust, Calgary, (Toronto: BTE-UN) plan to acquire the remaining Canadian E&P ...

Talisman Energy Inc., Calgary, (Toronto, NYSE: TLM) has named John Manzoni president and chief executive, effective Sept. 1. He was ...

Abu Dhabi National Energy Co. PJSC, Abu Dhabi, UAE, (Abu Dhabi: TAQA) plans to acquire Northrock Resources Ltd. from parent ...

Jed Oil Inc., Didsbury, Alberta, (Amex: JDO) plans to sell its North Ferrier assets in Alberta to an undisclosed arms-length ...

Pacific Energy Resources Ltd., Long Beach, Calif., (Toronto: PFE) plans to acquire all of the Alaska assets of Forest Oil ...

BreitBurn Energy Partners LP, Los Angeles, (Nasdaq: BBEP) has closed the acquisition of oil properties along the Sunniland Trend in ...

Privately held Houston-based Leor Energy has made an undisclosed equity investment in privately owned Texas-based Navasota Resources LP. Navasota recently acquired ...

Petrowest Energy Services Trust, Calgary, (Toronto: PRW-UN) has closed its acquisition of five private road-construction, gravel-crushing and log-hauling businesses in ...

A subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corp., Los Angeles, (NYSE: OXY) plans to acquire Anadarko Qatar Energy Co. LLC from Anadarko ...

Atlas Energy Resources LLC, Pittsburgh, (NYSE: ATN) plans to acquire DTE Gas & Oil Co., a subsidiary of DTE Energy ...

MCX Gulf of Mexico LLC, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corp., Tokyo, (Tokyo: 8058) and Nippon Oil Exploration USA Ltd., a ...

BreitBurn Energy Partners LP, Los Angeles, (Nasdaq: BBEP) plans to acquire oil properties along the Sunniland Trend in Florida from ...

Pinnacle Gas Resources Inc., Sheridan, Wyo., (Nasdaq: PINN) has priced its initial public offering of 3.75 million shares at $9 ...

Encore Acquisition Co., Fort Worth, Texas, (NYSE: EAC) plans to sell certain Midcontinent assets to an undisclosed private buyer for ...

Continental Resources Inc., Enid, Okla., (NYSE: CLR) has priced its initial public offering of 29.5 million shares at $15 each ...

Ram Energy Resources Inc., Tulsa, Okla., (Nasdaq: RAME) has closed its acquisition of assets in southeastern New Mexico and West ...

White Plains, N.Y.-based Icahn Management LP has acquired 3.1 million shares of Anadarko Petroleum Corp., The Woodlands, Texas, (NYSE: APC) ...

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

Newfield Exploration Co., Houston, (NYSE: NFX) plans to buy Rockies assets from Stone Energy Corp., Lafayette, La., (NYSE: SGY) for ...

Mitsubishi Corp., Tokyo, (Tokyo: 8058) and Nippon Oil, Tokyo, (Tokyo: 5001) plan to acquire 11.6% interest each in the K2 ...

Neft-Aktiv LLC, an indirect subsidiary of Rosneft, Moscow, (London: ROSN) has acquired Lot 11 that includes the last Russian production ...

PrimeWest Energy Trust, Calgary, (Toronto: PWI-UN; NYSE: PWI) plans to acquire Shiningbank Energy Income Fund, Calgary, (Toronto: SHN-UN) for C$14.60 ...

Vermilion Oil & Gas Australia Pty Ltd., a subsidiary of Vermilion Energy Trust Calgary, (Toronto: VET-UN) plans to acquire the ...

Exco Resources Inc., Dallas, (NYSE: XCO) closed its acquisition of producing properties and other assets in multiple fields in the ...

Tenaris SA, Luxembourg, (NYSE: TS) has closed its acquisition of Hydril Co., Houston, (Nasdaq: HYDL) for US$97 per share in ...

GE Energy Financial Services, a division of GE, Stamford, Conn., (NYSE: GE) has partnered with Southern Bay Energy, a subsidiary ...

SSAB Svenskt Staal AB, Stockholm, Sweden, (Stockholm: SSABA) plans to acquire Ipsco Inc., Lisle, Ill., (NYSE, Toronto: IPS) for US$160 ...

Eagle Rock Energy Partners LP, Houston, (Nasdaq: EROC) has acquired certain fee minerals, royalties and working-interest properties throughout the U.S. ...

Provident Energy Trust, Calgary, (Toronto: PVE-UN; NYSE: PVX) plans to acquire Capitol Energy Resources Ltd., Calgary, (Toronto: CPX) for C$467 ...

DXP Enterprises Inc., Houston, (Nasdaq: DXPE) plans to acquire the business of Denham Springs, La.-based Delta Process Equipment Inc. for ...

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Los Angeles, (NYSE: OXY) and BP Plc, London, (London, NYSE: BP) plan to swap some West Texas ...

John Browne has resigned as chief executive of BP Plc, London, (London: BP; NYSE: BP) following the release of a ...