Since its inception in 1998, Fort Worth, Texas-based Encore Acquisition Co. has made acquisitions totaling more than $1.8 billion, primarily ...

North American pipeline and gathering companies are building, planning and studying an astonishing 23,000 miles of natural gas, crude oil ...

Merger-mania in the oil-country tubular goods (OCTG) sector came to a head in early May when Stockholm, Sweden-based SSAB Svenskt ...

E&P "MLP mania" continues to gain steam, as several producers have announced or hinted during the past few weeks at ...

New Brunswick's iconic images are of lobsters, lighthouses and stunning tides. Tourists flock to the Maritime province to immerse themselves ...

The evolution of an E&P company is on-going. Are large-cap E&Ps getting too big and too complex? Is the business ...

Bob Dylan was not singing about climate change or atmospheric conditions back in 1965 and upon entering the summer of ...

Energy lenders' view of forward oil and gas prices has improved during the past quarter, according to a survey of ...

I've got it. I've created the perfect business plan: an E&P-oriented MLP that I call MyShaleYouTubeMLP.com. That ought to insure ...

There are oil and gas assets for sale-and some of their greatest value may be free! One would have to ...

Producers continue to reach deep into coffers to pay finding and development (F&D) costs this year, establishing a yet-higher new ...

Two small Houston-based firms each have gigantic projects under way in Africa. Offshore the east side of the continent, ...

1 Royal Production Co. Inc., Corpus Christi, Texas, plans a wildcat on its Pebble Beach/Grand Dunes prospect drilled ...

1 The Barnett shale play continues to show strength in Texas as Chesapeake Operating Inc., Oklahoma City, scheduled its #1 ...

1 Resources Buffalo Common LLC, Stockton, Kan., will drill to 4,000 ft. to test Lansing-Kansas City at a wildcat in ...

1 ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. will drill a wildcat in Section 11-19n-20w, Umiat Meridian, on the North Slope of Alaska. The ...

Lower Cretaceous reservoirs offshore France are the primary targets of a group of Canadian explorers. Vancouver-based Bordeaux Energy Inc. ...

Equity CompanyExchange / SymbolHeadquartersAmountComments Exco Resources Inc.NYSE: XCODallasUS$2 billionPrivately placed $390 million in 7% cumulative convertible perpetual preferred ...

On May 1, a large oilfield services company, Production Services Network, celebrated its first anniversary as a freestanding entity, having ...

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

Richard P. Cullen, the founder and first president of the Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States (IPAMS), passed away in ...

When it comes to making forecasts about the industry, it's nice once in a while to err on the side ...

It is "premature" to say whether Houston-based ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) will get fair compensation for its interests in Venezuela, Jim ...

If rig permits are a leading indicator of domestic land-drilling activity, as they historically have been, then look for an ...

If rig permits are a leading indicator of domestic land-drilling activity, as they historically have been, then look for an ...

Two small Houston-based firms each have gigantic projects under way in Africa. Offshore the east side of the continent, on ...

It's not every day that a 30-year E&P veteran, no matter how well respected, gets $1 billion of private equity ...

New Brunswick's iconic images are of lobsters, lighthouses and stunning tides. Tourists flock to the Maritimes province to immerse themselves ...

Travelers Insurance has launched a free emergency-response planning guide for managing well blowouts in U.S. oil and gas land drilling. ...

Geophysics professor Tom Davis presented results of Phase XI of the Reservoir Characterization Project (RCP) to a packed house of ...

Even as late as today, U.S. producers are benefiting from the wisdom of legendary 19th-century newspaper editor, reformer and politician ...

How many more master limited partnerships (MLPs) can the market absorb? The opportunity may be almost unlimited, according to observers ...

When it comes to making forecasts about the industry, it's nice once in a while to err on the side ...

A critical driver of energy challenges "is a U.S. energy policy somewhat detached from reality," said Thomas A. Petrie, vice ...

Merger-mania in the oil country tubular goods (OCTG) sector came to a head in early May when Stockholm, Sweden-based SSAB ...

Producers continue to reach deep into coffers to pay finding and development (F&D) costs this year, establishing a yet-higher new ...

I've got it. I've created the perfect business plan: an E&P-oriented MLP that I call MyShaleYouTubeMLP.com. That ought to insure ...

Take the money and run. "It's the first item on my list of bad reasons to form an MLP (master ...

As basins continue to mature around the U.S. and reserves continue to decline, many believe it is naïve to continue ...

Horizontal drilling in the U.S. has increased nearly 50% since 2002. One reason: advances made in horizontal-drilling and fracture-stimulation technologies ...

Privately held, Tulsa, Okla.-based Crow Creek Energy II LLC, has closed its acquisition of certain Midcontinent assets from Encore Acquisition ...

Tetra Technologies Inc., The Woodlands, Texas, (NYSE: TTI) plans to form a master limited partnership (MLP) for the majority of ...

Celtic Exploration Ltd., Calgary, (Toronto: CLT) has closed the acquisition of certain assets in Alberta from an undisclosed company for ...

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

ConocoPhillips, Houston, (NYSE: COP) reports that it was unable to reach an agreement with the Venezuelan government concerning its reorganization ...

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

Petrohawk Energy Corp. has retained Merrill Lynch Petrie to sell its Gulf Coast division. The assets include properties on the Texas, ...

Petrohawk Energy Corp., Houston, (NYSE: HK) plans to form an MLP named HK Energy Partners LP for certain Permian and ...

Statoil ASA, Stavanger, Norway, (Oslo: STL; NYSE: STO) has closed its acquisition of privately held North American Oil Sands Corp., ...

Compton Petroleum Corp., Calgary, (NYSE: CMZ) plans to acquire Stylus Energy Inc., Calgary, (Toronto: STY) for C$91 million in cash ...

Oklahoma City-based SandRidge Energy Inc. has filed its IPO of an undisclosed number of shares for an undisclosed price-per-share in ...

Gazprom, Moscow, (London: OGZD) plans to acquire Siberian assets from BP Plc, London, (NYSE: BP) and BP's Russian joint venture, ...

McMoRan Exploration Co., New Orleans, (NYSE: MMR) plans to acquire all of the Gulf of Mexico shallow water producing properties ...

Venoco Inc., Denver, (NYSE: VQ) plans to IPO a master limited partnership (MLP) of some California and Texas assets. The MLP ...

Tom Hicks and team at Dallas-based Hicks Holdings LLC have filed an S-1 to IPO Hicks Acquisition Co. I Inc., ...

Stuart R. McGill will retire as senior vice president of ExxonMobil Corp., Irving, Texas, (NYSE: XOM) effective July 31. He ...

Stylus Energy Inc., Calgary, (Toronto: STY) has sold certain nonproducing, noncore assets to an undisclosed buyer for C$12 million in ...

St. Mary Land & Exploration Co., Denver, (NYSE: SM) has acquired assets in South Texas from an undisclosed seller for ...

Privately held Houston-based Castex Energy 2007 LP has closed the acquisition of substantially all of the onshore South Louisiana assets ...

Cal Dive International Inc., Houston, (NYSE: DVR) plans to acquire Horizon Offshore Inc., Houston, (Nasdaq: HOFF) for $650 million in ...

Murphy Oil Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Murphy Oil Corp., El Dorado, Ark., (NYSE: MUR) has acquired the interests in ...

CNX Gas Corp., Pittsburgh, (NYSE: CXG) plans to acquire the gas interests, including coal gas, on more than 1 million ...

Energy XXI (Bermuda) Ltd., Houston, (London: EGY) has closed its acquisition of certain Gulf of Mexico shelf properties from Pogo ...

Forest Oil Corp., Denver, (NYSE: FST) has closed its acquisition of The Houston Exploration Co., Houston, (NYSE: THX) for $1.5 ...

Basic Energy Services Inc., (NYSE: BAS) has acquired Woodward, Okla.-based Wildhorse Services Inc. and substantially all of the operating assets ...

Privately held Houston-based Castex Energy 2007 LP plans to acquire substantially all of the onshore South Louisiana assets of Energy ...

Arawak Energy Corp., Anguilla, British West Indies, (Toronto: ABG) plans to acquire Saigak Investments BV from privately held Rotterdam, The ...

Comstock Resources Inc., Frisco, Texas, (NYSE: CRK) has acquired assets in South Texas from an undisclosed seller for $32.5 million. ...

Loews Corp., New York, (NYSE: LTR) and XTO Energy Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, (NYSE: XTO) plan to acquire most of ...

Team Inc., Alvin, Texas, (Nasdaq: TISI) plans to acquire the stock of Toronto-based Aitec Inc. and its related companies for ...

Penn West Petroleum Ltd., a subsidiary of Penn West Energy Trust, Calgary, (Toronto: PWT-UN, NYSE: PWE) plans to acquire C1 ...