The landscape for acquiring oil and gas royalties has changed. Major investor-backed royalty buyers have seen royalty prices increasing during ...

More and more, the pools of private capital aimed at the energy space are swelling. One might even say they're ...

After the 1979-81 oil boom went bust, a lot of U.S. land drillers stacked their iron and headed for bankruptcy ...

The challenges faced by oil and gas companies in trying to profitably grow their businesses are numerous. Maturing basins, increasing ...

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Never before has there been such interest in biofuels production and use in the U.S. and around the world, particularly ...

The first half of the year can be summed up in one word-volatile. Following an early stumble out of the ...

This year is shaping up to be a monumental struggle between some of the most influential leaders in Congress and ...

So much of what happens in our private lives, in civil society, in commerce and in government-even when we're reading ...

Some producers are concerned that the new U.S. upstream master limited partnerships (MLPs) will ruin the domestic business, that more ...

Worldwide exploration and production spending in 2007 will increase 13%, up from 9% estimated at 2006 year-end, according to the ...

The immense potential of oil shale overshadows existing proved oil reserves. The U.S. Geological Survey has estimated world oil-shale resources ...

A couple of deepwater discoveries have been added to the bonanza on offshore Angola's Block 32. The finds are the ...

1 LCT Energy LP, Lewisville, Ark., plans a wildcat to 18,500 ft. in northwestern Red River County, Texas, (RRC 6) ...

1 Longbow LLC, Bakersfield, Calif., scheduled #1 Archer-Schock new-field wildcat to look for natural gas at an undisclosed formation and ...

1 Choctaw Geological Enterprises, a business of MBCI Enterprise, Choctaw, Miss., will drill a remote wildcat some 35 miles from ...

1 Bach Oil Production Inc., Alma, Neb., tested its #1 Lowrey Unit in western Rooks County, Kansas, for 175 bbl. ...

Equity CompanyExchange / SymbolHeadquartersAmountComments Atlas Energy Resources LLCNYSE: ATNPittsburghUS$600 millionPlans to privately place 24 million common and class ...

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

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

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

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

Exco Resources Inc., Dallas, (NYSE: XCO) has acquired producing properties and other assets in multiple fields in the Midcontinent, South ...

• Quest Resource Corp., Oklahoma City, (Nasdaq: QRCP) plans to IPO an MLP of its coalbed-methane properties in the Cherokee ...

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

Just about everywhere one turns these days, there's a perception that natural gas and global oil supply are tighter than ...

More and more, the pools of private capital aimed at the energy space are swelling. One might even say they're ...

Rick Bobigian and his team at Houston-based Black Pool Energy LP were not only the smallest fish on a panel ...

A groundswell of interest in oil and gas production from shales is transforming the domestic industry. It's a surprising development ...

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has completed its initial PIM (policies, infrastructure and methodologies) risk-management review of 10 selected U.S. ...

North American property transactions have doubled in total dollar value this decade, according to Randy King, managing director and head, ...

So much of what happens in our private lives, in civil society, in commerce and in government-even when we're reading ...

Fitch Ratings believes the U.S. drilling and service sectors have an elevated exposure to leveraged-buyout (LBO) transactions. Historically, the industry ...

Some producers are concerned that the new U.S. upstream master limited partnerships (MLPs) will ruin the domestic business, that more ...

The deepwater Gulf of Mexico has proven to be a windfall for Deep Gulf LP, a small, privately held independent ...

After the 1979-81 oil boom went bust, a lot of U.S. land drillers stacked their iron and headed for bankruptcy ...

All signs point to continued high natural gas prices, and continued challenges to adding gas supply, three speakers said in ...

Here's the check. Now, don't worry so much about the rest. Nasdaq is planning to launch a trading platform-The Portal ...

Just about everywhere one turns these days, there's a perception that natural gas and global oil supply are tighter than ...

The immense potential of oil shale overshadows existing proved oil reserves. The U.S. Geological Survey has estimated world oil-shale resources ...

"The majority of questions coming into our business concern gas markets, resource plays and MLPs," Dan Pickering, principal and founder ...

Thanks to commodity price changes and a flood of new money, private capital providers are exploring new areas for investing, ...

HighMount Exploration & Production LLC, a subsidiary of Loews Corp., New York, (NYSE: LTR) and XTO Energy Inc., Fort Worth, ...

Marathon Oil Corp., Houston, (NYSE: MRO) plans to acquire Western Oil Sands Inc., Calgary, (Toronto: WTO) in a deal valued ...

Pioneer Natural Resources Co., Dallas, (NYSE: PXD) plans to acquire an expanded interest in the Raton Basin in Colorado from ...

Oil States International Inc., Houston, (NYSE: OIS) plans to acquire substantially all of the assets of Houston-based Schooner Petroleum Services ...

Titan Exploration Ltd., Calgary, (Toronto: TTN-A) has closed its sale to an undisclosed seller of certain Titan assets in northern ...

Pioneer Natural Resources Co., Dallas, (NYSE: PXD) has filed an S-1 to IPO its Pioneer Southwest Energy Partners LP expecting ...

Constellation Energy Partners LLC, Baltimore, (NYSE: CEP) has closed its acquisition of Amvest Osage Inc., a subsidiary of privately held, ...

JKX Oil & Gas Plc, London, (London: JKX) plans to acquire 100% of the license in Koshekhablskoye gas field in ...

GlobalSantaFe Corp., Houston, (NYSE: GSF) and Transocean Inc., Houston, (NYSE: RIG) plan to combine in a merger of equals with ...

Williams Cos. Inc., Tulsa, (NYSE: WMB) plans to create an MLP that will own interest in its interstate gas pipeline ...

Oklahoma City-based Quest Energy Partners LP has filed an S-1 to IPO 8.75 million common units for estimated gross proceeds ...

Devon Energy Corp., Oklahoma City, (NYSE: DVN) plans to form and IPO an MLP that will hold a minority interest ...

EV Energy Partners LP, Houston, (Nasdaq: EVEP) plans to acquire properties in the Permian Basin from privately owned, Houston-based Plantation ...

Plains Exploration & Production Co., Houston, (NYSE: PXP) plans to acquire Pogo Producing Co., Houston, (NYSE: PPP) for $1.5 billion ...

Contango Oil & Gas Co., Houston, (Amex: MCF) has named Bill Berilgen to its board. He was chairman, chief executive ...

IPR North America Holdings Corp. and IPR Lay Creek LLC plan to acquire the U.S. assets of Santos Ltd., Adelaide, ...

Hercules Offshore Inc., Houston, (Nasdaq: HERO) has closed its acquisition of Todco, Houston, (NYSE: THE) for a total of approximately ...

San Antonio-based Abraxas Energy Partners LP has filed an S-1 to IPO 2 million units at an expected price of ...

Privately held, Denver-based Cordillera Energy Partners, privately held, Denver-based Prima Exploration Inc., privately held, Greenwood Village, Co.-based Denver Mineral & ...

Constellation Energy Partners LLC, Baltimore, (NYSE: CEP) plans to acquire Amvest Osage Inc., a subsidiary of privately held, Charlottesville, Va.-based ...

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Oklahoma City, (NYSE: CHK) and Anadarko Petroleum Corp., The Woodlands, Texas, (NYSE: APC) have entered a joint ...

Eagle Rock Energy Partners LP, Houston, (Nasdaq: EROC) plans to acquire Houston-based Escambia Asset Co. LLC and privately held Houston-based ...

Legacy Reserves LP, Midland, Texas, (Nasdaq: LGCY) plans to acquire certain producing properties in the Permian Basin from undisclosed private ...

PrimeWest Energy Trust, Calgary, (Toronto: PWI-UN; NYSE: PWI) has acquired Shiningbank Energy Income Fund, Calgary, (Toronto: SHN-UN) in a unit ...

Universal Compression Partners LP, Houston, (Nasdaq: UCLP) has acquired a fleet of compressor units and customer contracts from Universal Compression ...

Bill Berilgen has resigned as chairman, president and chief executive of Rosetta Resources, Houston (Nasdaq: ROSE). Charles Chambers has been named ...

Advantage Energy Income Fund, Calgary, (Toronto: AVN-UN; NYSE: AAV) plans to acquire Sound Energy Trust, Calgary, (Toronto: SND-UN) in a ...

Rio Vista Energy Partners LP, Houston, (Nasdaq: RVEP) plans to acquire substantially all of the assets of privately held, Oklahoma ...

ENI Petroleum Co. Inc., a subsidiary of ENI SpA, Rome, (NYSE: E) has closed its acquisition of the offshore E&P ...

Linn Energy LLC, Houston, (Nasdaq: LINE) plans to acquire certain properties in the Midcontinent from Dominion Resources Inc., Richmond, Va., ...