April 10, 2007:
THE LOUISIANA COAST A state coastal restoration plan that will be financed by new federal offshore oil revenues is nearing completion in Louisiana. The plan will address the rapid loss of coastal wetlands, ...more
March 20, 2007:
ALABAMA’S CAMBRIAN CONASAUGA SHALE Dominion Black Warrior Basin Inc. has made a remote new-field discovery in northern St. Clair County, Alabama. The find is in the Valley and Ridge province of the Cotton State, ...more
February 14, 2007:
BAKKEN BILLIONS Success stories in the horizontal Bakken continue to mount. Production has spread from the play’s genesis in Richland County, Montana, into McKenzie, Golden Valley and Billings counties, North Dakota. The ...more
January 16, 2007:
NORTH SEA SQUEEZE During the past three years, several factors have fundamentally reshaped business activity in the U.K. North Sea. That reshaping has resulted in a brisk and brutally competitive market, according to ...more
December 7, 2006:
COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN WATCH A late October state lease sale in Washington produced some excellent bids, and served to swell the already considerable buzz about gas potential in the Evergreen State. Specifically, people are ...more
November 6, 2006:
24 YEARS IN THE MAKING Onshore wildcatting is on the rise, a wonderful aspect of the current boom. Some of these tests are long-cherished prospects: perhaps they were originally generated just before a price collapse, ...more
October 3, 2006:
Volatile Venezuela Trying to be a foreign oil producer in Venezuela can be a dicey proposition these days. However, where some companies see untenable political risk, others see the possibility of stunning ...more
September 12, 2006:
Make way for Shales Shales have moved to the forefront of exploration in the onshore U.S. The rousing success of the Mississippian Barnett Shale play in North Texas has inspired a sweeping search for ...more
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