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Texas Oil and Gas - News and Information
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Eagle Ford Shale, Barnett Shale, Austin Chalk.. and other news.
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La Vernia feeling the rush of the Eagle Ford Shale play San Antonio Business Journal The bedroom community of La Vernia, located 25 miles east of San Antonio, is experiencing a surge in industrial development based on its proximity to the thriving Eagle Ford Shale. In recent weeks, the city has landed four new businesses supplying the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Halliburton to hire 1500 for work in San Antonio area Houston Chronicle By VICKI VAUGHAN, STAFF WRITER Oil field services giant Halliburton Co. began work Thursday on $50 million base of operations in San Antonio for which it will hire 1500 workers to support its operations in the Eagle Ford shale. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
CPS pursues shift from coal to natural gas San Antonio Express Once CPS gets a plant, it will seek to buy natural gas produced by the Eagle Ford shale operations in South Texas, said Doyle Beneby, the utility's president and CEO. The city-owned utility will place its bid in the coming weeks for an undisclosed ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Curtis Trimble: Be Nimble, Quick and Play the Shales Business Insider (GDP:NYSE), which has become quite active in the Eagle Ford Shale and was among the first to investigate the Buda Lime Shale. This is another company transitioning out of lower value legacy natural gas assets to more liquid-rich crude oil driven areas ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Construction underway on new job-generating Halliburton facility KENS 5 TV Halliburton turned over soil on a new facility—a field camp on 160-acres to provide support services to the oil companies who are capitalizing on the Eagle Ford Shale play. Halliburton is promising 1500 jobs here, 75% of them local hires. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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TexCom Announces Results of 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders MarketWatch (press release) ... integrating NORM engineering and decontamination services into MB Environmental's service offerings; -- Establishing Eagle Ford Environmental Services, LLC as the preferred NOW disposal services provider to E&P companies in the Eagle Ford Shale; ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Helmerich & Payne's CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript Seeking Alpha These newly contracted rigs are expected to be utilized in the Fayetteville Shale, Eagle Ford Shale, Bakken Shale and the Permian basin, and consist of 8 FlexRig5s, 6 FlexRig3s and 3 are FlexRig4s. Of the 47 remaining under construction, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
ETFs For The Niobrara Shale Benzinga By The ETF Professor When it comes to US shale plays, most investors are familiar with the Bakken, Eagle Ford and Marcellus shales. Maybe you've been keeping up with the shale bonanza and are now familiar with the Utica Shale. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Alternative energy uninvestable, traditional commodities still lead the pack ... Opalesque Swank notes that shale technology is a key component to oil market growth. He points to the booming Bakken Shale in North Dakota as well as the Eagle Ford Shale in Texas as examples. Other areas such as the Permian Basin also have growth, spreading the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Panel: Expect Utica Development in 2013 NGI's Shale Daily (subscription) CEO Aubrey McClendon began shouting, first by comparing the Utica to the Eagle Ford Shale, then by estimating the value of the play at $500 billion and finally by releasing encouraging production figures (see Shale Daily, Sept. 29; Sept. 22; Aug. 1). ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
244-unit apartment complex breaks ground Friday Victoria Advocate Victoria was attractive because of ongoing Eagle Ford Shale activity, which could potentially affect the area for decades to come, he said. Caterpillar also means not only new company employees, but also potential suppliers and other manufacturing ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Oil prices surge on pipeline plans by Enbridge, TransCanada Vancouver Sun Valero Energy Corp. spokesman Bill Day said some of the firm's seven refineries in Texas process light, sweet volumes from the Texas Eagle Ford shale but one 325000 barrel per day complex in Port Arthur where Keystone XL would end is designed to take ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Turner Bayou Chalk Project Operational Update 4-traders (press release) "Interest in the Eagle Ford Shale and Tuscaloosa Marine Shale in proximity to the Turner Bayou Chalk project is gaining momentum with some attractive drilling and production results," said Justin Pettett, Pryme's Managing Director. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Pemex to Drill 175 Shale-Gas Wells in 4 Years, Morales Says BusinessWeek Pemex, as the Mexico City-based state oil company is known, has begun test wells in the Salinas-Burgos-Picachos basin, which is an extension of the Eagle Ford formation in the US and has the most promise for producing shale gas, Morales said. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Energy briefs NewsOK.com The company is poised to purchase acreage in Oklahoma's Mississippian Shale formation, the Permian Basin, Eagle Ford Shale and Eagle Bine in Texas, the Williston Basin in North Dakota and the Niobrara shale in Wyoming and Nebraska. ... See all stories on this topic » |
Gushing over oil Worcester Telegram The BGOV Barometer shows Chinese companies have purchased more oil and gas assets in Canada from 2005 to 2011 than acquirers from any other foreign country. So far this year, Chinese companies have accounted for $5 billion in Canadian oil and gas deals ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Oil & Gas Round Up - November 14 to November 18, 2011 India Infoline.com The discount on North American crude shrank as futures traders saw new prospects for shipping oil to the Gulf Coast. Enbridge Inc.'s announcement of a proposed new pipeline from Cushing, Oklahoma, to Texas, is changing the dynamics of the oil market in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Industry Professionals Receive Top Awards at Deepwater Operations Conference Sacramento Bee By PennWell Corporation GALVESTON, Texas, Nov. 18, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Two offshore oil and gas industry professionals received top awards for their technical presentations at the Deepwater Operations Conference & Exhibition held at the Moody ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Texas Secretary of State touts economic development in East Texas at summit Lufkin Daily News Porter talked primarily about oil and gas issues, namely the “huge” economic benefits he said Texas could reap through hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking. He said he was both “frustrated and flabbergasted” the Barack Obama administration for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Post Oak Energy receives $200M for oil, gas investment Bizjournals.com The University of Texas Investment Management Co. is entrusting $200 million to Post Oak Energy Capital LP for private investment. Houston-based Post Oak Energy, a private equity investments company, focuses on the upstream sector of the oil and gas ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Range Resources' shares shoot up after 490-per cent Trinidad oil reserves upgrade Proactive Investors USA & Canada Shares in Range Resources (LON:RRL, ASX:RRS) shot up by 16 per cent to 10.2 pence in early trading this morning after the diversified oil and gas explorer announced its proved reserves in Trinidad had increased by 490 per cent to 15.4 million barrels ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Nexen Announces Executive Departures MarketWatch (press release) Nexen is an upstream oil and gas company responsibly developing energy resources in some of the world's most significant basins - including the UK North Sea, offshore West Africa, the Gulf of Mexico and Western Canada. The company is strategically ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Terrace Acquires Interest in Oil Development Projects MarketWatch (press release) ... of San Antonio Texas ("Lightning"), under which Terrace was granted the right to earn an 18.75% net revenue interest ("NRI") in certain oil, gas and mineral leases covering 3395 net acres in the Dimmit and LaSalle Counties, Texas. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
State representative says now is time to fund state water plan My West Texas "By next January, our rainy day fund may have as much as $9 billion," he said, noting that the fund derives money solely from severance taxes on the oil and gas industry. But, he cautioned the state is not an island and will be facing economic issues. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Brian Hardwick Selected For "Who's Who In Dallas, Houston, Pittsburgh Energy" Sacramento Bee About Brian Hardwick : a short profile by and about the honoree:Brian Hardwick is a co-founder of Regal Energy, LLC, an independent oil and gas company dedicated to the exploration, development and production of crude oil and natural gas. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Keystone XL and the Food-Water-Energy Nexus Huffington Post (blog) Opportunities for oil and gas exploration and production may be bountiful, but technological advances and discoveries of new fields must not overshadow a sound environmental review and analysis of ecological, public health and economic impacts both in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Gas Paradox: Falling Demand, Rising Prices Wall Street Journal (blog) Prices for gasoline, diesel and heating oil are determined by global demand and worldwide crude prices. That notion is sometimes lost, with the emphasis misplaced on the US benchmark, West Texas Intermediate crude, delivered at Cushing, Okla. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Californians finding their way to Texas San Antonio Express As an oil- and gas-producing state, Texas has felt the benefits of high energy prices. In addition, its housing sector has fared better than those in other parts of the country. For Californians moving to Texas, the state's lower cost of living is ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Texas Unemployment Rate Drops in October Texas Tribune The mining sector, which includes jobs like oil and natural gas excavation, also continued to grow, adding 4500 jobs. But other production industries in Texas, such as construction and manufacturing, declined by 12800 and 1000 jobs, respectively. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
10-Q: MILAGRO OIL & GAS, INC. Middle East North Africa Financial Network Overview We are an independent oil and natural gas company primarily engaged in the acquisition, exploitation, development and production of oil and natural gas reserves. We were formed as a limited liability company in 2005 with a focus on properties ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Fracking and Quaking: They're Linked TheTyee.ca And now, even BC's Oil and Gas Commission is investigating 31 tremors with magnitudes as great as 4.3 that have shaken the Horn River shale gas play near Fort Nelson, BC since 2009. Three of the quakes occurred during controversial hydraulic fracking ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Halliburton to bring 1000 jobs to SA area KSAT San Antonio "Here is oil and here is natural gas right here in South Texas that wasn't available before new technology maked it possible and our benefit is great jobs." Those jobs, Cisneros hopes, will be filled by people from San Antonio and Bexar County. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
KeyBanc joins Houston energy banking gusher Houston Business Journal 15, where a six-person energy investment team headed by longtime oil and gas banker Sylvia Barnes will set up shop. She will serve as managing director and head of the bank's Texas oil and gas group. The addition of a Houston office doubles KeyBanc's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Preliminary results show Colorado oil, gas lease auction raising more than $7 ... The Republic CATHERINE TSAI AP DENVER — The Colorado State Land Board's quarterly oil and gas lease auction raised close to $7.5 million Thursday from bids for 245 parcels, according to initial results. Final audited results won't be available for several more ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
With help from Juana Summers, Erica Martinson, Talia Buford and Darren Goode Politico In a related story, House Speaker John Boehner threw his support Thursday behind the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act, which would funnel the revenues from new oil and gas lease sales to infrastructure projects (Burgess Everett and Adam ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Mayor Madrid Signs Letter to Obama Opposing Canada-to-Texas Pipeline Patch.com And both sides are concerned about oil leaking into aquifers that supply Texas and the Plains states. TransCanada, the force behind the proposed 1661-mile pipeline, reportedly had planned to begin construction in January 2012. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Thelma Earlene Rogers Times Record News Earlene was a member and held numerous offices in Woman's Club of Graham, Desk & Derrick, Order of the Eastern Star, Texas Alliance of Oil and Gas Producers, where she was a director and received the Mozelle Cherry award. She loved hunting, fishing and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Plains Exploration Prices Notes Daily Markets (press release) Plains Exploration already has cash and cash equivalents, as of September 30, 2011, of $11.5 million while the sale of its working interest in oil and gas properties located in Texas Panhandle and its conventional natural gas properties in South Texas ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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EPA chief: Wyoming water well results 'of concern' Casper Star-Tribune Online Jackson's comments marked the first time she has raised a possible link between the oil and gas industry practice of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, with drinking-water pollution in the area. A spokesman for Calgary, Alberta-based Encana Corp., ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Exxon Mobil For The Long Term Seeking Alpha Exxon Mobil Corporation engages in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas and manufacture of petroleum products, as well as transportation and sale of crude oil, natural gas and petroleum products. The company manufactures and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Seven notables inducted into Oklahoma Hall of Fame NewsOK.com After graduating from Enid High School, he worked in the oil fields before launching a one-truck oil-field service business in Ringwood. In 1967, he incorporated Shelly Dean Oil Co., which later became Continental Resources, an oil and gas exploration ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Terrace To Earn 27.78% Stake In Texas Project Oil and Gas Investor (registration) Terrace Cutlass LLC, a subsidiary of Terrace Energy Corp., Vancouver, (Toronto Venture: TZR) plans to acquire an 18.75% net revenue interest in certain oil, gas and mineral leases covering 3395 net acres in the Dimmit and LaSalle counties, Texas, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
DFW briefs: Feds' approval of Texas' voter ID law is delayed Fort Worth Star Telegram It submitted a census list of all Spanish surnames in Texas and offered to cross-check those names against voters with Spanish surnames. -- The Associated Press FORT WORTH -- An oil and gas well servicing firm has agreed to a $450000 settlement with a ... See all stories on this topic » |
Chesapeake Energy stock draws rare "sell" rating in scorching critique by Wall ... Fort Worth Star Telegram (blog) 2 natural gas producer in North Texas' Barnett Shale, to "sell," from "hold," according to this Wall Street Journal report. This is only a preview. Your comment has not yet been posted. Your comment could not be posted. Error type: Your comment has ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Biggest US energy shift of the millennium Stockhouse Companies in other major shales – like the Eagle Ford, Haynesville, and Barnett – will continue to add to the country's supply. And Heckmann Corp itself saw revenues doubled over the past six months. In 2012, sales should easily triple versus this ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
GWPC report Lexology (registration) Texas is currently placing summary data online for new completions, has implemented new disposal well requirements in the Barnett Shale play, and recently enacted statutes requiring public disclosure of hydraulic fracturing chemicals. ... See all stories on this topic » |
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