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Eagle Ford Shale to host Job Fair Laredo Sun Richard Peña Raymond, called on the Laredo community to participate in the job fair of the Eagle Ford Shale on 13 January. LAREDO, TX .- "It is an event for these companies engaged in oil and gas exploitation in Laredo can find the workforce they need ... See all stories on this topic » Laredo Sun

Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. Announces Achievement of Oil Production Goal MarketWatch (press release) The recent initiation of production from seven gross Eagle Ford Shale wells from the Pfluger and Irvin leases and the Speaker #1 in the Niobrara Formation propelled Carrizo's net overall daily oil production to approximately 6040 barrels on December 26 ... See all stories on this topic »

1 Small Cap on My Radar Motley Fool Abraxas has acreage in the Alberta Bakken, Bakken / Three Forks, Niobrara, Eagle Ford Shale, Permian, and Barnett shale plays. Among the more important assets are 50000-plus net acres in the Bakken, Eagle Ford, and Niobrara, emerging sources of ... See all stories on this topic »

Texas Department of Transportation to upgrade roads battered by oilfield ... Corpus Christi Caller Times "Karnes County is one of the hotbeds of oil field activity in the Eagle Ford Shale formation and both local and state roads in Karnes County, which were not built to carry heavy truck traffic, are being torn up," the agency said. ... See all stories on this topic »

Subsidies offer relief, support to Crossroads agriculturists (database) Victoria Advocate All in all, Kubecka said that even though dry conditions meant difficulties for Crossroads agriculture, he's grateful for another industry - Eagle Ford Shale play - doing its part to pump money into the region. "Even though farming has not been that ... See all stories on this topic » Victoria Advocate

Industry Briefs NGI's Shale Daily (subscription) Magnum Hunter operates in the Marcellus, Eagle Ford and Bakken shales. "We are very fortunate to have three resource plays within our portfolio that are now 'hitting on all cylinders' and providing an increase in our overall production levels well ... See all stories on this topic »

 

 

Healing the waters: The recent Gulf of Mexico Summit looks at the state of ... CultureMap Austin A host of high-level officials from the federal, state and local governments, scientists from a whopping 66 academic institutions, representatives of businesses such as seafood and oil and gas and leaders of nearly a dozen conservation organizations ... See all stories on this topic » CultureMap Austin

Rising Oil Prices Paint Rosy Outlook for FTTN in 2012 MarketWatch (press release) BRADENTON, Fla., Dec 28, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- With global oil prices on the rise, emerging oil and gas developer First Titan Corp. /quotes/zigman/5243579 FTTN +10.34% anticipates a prosperous year ahead in 2012. Many analysts say that crude oil will ... See all stories on this topic »

Breitling Oil and Gas Corp enters the Bakken play Gas Business Briefing Breitling Oil and Gas Corp is entering the Bakken Shale play through an acreage acquisition in the Sand Creek field in McKenzie County, North Dakota, Gas Business Briefing finds. The Irving, Texas-based independent plans to drill six initial Bakken and ... See all stories on this topic »

Solar power push faces challenges in Texas BBC News If gas is cheap, why bother investing in more expensive alternatives, even if they are cleaner? So for some, then, the story of energy in Texas has come full circle, with oil and gas again reigning supreme. For others, the rise of renewable energy has ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Victory Energy Appoints Mark W. Biggers as Chief Financial Officer MarketWatch (press release) Most of that experience was gained while working in the upstream oil and gas industry. Those capabilities will be leveraged as we look to aggressively raise capital and grow the Company in a profitable manner." Mr. Biggers has worked at Alvarez ... See all stories on this topic »

Mogul begins drilling of Werland Heirs #1 well in Texas Energy Business Review Oil and gas explorer Mogul Energy International has commenced drilling operations on the Werland Heirs #1 well in the Mud Flats field in Texas, US. The company is drilling the well in Aransas County to a target depth of 9600ft in the Frio formation. ... See all stories on this topic »

Hyperdynamics resumes drilling offshore Guinea, shares up Reuters * Resumed drilling on sabu-1 exploration well * Shares up 6 pct Dec 28 (Reuters) - Oil and gas explorer Hyperdynamics Corp said it resumed drilling in an exploration well offshore the Republic of Guinea in West Africa, sending its shares up as much as ... See all stories on this topic »

This Dividend-Paying Energy Stock Looks Interesting Motley Fool By Isac Simon | More Articles Volatility has been the hallmark in the oil and gas industry this year. Except for Big Oil stocks, savvy investors have been cagey about this industry at large. That's why investing in stocks that offer stable cash flows ... See all stories on this topic »

Donald E. "Donnie" Cole Amarillo.com They made their home in West Texas, prior to moving to Owasso in June of 2000. He spent almost 50 years in the oil and gas industry with the following companies: Oneok Inc., Kinder-Morgan, American Oil & Gas, Cabot Corp, Pioneer-Westar and Pioneer ... See all stories on this topic »

Texas Capital Bank Houston Region chairman to resign Houston Business Journal “I think Jon wanted to go back into the oil and gas industry that he came out of and was looking forward to doing that late in his career.” Texas Capital Bank is the principal subsidiary of Texas Capital Bancshares Inc. (Nasdaq: TCBI) and is based in ... See all stories on this topic »

Recall: Bright economy, dark places San Antonio Current Foreign investors pumped billions more into producing oil and gas from the Eagle Ford. A Japanese firm invested $680 million in South Texas' shale play to secure natural gas for "thermal" power plants as most of Japan's nukes are not operating in the ... See all stories on this topic » San Antonio Current

City prepares new plans for New Year Kilgore News Herald Corporation continued to work on diversifying the revenue tax base and did a very good job, bringing in complementary industries and ones that will allow us to weather any downturn in that oil and gas sector, if one arises. ... See all stories on this topic »

Oh, Canada's Become a Home for Record Fracking ProPublica It also can heighten the risk of air and water pollution, said Bruce Kramer, an expert in oil and gas law with McGinnis, Lochridge and Kilgore, a Texas-based law firm. In both western provinces, the regional authorities responsible for regulating ... See all stories on this topic » ProPublica

Steady jobs growth forecast Calgary Herald With some industries ramping up hiring, especially in the oil and gas sector - Imperial Oil recently announced it was proceeding with its Kearl oilsands expansion - government, businesses and schools are working to anticipate and address demand before ... See all stories on this topic »

 

 

Chesapeake Energy defends Michigan "land grab" that used shell company for ... Fort Worth Star Telegram (blog) 2 natural-gas producer in North Texas' Barnett Shale, is facing lawsuits in Michigan from farmers who said they signed drilling leases, only to have the leasing firm, Northern Michigan Exploration LLC, void the deals. As it turns out, Northern Michigan ... See all stories on this topic »

Williams Partners Inks Delphi Deal Zacks.com Per the deal, Williams Partners will also buy Delphi's Mansfield Gathering System in the Barnett Shale near Fort Worth, Texas that comprises 19 miles of pipeline. The properties are located in the Marcellus Shale, which extends from Canada to Kentucky. ... See all stories on this topic »

Renewed Faith in Oil and Gas: Jim Letourneau Business Insider Today, North America has the cheapest natural gas in the world and we are building export terminals. It started in Texas, in the Barnett Shale. For every argument that says shale gas will not work, there are arguments that say it will. ... See all stories on this topic »

KKR partners with Quicksilver Resources in Canadian venture Fort Worth Star Telegram Quicksilver currently gets most of its gas production from the Barnett Shale. But in the long term, Horn River has the potential to quadruple the company's reserves, Darden said. Quicksilver estimates that its Horn River wells will have an average ... See all stories on this topic » Fort Worth Star Telegram

Our Outlook for Energy Stocks Morningstar.com We've seen encouraging signs that Barnett and Haynesville shale dry gas production has hit a plateau, and conventional gas is in sharp decline. The key variable to gas supply now is associated gas, or gas produced by so-called liquids drilling. ... See all stories on this topic »