Texas Landowner Gets Restraining Order Against Keystone XL
A Texas landowner who three weeks ago signed an easement agreement with TransCanada Corp. on a part of its Keystone XL oil pipeline project won a county court-ordered temporary restraining order on...
View ArticleFitch: Despite Shales, Foreign Oil Still Necessary
Make no mistake, the shale boom is a great thing for the country, but anyone expecting it to yield energy independence is in need of a reality check, according to Fitch Ratings. In the new report...
View ArticleNew York Moratorium Bills Face Uncertain Future in Senate
The New York State Assembly’s passage of a bill calling for a two-year moratorium on high-volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF) in the state could divide the fragile bipartisan coalition that controls the...
View ArticleShale Growth Causing NatGas Pipeline ‘Replumbing,’ Says Braziel
The day-in and day-out reports from operators ready to build new natural gas pipelines and natural gas liquids (NGL) midstream infrastructure generally have had one thing in common over the past couple...
View ArticleOn Marcellus Growth, Natural Gas ‘Replumbing’ Underway
Almost every week projects to build or expand natural gas pipelines and natural gas liquids (NGL) midstream infrastructure is unveiled, and most of the news has one thing in common: the Marcellus...
View ArticleDOE Lets Out A Little More of the Shale Gale
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) apparently has come to the conclusion that U.S. shale gas is too good a thing to not share with the rest of the world in larger quantities. Last week, DOE...
View ArticleIndex Shows Texas Oil and Gas Activity Stabilizing
Stability has come to the Texas oil and gas exploration and production sector, which is a good thing for producers and for consumers, said the economist who compiles the state’s monthly Texas Petro...
View ArticleTight Oil, Liquids Boost U.S. Upstream Spending in 2012
Low natural gas prices didn’t deter U.S. operators from boosting upstream spending in 2012, according to data compiled by Ernst & Young. Total capital expenditures (capex) reached $185.6 billion...
View ArticleStability Comes to Texas Energy Patch
Stability has come to the Texas oil and gas exploration and production sector, which is a good thing for producers and for consumers, said the economist who compiles the state’s monthly Texas Petro...
View ArticleEncana Taps Former BP Operating Chief as CEO
Former BP plc operating chief Doug Suttles on Tuesday took over as CEO and president of Encana Corp., one of the largest natural gas producers in North America. Board member and interim CEO Clayton H....
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