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Jenfitch, LLC, working with a private independent oil service firm from Houston, recently conducted a field study on four different ...

The oil and gas industry is a volatile marketplace. Not only does the price swing up and down, but pipes ...

When historic oil companies/families like Yates, Clayton Williams and Bass sold out in the first quarter of 2017, it started ...

Anyone who had a connection to the oil and gas industry felt the power of federal bureaucracy during the eight-years ...

In the book “Fueling Freedom,” authors Stephen Moore and Kathleen Hartnett White explain their views by addressing “the madness of ...

Tim McNally: Why don’t you tell me a little about why EnergyFunders was founded? Casey Minshew, COO, EnergyFunders Casey Minshew: ...

Dallas-based Covey Park Energy on Feb. 15 said that it has closed on the acquisition of assets in the Haynesville ...

BHP Billiton in early February said that its board approved expenditure of $2.2 billion for its share of the development ...

Are you feeling the market rebound? What I’ve heard from industry sources and the numerous reports I’ve read, the oil ...

Lafayette, Louisiana-based Stone Energy Corporation announced on February 28 that it had successfully completed the requirements for emerging from their ...

The Bakken is back in business after the first month of the new year. With newly inaugurated President Trump at ...

On Feb. 15, The Williams Companies, Inc. released its fourth quarter and total year performance for 2016. The Tulsa, Okla.-based ...

The Bayou Bridge Pipeline expansion in Louisiana will have a significant economic benefit for the state, according to one group's ...

Findlay, Ohio-based MPLX LP announced on Feb. 13 that it agreed to purchase the Ozark Pipeline from Enbridge Pipelines, LLC. ...

The U.S.’ most saturated shale oil play has become too saturated with companies trying to squeeze out a profit. Land ...

Oilfield Helping Hands (OHH) has been named the 2017 beneficiary of the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) Distinguished Achievement Award. OHH ...

A rule that was part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was overturned by a vote ...

To the dismay of numerous protestors and outspoken opponents, on Feb. 7, Dakota Access LLC, the firm which was constructing ...

On Feb. 1, the Senate approved former Exxon Mobil chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson for the position of Secretary of ...

Texas Petro Index (TPI) announced today that upstream oil and gas activity in Texas ended its 24-month-long contraction in December. ...

Tulsa, Okla.-based Magellan Pipeline Company L.P. has agreed to pay a fine of $2 million, in addition to $16 million ...

The fact that oil and gas firms have cut hundreds of thousands of jobs is nothing new. The repetitive headlines ...

During the oil and gas slowdown the last two years, employees across many sectors of the industry were laid off, ...

Taps Technology for the Modern Classroom Experience As oil and gas companies in 2017 face unique challenges in workforce development, ...

Hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as fracking, has been a double-edged sword for the U.S. This method of hydrocarbon recovery has ...

Well Site Automation The Westin Galleria Houston 5060 W Alabama St. Houston, TX January 28-29, 2017 http://www.wellsite-automation.com/ Mid-Continent Digital Oilfield ...

Do not mistake a safety program for a training program. The petroleum industry has made great strides in developing safety ...

Future generations are depending on us to keep the American dream alive. For too long we in America have been ...

Josh Robbins, Beachwood Marketing Group. Credit: Edgar Lance Photography As the calendar rolled into 4Q16, many companies decided it was ...

Even though natural gas prices at the wellhead remain flat, production continues at a record pace, resulting in record high ...

An Interview with Nick Candito, CEO and Co-founder, Progressly Nick Candito Jason Spiess: Since you are the founder, let’s start ...

Foothills Exploration Inc. in December entered into a participation agreement with Magna Operating LLC for the Labokay prospect, which covers ...

Swift Energy Company in December 2016 said it has sold its remaining 25% interest in the Burr Ferry and South ...

Oklahoma City-based Panhandle Oil and Gas Inc. in December 2016 reported a 4Q16 profit — a small gain in what ...

Oklahoma State Treasurer Ken Miller in December said that the state’s oil and gas industry is making “slow but steady ...

President-elect Trump’s nominee for Director of the Environmental Protection Agency, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, has been met with praise ...

Texas Railroad Commissioner Ryan Sitton in November 2016 joined a research consortium that is working to understand both naturally occurring ...

As it currently stands, many oil and gas companies are required to provide capital up front to fund the removal ...

Gulf Tech, an auditing firm based in Plano, Texas, has been working on becoming a fully accredited Safety and Environmental ...

President-Elect Donald Trump’s decision to nominate an oil and gas CEO to the Secretary of State position has been met ...

The Fraser Institute, an independent, Vancouver-based think tank, on Dec. 6 released its 2016 Global Petroleum Survey. The survey is ...

In September, OPEC announced that it would finalize an oil production cut by the end of November. The announcement was ...

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the prolonged oil recession has wiped out billions in potential wages from ...

If Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) gets his way, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas will receive extra offshore gas and drilling ...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) estimates that it has discovered the largest continuous oil and gas deposit ever assessed in ...

Despite the slump in global oil prices, a few brave Louisiana-based companies are venturing out as startups in the energy ...

ExxonMobil expects that the downturn could affect the value of roughly 4.6 billion barrels of oil reserves. With the oil ...