The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has determined that approval of the Lake Charles Liquefaction Project would have some adverse environmental effects, but most of those…
Lynn Bourdon, president and CEO of Oklahoma City-based Enable Midstream’s general partner, Enable GP, in early June resigned from the company and stepped down from his…
Lafayette, La.-based PetroQuest Energy Inc. in June closed the sale of the majority of its interests in the Woodford and Mississippian Lime for $280 million, subject…
Although the technology of Rapid Prototyping (RP) was born at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), it’s found a home in the American automotive industry. Thirty…
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell in March released final standards for hydraulic fracturing on public and American Indian lands. The standards update requirements for well-bore…
After the U.S. Senate in early March failed to override President Obama’s veto of legislation that would have approved TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL Pipeline project, Sen.…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee, and Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), joined 19 of their Senate colleagues on…
ABB has introduced the Tropos 6420-XA, a fourth-generation outdoor broadband mesh router that is an oil well pad communications hub for all life cycle phases from…
BP has agreed to use Schlumberger’s Petrel E&P software platform to support BP’s new digital technology roll out. The first deployment of the two-year global implementation…
Mtelligence Corp. (Mtell) and MapR Technologies Inc. have released a big data platform, called Mtell Reservoir, which uses the MapR Distribution, including Hadoop, Mtell Previse Software,…
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Office of Enforcement Division of Energy Market Oversight presented the 2014 State of the Markets Report during a March 19…
Jericho Oil Corp. has closed on its previously announced acquisition of a 50% working interest in 1,850 acres in northeastern Oklahoma. This transaction is the first…
A wholly owned subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. has exercised its option to purchase a 20% equity interest in Saddlehorn Pipeline Co., resulting in the equity…
Sanchez Production Partners (SPP) has engaged Lantana Energy Advisors to assist with the possible divestiture of SPP’s assets and operations in Oklahoma and Kansas. The assets…
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s (OCC) Oil and Gas Conservation Division (OGCD) has issued new directives to disposal well operators in Oklahoma as part of the continuing…
Chesapeake Energy has reduced its 2015 capital budget to $3.5 billion to $4.0 billion for 2015, which is a $500 million reduction from its previous guidance…
Independence Resources Management plans to use a $500 million investment to focus on activity in the Anadarko Basin. Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm focused…
The members of the Railroad Commission of Texas in early March provided invited testimony on U.S. trade policy and its impact on the energy industry in…
The Texas Oil and Gas Association (TXOGA) in February reported that the Texas oil and natural gas industry paid a record $15.7 billion in state and…
Texas LNG in March asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to initiate a National Environmental Policy Act pre-filing review of the company’s proposed Brownsville LNG project.…
Rangeland Energy has executed a long-term agreement with a subsidiary of Delek US Holdings to be an anchor shipper of crude oil on the Rangeland Integrated…
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on April 1, in accordance with a March 20 FERC order issuing a Presidential Permit, granted Houston Pipe Line Company’s…
Angelo State University (ASU) received a $116,500 gift from Shell Oil Exploration and Production to fund a rangeland reclamation research project through joint efforts of the…
The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held an oil and gas lease sale in March for the Central Gulf of…
Congressional leadership from Louisiana recently wrote to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) urging the agency to make a decision before the end of the year…
Columbia Gulf Transmission in March filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct, own and…
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. recently released the results of additional production testing on Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas’ (FM O&G) Highlander discovery, located onshore in South Louisiana in the…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (March 24, 2015) – The Principals of Founders Investment Banking, LLC announce the sale of Eagle Automation Limited (“Eagle”), a leading automation and measurement services provider,…
Cost-Saving Innovation, Cutting-Edge Technology on Display at the Largest Deal-Making Show in the Ark-La-Tex Region Companies from every sector of the industry are taking a hard…
Janet McCabe, Acting Assistant Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Air and Radiation on Jan. 14 released the details of a new…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to amend requirements under the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan to improve the nation’s ability…
Keith Martin, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke Q: What was the North American project finance bank market in 2014 compared to 2013? Tom Emmons, Managing Director, Head…
The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Jan. 29 held a hearing on the LNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act (S. 33), sponsored by…
Comstock Resources Inc. said in December 2014 that it plans to spend $161 million for drilling 14 Haynesville/Bossier shale natural gas wells. In addition, Comstock plans…
Commissioner Dana Murphy in January provided updates on the latest developments in the Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s (OCC) earthquake response measures. “As I’ve said before, it’s very…
Commissioner Ryan Sitton was sworn-in on Jan. 5 as the 49th commissioner of the Railroad Commission of Texas. Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett administered the…
Spectra Energy Corp and Spectra Energy Partners, through their affiliate, Spectra Energy Transmission II LLC, they have entered into a purchase and sale agreement to acquire…
Azure Midstream Energy LLC, Marlin Midstream Partners LP, and NuDevco Midstream Development LLC have entered into definitive agreements that will result in Azure owning 100% of…
Medallion Pipeline Company LLC, a subsidiary of Medallion Midstream LLC, on Jan. 14 filed a request with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission seeking a declaratory order…
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Dec. 30, 2014, issued an order authorizing Corpus Christi Liquefaction to site, construct, and operate the company’s proposed liquefaction…
Flowtex Energy recently entered into two partnerships that will focus on drilling new wells in central Oklahoma and southeast Texas. Flowtex Energy will partner with Edmond,…
Jericho Oil Corp. has signed a letter of intent to acquire a 50% working interest in 2,050 acres in the Cherokee basin in northeastern Oklahoma. Upon…
Northcote Energy has signed an agreement with NAPP to acquire the entire issued share capital of NAPP’s wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, NAP USA Inc. The acquisition…
Core Resource Management Inc. has acquired the Oklahoma oil and gas assets of White Stone Resources LP and Royal Energy Resources Inc. in exchange for common…
Several new bills related to oil drilling bans were introduced in the Oklahoma state legislature in January. The bills are: HB2124 and HB1395, Acts relating to…
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently said that it will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed Calcasieu Pass Project and an environmental…
Magnolia LNG LLC has executed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Kellogg Brown & Root LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of KBR Inc. and SKE&C USA…
The Louisiana Office of Conservation on Dec. 19, 2014, approved a permit for Helis Oil & Gas Co.’s proposed drilling operation near Mandeville, La., in the…
The Bureau of Land Management is offering competitive land leases on parcels containing acres of Federal land in Louisiana. The competitive oral auction will begin at…
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