Energy News

Willbros overhauls business strategy after major management changes

The company plans major changes to its oil and gas segment.

Energy Inc.

Total names new CEO after deadly plane crash

France-based Total SA (NYSE: TOT) wasted little time to name a new CEO on Oct. 22 after the stunning death of the energy giant's leader in a Moscow plane crash.

UT gets huge grant to study potential game-changing global energy source

​Researchers at the University of Texas have received a new $58 million grant to study a new source of energy that could provide roughly 250 years of gas at present consumption rates.

Money Makers

Houston law firms expand out of state to follow the oil

See what oil and gas hot spots are spurring Houston law firms to expand out of Texas.

Morning Edition

Judge delays Oncor bidding in Energy Future Holdings bankruptcy

The bidding was to begin on Oct. 23, but the judge says he wants to hear from more creditors.

Morning Edition

Houston energy engineering firm names new CEO, president in latest management shuffle

The company named a new CEO earlier than expected and replaced its president, who had only been in the role a few months.

Energy Inc.

Cease and desist order filed against Houston energy company

​A Houston-based energy company has received a cease-and-desist order for allegedly fraudulent investment practices, according to a new filing from the Texas State Securities Board.

Nelson Bunker Hunt dies at age of 88

Legendary wheeler-dealer Nelson Bunker Hunt dies at age 88.

Noble Energy appoints new CEO

CEO and Chairman Charles Davidson announced his retirement in April.

Energy Inc.

Houston shallow Gulf leader hires CFO from deepwater

The top public shallow Gulf of Mexico production company has hired the CFO from one of the Gulf's biggest deepwater explorers.

Major oil company's CEO dies in plane crash

Total is the fourth-largest Western oil company and has a significant presence in Houston.

Washington Bureau

When Big Oil does well, so do half of us

A study by the American Petroleum Institute found that ordinary Americans, through their retirement plans, own nearly half of all shares in oil and natural gas companies.

Energy Inc.

New Houston co-CEOs plan to turn energy company around

​James Lewis and Deborah Merril ​worked at Enron together before branching out to form Just Energy Texas LP electricity retailer, which they sold five years later to Toronto-based ​Energy Savings Income Fund. Now, they're back in charge again.

Morning Edition

Shell's Houston-based MLP launches IPO

The Houston-based MLP filed for an IPO of up to $750 million in June and bumped that up in an Oct. 20 filing.

Houston BizBlog

Meet the 40 Under 40 who founded a charity to support people in developing countries

Robert Halpin, the vice president of finance for Crestwood Midstream Partners LP, co-founded the Pearl Street Group, a charity that helps people in developing countries establish businesses.