Articles by Carolyn Davis

Shell Midstream IPO Could be Largest MLP Offering in Decade

Shell Midstream Partners LP on Wednesday debuted as one of the largest master limited partnership initial public offerings in more than 10 years. Read More

McClendon's Permian Business Talks Public Launch Within a Year

The Permian Basin unit of American Energy Partners LP could go public within a year depending on market conditions, the Aubrey McClendon-led company said... Read More

Reservoir Enhancement the Name of the Game, Says Core Labs

Optimizing wells every which way, through spacing, fracture (frack) stimulation, more proppant or longer lateral lengths are big business in North America's onshore, and Core Laboratories has found entree with its reservoir enhancement technology, which helped lift it to its most profitable results ever in the third quarter. Read More

Falling Oil Prices Squeezing Onshore E&P Operators

It's only a "matter of weeks" before onshore operators begin laying down rigs in some U.S. oilfields, one industry observer told NGI on Tuesday. Onshore exploration and production (E&P) companies also are seeking price relief from oilfield service operators, according to one energy analyst. Read More

BP Slammed on Oil Price Plunge But Still Beats Consensus

BP plc on Tuesday posted a 19% decline in third quarter profits from a year ago, in part impacted by the global oversupply in crude oil, and in part on a huge drop in profits from its near-20% stake in Russia's OAO Rosneft, but the producer still beat Wall Street consensus by a wide margin. Read More

Independents Unite to Lobby for U.S. Crude Exports

More than a dozen of the largest onshore independents, including ConocoPhillips, Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Encana Corp. and Chesapeake Energy Corp., have formed a pact to lobby for the right to export crude oil. Read More

SandRidge Readies Launch of Water Unit to Serve Midcon Operators

SandRidge Energy Inc. is planning to spin off a subsidiary to serve Midcontinent producers that need saltwater services for their oil and gas wells. Read More

Continental Sees 'Repeatability' in Springer Wells

Continental Resources Inc.'s emerging Springer Shale in the South Central Oklahoma Oil Province is indicating continuing success, if recovery rates from four new wells are any indication. Read More

U.S. Energy Industry CEOs Optimistic on Prospects, Profits to 2017

U.S. energy CEOs are optimistic about the industry and their growth for the next three years, with nearly two-thirds expecting their best profits in 2016 and 2017, a survey by KPMG LLP has found. Read More

U.S. Shale Oil Output Needs to Slow for Prices to Recover, Says Goldman

Global oil prices will need to decline over the coming year for U.S. shale oil production to slow down, Goldman Sachs analysts said Monday in cutting forecasts for West Texas Intermediate and Brent prices through 2015. Read More