Posted on November 5, 2014 at 7:06 pm by Collin Eaton in
Deals,
Legal issues,
Pipelines |
A Delaware state judge denied a request by investors to delay a shareholder vote on Kinder Morgan’s $44 billion deal to fuse all of its companies.
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Houston-based drilling rig contractor Hercules Offshore has told Texas regulators it will lay off 324 employees as it shuts down four rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Posted on October 31, 2014 at 2:55 pm by Collin Eaton in
Electricity,
ERCOT,
Wind |
Increased electric resources should keep the Texas power grid sufficiently supplied through the expected colder-than-normal winter season, officials for the state’s grid operator said Friday.
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Posted on October 31, 2014 at 11:16 am by Collin Eaton in
Crude oil,
Deals,
featured,
Hydraulic fracturing |
Wildcatter Aubrey McClendon’s oil and gas startup in West Texas may be the latest venture in the Permian Basin to beckon for Wall Street investors, sitting astride one of the most lucrative U.S. shale plays.
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Posted on October 30, 2014 at 7:12 pm by Collin Eaton in
Corporate governance,
Legal issues,
LNG |
Cheniere Energy has reached a pre-settlement pact with investors that will put restraints on pay after CEO Charif Souki’s $142 million annual takehome had outpaced every other U.S. CEO’s last year.
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Posted on October 30, 2014 at 7:51 am by Collin Eaton in
Finance/Earnings,
Oil field services |
National Oilwell Varco saw higher demand for rig equipment and aftermarket services.
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Posted on October 29, 2014 at 9:59 am by Collin Eaton in
Crude oil,
Deals,
Finance/Earnings |
A decline in oil prices may offer up discounts for key acquisitions in Colorado and elsewhere, Anadarko CEO Al Walker said.
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Posted on October 28, 2014 at 4:00 pm by Collin Eaton in
Crude oil,
Finance/Earnings,
Shale |
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.’s net income surged fivefold in the third quarter.
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Posted on October 28, 2014 at 7:25 am by Collin Eaton in
Crude oil,
Europe,
featured,
Finance/Earnings |
The Big Oil industry’s prized projects won’t face major cuts unless oil prices fall below $70 a barrel, BP’s chief financial officer told investors on Tuesday.
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Posted on October 27, 2014 at 5:46 pm by Collin Eaton in
Africa,
Deals,
Legal issues |
The Securities and Exchange Commission alleged the Woodlands-based company had spent nearly $800,000 to pay off foreign government officials in Mali, Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Posted on October 27, 2014 at 1:16 pm by Collin Eaton in
Crude oil,
Deals,
featured,
Finance/Earnings |
A private equity shop that lured the former U.S. Treasury Department chief to the firm last year has collected $4 billion for its first energy fund to pour cash into U.S. oil explorers and other companies.
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Posted on October 27, 2014 at 10:49 am by Collin Eaton in
Crude oil,
Deals,
Eagle Ford,
featured |
The debt-funded deal closed late last week, but Carrizo said it is scheduled pay the bulk of the purchase price by February.
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