June 25, 2012
No Sympathy for Investors Fooled by Outlandish Scams
Who needs roll-up-your-sleeves fundamental analysis to pick stocks when you could simply rely on the alignment of the stars or stock-picking robots?
May 11, 2012
ConocoPhillips to spend billions growing reserves
A newly streamlined ConocoPhillips ConocoPhillips Latest from The Business Journals Tropical Storm Debby threatens Gulf oil, gas productionChesapeake gets new chairman, directors per investors’ requestChesapeake Energy names former Conoco CEO chairman, appoints new board members Follow this company will spend $15 billion per year for the next five years as the Houston-based company grows its reserves throughout the world, Ryan Lance told shareholders at his first annual shareholders meeting as chairman and CEO May 9.
New energy conference to debut in Houston in 2012
While there’s no shortage of conferences in the Bayou City that focus on energy, most are highly specialized. But a new conference expected to gather this fall is designed to bring all the elements of energy together.
March 17, 2012
Krauthammer: Shedding some light on a failing energy policy
Yes, of course, presidents have no direct control over gas prices. But the American people know something about this president and his disdain for oil. The "fuel of the past," he contemptuously calls it. To the American worker who doesn't commute by government motorcade and is getting fleeced every week at the pump, oil seems very much a fuel of the present - and of the foreseeable future.
GE expands energy footprint with Eagle Ford pipeline investment
General Electric will buy a 30.6 percent stake in San Antonio-based Howard Energy Partners, GE announced this week, the mega-corporation’s latest move to grow its energy footprint.
Spectra Clears Hurdle for New Jersey-New York Gas Pipe
Spectra Energy Corp. (SE) cleared an environmental hurdle in its plan to build a $1.2 billion pipeline that would bring natural gas from New Jersey to Manhattan.
March 15, 2012
Report says EPA rules a threat to hydraulic fracturing
WASHINGTON - Proposed federal regulations on emissions from oil and gas production could cause unconventional drilling operations to drop over the next several years, the American Petroleum Institute said.
EPA: Water quality OK in Pa. gas drilling town
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Federal environmental regulators said Thursday that well water testing at 11 homes in a northeastern Pennsylvania village where a gas driller was accused of polluting the aquifer failed to show elevated levels of contamination.
Argentina will sue over Falklands oil exploration
(Reuters) - Argentina will take legal action against any companies involved in oil exploration off the disputed Falkland Islands as part of a drive to pressure Britain into sovereignty talks, the foreign minister said on Thursday.
March 14, 2012
Faulty wells, not fracking, responsible for water contamination
The unconventional oil and gas sector has been hounded by concerns about the safety and environmental impact of standard practices like hydraulic fracturing, but recent evidence suggests that some of the most notable complaints might be off the mark.
February 22, 2012
Cabot Joins Williams to Move Marcellus Gas to New York
Feb. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. and Williams Partners LP will join forces on a new pipeline to move at least 500 million cubic feet of natural gas a day from Pennsylvania to higher-priced markets in New York and New England.
February 20, 2012
U.S., Mexico, reach accord on drilling below maritime border
The U.S. and Mexico reached an agreement Monday to cooperate on oil-and-gas development in waters along the nations’ maritime border in the Gulf of Mexico.
February 16, 2012
Study: Fracturing no threat to groundwater
Hydraulic fracturing in shale formations "has no direct connection" to groundwater contamination, a study released Thursday concluded.
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