Carolyn Davis joined the editorial staff of Intelligence Press Inc. in Houston in May, 2000. Prior to that, she covered regulatory issues for environmental and occupational safety and health publications. She also has worked as a reporter for several daily newspapers in Texas, including the Waco Tribune-Herald, the Temple Daily Telegram and the Killeen Daily Herald. She attended Texas A&M University and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from the University of Houston.
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Basic Energy Standing Ready For Onshore Uptick
Expectations that maintenance projects that were deferred in the U.S. onshore last year would resume early in 2016 haven’t panned out as expected, Basic Energy Services Inc. CEO Roe Patterson said Thursday. However, production-related activities “appeared to have stabilized” in March, and there’s optimism, however slight, that work is improving steadily.
April 21, 2016
No Gain, More Pain Forecast For OFS Sector
As first quarter results are unveiled, expect to hear more hardship from the oilfield services (OFS) sector, energy analysts said.
April 21, 2016
White Star Doubles Down in Northern Oklahoma in $200M Deal with Devon
Devon Energy Corp. is taking $200 million for a package of Mississippian Lime/Woodford Shale assets in a sale to White Star Petroleum LLC, the newly renamed American Energy-Woodford LLC business founded by the late Aubrey McClendon.
April 20, 2016
Callon Stocking Up in West Texas, Nearly Doubling Permian Running Room
Callon Petroleum Co. said late Tuesday it is acquiring close to 16,000 net acres, 192 net locations and 2,884 boe/d in private transactions that will nearly double its position in the Permian Basin of Texas.
April 20, 2016
White Star Doubles Down in Northern Oklahoma in $200M Deal with Devon
Devon Energy Corp. is taking $200 million for a package of Mississippian Lime/Woodford Shale assets in a sale to White Star Petroleum LLC, the newly renamed American Energy-Woodford LLC business founded by the late Aubrey McClendon.
April 20, 2016
Callon Stocking Up in West Texas, Nearly Doubling Permian Running Room
Callon Petroleum Co. said late Tuesday it is acquiring close to 16,000 net acres, 192 net locations and 2,884 boe/d in private transactions that will nearly double its position in the Permian Basin of Texas.
April 20, 2016
Producers ‘Surprisingly’ Bullish on 2017 NatGas Prices
Enthusiasm among producers for an industry rebound has faded for 2016, particularly on the pricing side, but they appear “surprisingly” bullish about the natural gas price outlook for 2017, which may be in part because only 30 rigs or so are in operation in the gassy Marcellus Shale, analysts said Monday.
April 19, 2016
Julia Ramps Up Ahead of Schedule in Ultra-Deepwater Walker Ridge
Production has ramped up under budget and ahead of schedule at the ultra-deepwater Julia field in the Gulf of Mexico, with a second well scheduled to begin producing in the coming weeks, ExxonMobil Corp. said Tuesday.
April 19, 2016
Seventy Seven to Restructure, Convert $1.1B of Debt to Equity
Seventy Seven Energy Inc., the onshore oilfield services business spun off from Chesapeake Energy Corp., said Tuesday it plans to restructure under a prepackaged voluntary bankruptcy protection plan to be filed in May after reaching agreement with lenders.
April 19, 2016
Pennsylvania, Ohio Could Avoid Oil, Gas ‘Resource Curse’ by Creating Permanent Trusts, Says Brookings
To avoid the unavoidable price volatility that accompanies oil and natural gas development, states that have become dependent on energy revenues should consider creating permanent trust funds that overcome boom-and-bust price cycles, the Brookings Institution said Tuesday.
April 19, 2016