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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 Facing ‘Fierce Rate Competition’ in Battle For Onshore Customers

Basic Energy Services Inc., which provides well site services across the U.S. onshore, is jockeying for business as vendors duke it out in an increasingly harsh market, CEO Roe Patterson said.

April 24, 2015

Chesapeake Settles Antitrust, Racketeering Charges in Michigan, to Compensate Victims

Chesapeake Energy Corp. has agreed to create a $25 million compensation fund to settle multiple antitrust, fraud and racketeering charges filed by the state of Michigan last June in connection with leasing activity five years ago.

April 24, 2015
Southwestern’s Natural Gas Output Up on Efficiencies, Expanded Takeaway in Appalachia

Southwestern’s Natural Gas Output Up on Efficiencies, Expanded Takeaway in Appalachia

Southwestern Energy Co. again managed to score some upside in a down market during the first quarter, capturing benefits through long-honed…

April 24, 2015

Basic Energy Facing ‘Fierce Rate Competition’ in Battle For Onshore Customers

Basic Energy Services Inc., which provides well site services across the U.S. onshore, is jockeying for business as vendors duke it out in an increasingly harsh market, CEO Roe Patterson said.

April 24, 2015

Chesapeake Settles Antitrust, Racketeering Charges in Michigan, to Compensate Victims

Chesapeake Energy Corp. has agreed to create a $25 million compensation fund to settle multiple antitrust, fraud and racketeering charges filed by the state of Michigan last June in connection with leasing activity five years ago.

April 24, 2015

Weatherford, Patterson-UTI, Helmerich Execs Not Calling Trough in North American Onshore

Weatherford International plc expects that half of its North American (NAM) drilling equipment may be stacked by the end of June following a “miserable” performance in the first quarter, the company’s CEO said Thursday. Onshore drilling contractor Patterson-UTI Inc. (PTEN) already has stacked about one-third of its hydraulic fracturing equipment because there’s “no real demand” for rigs anywhere, CEO Andy Hendricks said.

April 23, 2015

Freeport-McMoRan Considering IPO of U.S. E&P Business

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., which holds stakes in some of the most promising natural gas developments in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) is continuing to prowl for a partner to underwrite its domestic exploration subsidiary, but an initial public offering (IPO) also is a possibility this year, management said Thursday.

April 23, 2015

Weatherford, Patterson-UTI, Helmerich Execs Not Calling Trough in North American Onshore

Weatherford International plc expects that half of its North American (NAM) drilling equipment may be stacked by the end of June following a "miserable" performance in the first quarter, the company’s CEO said Thursday. Onshore drilling contractor Patterson-UTI Inc. (PTEN) already has stacked about one-third of its hydraulic fracturing equipment because there's "no real demand" for rigs anywhere, CEO Andy Hendricks said.

April 23, 2015

Freeport-McMoRan Considering IPO of U.S. E&P Business

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., which holds stakes in some of the most promising natural gas developments in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) is continuing to prowl for a partner to underwrite its domestic exploration subsidiary, but an initial public offering (IPO) also is a possibility this year, management said Thursday.

April 23, 2015
Nabors Lays Off 5,500, Sees Rig Use Continuing to Fall

Nabors Lays Off 5,500, Sees Rig Use Continuing to Fall

Contract driller Nabors Industries Ltd. has reduced its global workforce by nearly 5,500 people, or 18%, since the end of December, with most of the reductions hitting U.S. and Canadian staff.

April 22, 2015