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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ConocoPhillips Cutting Capex on Oil Prices, but ‘Attractive’ Returns in Eagle Ford, Bakken
ConocoPhillips, the largest independent in the United States, was the first on Thursday to announce plans to reduce capital spending to cope with the recent downturn in oil prices. Some drilling cutbacks will be made, but not within two of its best rate-of-return plays, the Eagle Ford and Bakken shales.
October 31, 2014
ExxonMobil’s Bakken, Woodford, Permian Driving U.S. Onshore
ExxonMobil Corp.’s U.S. onshore targets have proven to be a liquids-rich generator, and the company is continuing to prowl for attractive acquisitions, particularly in the Permian Basin, a top executive said Friday.
October 31, 2014
Shell’s Global LNG Sales Jump 16%
Global liquefied natural gas (LNG) developments are starting to show positive earnings momentum for Royal Dutch Shell plc as its strategy to invest for profitability over volumes begins to pay off, CFO Simon Henry said Thursday.
October 30, 2014
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.
October 29, 2014
McClendon’s Permian Business Talks Public Launch Within a Year
The Permian Basin unit of American Energy Partners LP (AELP) could go public within a year depending on market conditions, the Aubrey McClendon-led company said Tuesday.
October 29, 2014
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 (MLP) initial public offerings in more than 10 years.
October 29, 2014
Continental Sees ‘Repeatability’ in Springer Wells
Continental Resources Inc.’s emerging Springer Shale in the South Central Oklahoma Oil Province (SCOOP) is indicating continuing success, if recovery rates from four new wells are any indication.
October 28, 2014
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.
October 28, 2014
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.
October 28, 2014
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.
October 28, 2014