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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Continental Springs New Shale Play Within SCOOP
Continental Resources Inc. (CLR) had prospectors beating a path to Oklahoma following strong well results two years ago in the South Central Oklahoma Oil Province, which it dubbed the SCOOP. Initial well results from a stealth discovery that it disclosed Thursday in the heart of the SCOOP, the Springer Shale, may draw even more.
September 18, 2014
Leading U.S. Energy Companies Keep Big Investments at Home
Ten of the top 25 U.S. companies that invested the most on America’s future last year were energy-based, according to The Progressive Policy Institute (PPI).
September 17, 2014
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Jack Stark, who joined Continental Resources Inc. in 1992, has been appointed president and COO. Stark, who has served as senior vice president of exploration since 1998, replaces Rick Bott (see Shale Daily,Sept. 12). “Jack is a great team leader whose geological contributions have been a key component of Continental’s success over the past 22 years,” said CEO Harold Hamm. Stark is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, Houston Geological Society and Oklahoma Geological Society. He holds a master’s degree in geology from Colorado State University.
September 17, 2014
Former Amaranth Trader, CFTC Resolve Lawsuit
The former Amaranth Advisors LLC trader who was overseeing the energy desk when the fund collapsed in 2006 has agreed to pay the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) $750,000 to resolve a lawsuit accusing him of attempting to manipulate natural gas futures prices.
September 16, 2014
U.S. Tight Oil Plays Accelerating M&A Activity
North American upstream merger and acquisition (M&A) activity accelerated in the first half of this year from a year ago, dominated by onshore tight oil transactions in the United States, according to BMO Capital.
September 16, 2014
Two More Onshore E&Ps Taking IPO Route
Two private equity-based onshore independents are preparing to launch public offerings, with Colorado’s Vantage Energy Inc. setting terms to raise $601 million, and Texas-based Energy & Exploration Partners Inc. (ENXP) proposing a fundraising target of $400 million.
September 15, 2014
Consensus for Static, Lower U.S. NatGas Prices Through 2015
It’s turned into a general consensus among the leading energy prognosticators: natural gas prices aren’t headed upward for a sustained period anytime soon.
September 15, 2014
Continental COO Resigns; No Replacement Named
Continental Resources Inc. President and COO Rick Bott resigned on Thursday to “pursue other opportunities,” the Oklahoma City-based operator announced. It was news that was unexpected by the market.
September 12, 2014
Treasury Sanctions Threaten ExxonMobil, Rosneft Projects
Sanctions imposed on Friday by the Obama administration threaten to choke billions in joint development agreements between Russia’s OAO Rosneft to drill for Arctic and unconventional oil and gas with ExxonMobil Corp.
September 12, 2014
Industrial Internet Driving Force Behind GE’s Oil, Gas Business
Natural gas pipeline operators may be able to better understand the condition of their critical assets through a technology that integrates networked software with complex physical machinery, today more commonly known as the industrial internet.
September 11, 2014