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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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Oneok Unit Proposing NatGas Pipeline Lateral in Kentucky

A subsidiary of Oneok Partners LP on Monday filed an application with FERC to build a 15-mile natural gas pipeline lateral in Kentucky's Ohio and Muhlenberg counties.

April 7, 2014

U.S. Lower 48 ‘Place to Be,’ Says Raymond James

Global exploration and production (E&P) spending has flattened from last year, but drilling down into specifics, it’s full speed ahead in the U.S. onshore, Raymond James & Associates Inc. reported Monday.

April 7, 2014

ExxonMobil Obliges Minority Shareholders, Will Disclose Unconventional Drilling Risks

ExxonMobil Corp. has agreed to disclose for the first time more details about the risks of drilling unconventional wells that use hydraulic fracturing (fracking) stimulation, complying with minority shareholder demands for the second time in two weeks.

April 4, 2014

Federal Judge Dismisses Enviro Attempt to Delay GOM Lease Sales

A federal judge has ruled in favor of continuing the Department of Interior's Gulf of Mexico (GOM) lease sales, despite claims by environmental groups that questioned offshore conditions following the Macondo well blowout in 2010.

April 4, 2014
U.S. NatGas Producers, EDF Looking for Methane Detection Innovators

U.S. NatGas Producers, EDF Looking for Methane Detection Innovators

Five of the biggest U.S. natural gas producers are collaborating with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) to ask engineers and technology inventors to submit their best ideas for continuous methane detection at oil and natural gas operations.

April 3, 2014

Canada, U.S. M&A Pumps Up E&P First Quarter Activity

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.'s $2.8 billion purchase of Devon Energy Corp.'s conventional natural gas and oil assets in Canada in the first quarter was the largest exploration and production (E&P) acquisition in North America and the second largest worldwide, according to Evaluate Energy.

April 3, 2014

Anadarko Shares Soar on Tronox Settlement

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. shares climbed more than 14% Thursday after the company agreed to pay $5.15 billion to plaintiffs involved in legacy Tronox Inc. operations. The settlement, about one-third the amount Anadarko was expected to pay, is the largest environmental recovery ever, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

April 3, 2014

Texas Tie-Up Expands Proppant Transport Services Across North America

Three Texas oilfield service providers have merged to form 1845 Oil Field Services for proppant logistics and freight management in North America's onshore.

April 3, 2014

Labor Shortages Causing Constraints for Interior — and U.S. Petrochem Industry

Not enough people are being trained to build, operate and maintain U.S. Gulf Coast petrochemical projects, which may impose constraints as expansions get underway in 2015, a top executive said this week. Meanwhile, the Department of Interior is losing employees to the private sector because it pays better, creating a vacuum within the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that has led to less oversight and longer permitting times, particularly for the Bakken Shale.

April 2, 2014
U.S. Energy Imports Lowest in Two Decades

U.S. Energy Imports Lowest in Two Decades

U.S. net energy imports in 2013, measured in terms of energy content, fell to the lowest level in more than 20 years, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported…

April 2, 2014