Joe Fisher

Regency Energy Partners LP plans to buy PVR Partners LP in a $5.6 billion deal (including $1.8 billion of debt) to create a natural gas gathering and processing giant with a presence in Appalachia, West Texas, South Texas, the Midcontinent and North Louisiana.

One of the challenges to widespread adoption of natural gas vehicles (NGV) has been the weight of the metal tanks needed to hold compressed natural gas (CNG). A researcher at Houston’s Rice University might have hit upon an answer.

The Lone Star State's Rainy Day Fund purse has grown fat from oil and gas tax revenues, and that's expected to continue as Texas drillers drive production…

A successful two-month trial of Fountain Quail Water Management’s ROVER system in the Permian Basin has prompted the company to proceed with a joint venture (JV) with water solutions provider Select Energy Services that includes a licensing agreement for the technology.

Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc. is selling its remaining Barnett Shale properties as well as other noncore assets in East Texas and the Marcellus Shale. The move is another step in the company’s pursuit of oilier activities in the Eagle Ford Shale and elsewhere.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed a rule to protect workers exposed to silica, including those involved in hydraulic fracturing that uses silica, or sand, as a proppant.

PVR Partners and Hess Corp. have struck a deal for the former to construct an 45-mile natural gas trunkline and gathering facilities to serve Hess’s lean gas production in the Utica Shale in eastern Ohio. The deal also establishes an area of mutual interest (AMI) to the companies.