Suzanne Edwards

The North Dakota Supreme Court has sided with the state in a ruling against Newfield Exploration Co., now part of Encana Corp., which it said had underpaid oil and gas royalties.

Lower 48 producer Vanguard Natural Resources Inc. has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy as a new limited liability company under the name of Grizzly Energy LLC, the independent said Tuesday.

Energy Transfer LP (ET) has launched another open season to test support for crude shipments from the Bakken/Three Forks formation to Texas.

Allentown, PA-based American Energy Partners Inc. (AEP), which focuses on upstream oil and gas operations as well as waste and water treatment, has added another company to its repertoire.

Oil and gas companies operating in the Federal Reserve’s 10th District — Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming and the northern half of New Mexico — expect drilling and business activity in the district to drop to 2016 levels, according to a quarterly report released on July 12 by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.

Houston-based Callon Petroleum Co.’s board has approved the acquisition of Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc., adding Eagle Ford Shale-centered assets to Callon’s portfolio.

Affiliates of Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline LP have launched open seasons for two projects that could increase crude shipping capacity from Canada and the Rockies to the Gulf Coast. The proposals are set against the backdrop of a faltering Keystone XL buildout.

Houston-based Riviera Resources LLC announced it would raise its guidance for the second quarter of the year thanks in large part to strong production in Oklahoma and Louisiana.

Kansas reached a final settlement in late June on lost funds stemming from the natural gas price manipulation scandal of the early 2000s, potentially marking the end of such litigation among various states, said one legal expert.