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W&T Offshore Inc. last week reported first quarter adjusted earnings per share that beat expectations and CEO Tracy W. Krohn said the company is marketing a “sizeable” package of Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Outer Continental Shelf properties.

Range Resources Corp. expects to spend about 85% of its $1.3 billion 2013 capital expenditures (capex) budget on liquids-rich and oil projects, predominately in wet areas of the Marcellus Shale and through horizontal drilling in the Mississippian Lime, the Fort Worth, TX-based company said Wednesday.

Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc. beat its guidance and achieved record production and revenue during the second quarter of 2012, thanks in large part to new liquids production in the Eagle Ford Shale and a flatter-than-expected decline in natural gas production from new wells in the Marcellus Shale.

Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc. beat its guidance and achieved record production and revenue during the second quarter of 2012, thanks in large part to new oil production from longer laterals drilled in the Eagle Ford Shale and a flatter-than-expected decline in natural gas production with new wells brought online in the Marcellus Shale.

In a new national consumer poll, natural gas beat renewables and other forms of energy as to which projects should be considered for expansion, something an overwhelming majority of consumers also say would create badly needed jobs in a struggling economy.

In a new national consumer poll, natural gas beat renewables and other forms of energy as to which projects should be considered for expansion, something an overwhelming majority of consumers also say would create badly needed jobs in a struggling economy.

In a new national consumer poll, natural gas beat renewables and other forms of energy as to which projects should be considered for expansion, something an overwhelming majority of consumers also say would create badly needed jobs in a struggling economy.

The beat-down that U.S. natural gas prices have gotten from shale production is “perhaps the best possible news for the U.S. economy,” energy author and lecturer Robert Bryce told a Houston audience recently. The Manhattan Institute fellow predicted that over the next century, natural gas will continue to take more of the energy stage from coal and oil.

The beat-down that U.S. natural gas prices have gotten from shale production is “perhaps the best possible news for the U.S. economy,” energy author and lecturer Robert Bryce told a Houston audience last week. The Manhattan Institute fellow predicted that over the next century, natural gas will continue to take more of the energy stage from coal and oil.