Dallas

A small midstream outfit with utility status in Pennsylvania is looking to add some Marcellus Shale business.

Thirty Texas lawmakers recently wrote to Gov. Rick Perry seeking an emergency proclamation for additional air monitors in the Dallas-Fort Worth area to track emissions from Barnett Shale natural gas activity.

Range Resources unit Range Production Co. may depose an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official on Tuesday (Jan. 25), a federal judge in Austin, TX, has ruled. The agency has accused the company of contaminating water wells with its Barnett Shale drilling activities, a claim Range disputes.

Dallas-based EXCO Resources Inc. on Thursday credited drilling success in the Haynesville Shale for “a significant increase” in proved reserves. The company also said it is shopping for offers that would compete with a buyout proposal it received from its CEO late last year.

Dallas-based EXCO Resources Inc. on Thursday credited drilling success in the Haynesville Shale for “a significant increase” in proved reserves. The company also said it is shopping for offers that would compete with a buyout proposal it received from its CEO late last year.

A Dallas man recently pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud as part of a scheme that defrauded investors in interests in the Barnett Shale natural gas play in North Texas and elsewhere, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said.

A unit of Korea National Oil Corp. (KNOC) has agreed to buy producing and undeveloped assets from Canadian subsidiaries of Hunt Oil Co. of Dallas for C$525 million (US$521 million).

A unit of Korea National Oil Corp. (KNOC) has agreed to buy producing and undeveloped assets from Canadian subsidiaries of Hunt Oil Co. of Dallas for C$525 million (US$521 million).

A Dallas man pleaded guilty last week to one count of mail fraud as part of a scheme that defrauded investors in interests in the Barnett Shale natural gas play in North Texas and elsewhere, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said.