Emerging

Crestwood Completes Purchase of Barnett Assets from Devon

Crestwood Midstream Partners Monday said it has completed the acquisition of gathering and processing assets from subsidiaries of Devon Energy Corp. for $87.1 million, which is $2.9 million less than the originally reported acquisition price (see Shale Daily, July 25).

August 28, 2012

Whiting Increases Capex, Shale Presence

Officials with Whiting Petroleum Corp. said the company is poised to meet its production guidance for the year, with increased drilling in emerging shale plays and a slight increase in capital expenditures (capex).

August 6, 2012

Whiting Increasing Its Presence in Emerging Shale Plays

Officials with Whiting Petroleum Corp. said the company is poised to meet its production guidance for the year, with increased drilling in emerging shale plays and a slight increase in capital expenditures (capex).

July 31, 2012

Natural Gas Gaining Alberta Power Generation Share

An environmental dividend is emerging for Alberta, Canada’s energy warehouse province, as a bonus of oilsands development.

July 9, 2012

Natural Gas Gaining Power Generation Share in Alberta

An environmental dividend is emerging for Canada’s energy warehouse province as a bonus of oilsands development across northern Alberta.

July 9, 2012

Mississippian Lime Lifts Kansas Oil Output

Lifted by prices and successful well tests from an extension of the emerging Mississippian Lime play, oil production in Kansas rose last year, according to new estimates by the Kansas Geological Survey at the University of Kansas. Natural gas production in 2011, however, declined by more than 6%.

May 9, 2012

British Columbia Nurturing, Growing Shale Gas Resource

Even though northern shale drilling remains in its infancy, the British Columbia cradle of the emerging natural gas source is catching up fast to the traditional mainstay of Canadian supplies.

March 13, 2012

IHS CERAWeek: LNG Changes ‘Startling’

The global liquefied natural gas (LNG) arena offers plenty to watch: Growing supplies in Australia coupled with growing demand from traditional and emerging Asian markets, for instance. But “one of the most startling developments” is what is happening in North America, Vinson & Elkins energy lawyer Jay Cuclis told a Houston audience last week.

March 12, 2012

IHS CERAWeek: LNG: It’s Still Here, But Different

The global liquefied natural gas (LNG) arena offers plenty to watch: Growing supplies in Australia coupled with growing demand from traditional and emerging Asian markets, for instance. But “one of the most startling developments” is what is happening in North America, Vinson & Elkins energy lawyer Jay Cuclis told a Houston audience Wednesday.

March 8, 2012

Trio to Construct Crude Oil Pipeline to Cushing

To deal with growing midstream activity in western Oklahoma and the emerging Mississippi Lime, SemGroup Corp., Gavilon Midstream Energy LLC and an affiliate of Chesapeake Energy Corp. plan to construct a 210-mile crude oil pipeline to carry supplies to a 1 million bbl storage facility in Cushing, OK.

February 24, 2012