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Houston-based completions specialist Superior Energy Services Inc. has seen a smattering of an upturn in U.S. onshore markets, but customers still are not inclined to boost activity levels, CEO David Dunlap said Tuesday.

Appalachian pure-play Antero Resources Corp. turned in a strong third quarter, leveraging its firm transportation portfolio to move gas to more favorable pricing outside the basin and grow production 25% year/year.

Williston pure-play operator Oasis Petroleum Inc. said it will acquire 55,000 net acres in the basin, including 226 gross operated drilling locations, from SM Energy Co. for $785 million. It plans to offer 40 million shares of common stock to help finance the deal.

Freeport-McMoRan Inc.’s (FCX) lofty goal to expand its oil and natural gas exploration unit has fallen to earth with a thud after the company announced another piece of its portfolio is being sold: the onshore California oil and natural gas properties.

West Texas pure-play RSP Permian Inc. is adding the Permian Basin’s Delaware formation to its stockpile in an estimated $2.4 billion cash and stock deal to acquire privately held Silver Hill Energy Partners LLC and its exploration unit.

Houston-based Goodrich Petroleum Corp. has emerged from bankruptcy protection with the same assets it had when it filed for Chapter 11 in April, but with reduced debt, a new board of directors and $40 million in new capital.

Houston-based Frank’s International NV agreed Friday to buy crosstown well construction specialist Blackhawk Group Holdings Inc. in a transaction estimated to be worth $321 million.

Chesapeake Energy Corp. said two of its directors, including a representative of No. 2 investor Carl Icahn, resigned effective Monday, less than a week after Icahn reduced by half his stake in the Oklahoma City-based natural gas producer.

The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) on Wednesday voted to extend Dominion East Ohio’s Pipeline Infrastructure Replacement Program (PIR), authorizing an increase in annual investments through 2021 and a cost-recovery charge for customers to cover them.