Former Obama official: Fracking has never been an environmental problem
Former U.S. Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar said Wednesday morning that he believes hydraulic fracturing is safe, and the energy industry should work to convince the public that it doesn't pose a...
View ArticleGreenspan forecasts oil boom’s effect on US economy
Corporate executives have no way of knowing what the world will look like over the next four decades as long as U.S. political strife keeps kicking up a cloud of uncertainty over the economy, Greenspan...
View ArticleAt NAPE, some see natural gas drillers as next buyers of battered oil fields
At the George R. Brown Convention Center on Wednesday, wildcatters gathered to negotiate deals for oil and gas properties in Texas and elsewhere during the industry's largest oil lease swap-meet, the...
View ArticleEnergy conferences face cancellation amid low oil prices
The latest announcement is the cancellation of the 5th Houston Shipping & Offshore Conference slated for Oct. 16.
View ArticleEOG CEO: Industry wary of false start on oil recovery
The energy sector won't repeat last year's mistake of rapidly boosting production the next time the price of oil hits $60 a barrel, said the chairman and CEO of EOG Resources.
View ArticleAt NAPE, industry still waiting for oil’s rock bottom
Once oil companies are confident prices will improve, analysts expect a wave of deals.
View ArticleNAPE opens with enthusiastic speakers, light crowds
The North American Prospect Expo, the nation’s premier conference for buying and selling oil and gas land, opened Wednesday in Houston to sparse crowds and sweeping discussions of the changing...
View ArticleTexas oil regulator predicts $60 oil next year
Oil prices will rise to $60 a barrel next year, Texas oil commissioner Ryan Sitton told attendees Wednesday at NAPE, the nation’s expo for buying and selling oil and gas land. Sitton, one of several...
View ArticleTechnology, efficiency driving success in oilfield
The technological shift to high-efficiency oil and gas drilling is the single biggest change in production since oil prices crashed, the chief executive of an industry analytics company said this week....
View ArticleNAPE attendance up; Industry recovery ‘aggressive’, speaker says
NAPE, the nation’s premier conference for buying and selling oil and gas land, opened Wednesday at the downtown convention center with a rebound in attendance and renewed hope in the oil field. After a...
View ArticleOil and gas deal makers say rebound is here
The wheeling and dealing started at NAPE, the nation’s largest conference for buying and selling oil and gas land, when Houston’s George R. Brown Convention Center floor opened Thursday morning. And...
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