Chesapeake aims to raise $10 billion to $12 billion this year
| |Monday, Feb. 13, 2012
The company will sell assets and participate in joint ventures.Read more
Chesapeake to seek buyer for Permian Basin assets
Monday, Feb. 13, 2012
Chesapeake Energy, the second-biggest U.S. natural-gas producer and the No. 2 producer in the Barnett Shale, said today that it plans to raise $10 billion to $12 billion this year from asset sales and joint ventures.Read more
Barnett Shale rig report
Friday, Feb. 10, 2012
Tarrant County
Chesapeake, Oklahoma City: horizontal off East Rosedale Street southwest of Interstate 30/Loop 820.Read more
Quicksilver Production Partners seeks to raise $250 million in IPO
| |Friday, Feb. 10, 2012
A new master limited partnership, which holds Barnett Shale reserves, will trade under the stock market symbol QPP.Read more
Number of active rigs in U.S. falls slightly
Friday, Feb. 10, 2012
In North Texas, Barnett Shale rigs are steady.Read more
Arlington council backs plan for fee on gas wells in city
| |Tuesday, Feb. 07, 2012
The fire chief is told to present a final plan in two weeks.Read more
Barnett Shale Rig Report
Saturday, Feb. 04, 2012
Tarrant County
XTO Energy, Fort Worth: horizontal off Eagle Mountain Circle.Read more
Arlington fire chief to request fee on gas wells
| |Friday, Feb. 03, 2012
Fire Chief Don Crowson plans to ask the City Council to impose an annual fee of $2,400 per gas well to help pay for additional firefighters, specialized training and equipment that he said is needed to prevent and better respond to incidents at well sites.Read more
Rig count shows big gap between oil and gas
| |Friday, Feb. 03, 2012
The number of active natural gas rigs in the United States is at a 26-month low.Read more
Quicksilver Resources to cut capital spending in half
| |Wednesday, Feb. 01, 2012
The Fort Worth-based driller cites low natural gas prices.Read more
Drillers must now disclose fracking chemicals
| |Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012
The rule that takes effect today also requires disclosure of how much water is used.Read more
Exxon beats expectations with fourth-quarter profit of $9.4 billion
| |Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012
Rising oil prices help the energy giant post a 16 percent revenue gain.Read more
Fracking continues in Colleyville
| |Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012
If a pipeline is never built, then the natural gas won't be sold and no royalties will be paid.Read more
Arlington council rejects Chesapeake drilling site in Rush Creek area
| |Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012
The Arlington City Council rejected the Rush Creek site because it is ringed by neighborhoods.Read more
Water pollution suit against Range Resources is rejected
| |Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012
A district judge has ruled that a Parker County couple lack legal jurisdiction to sue Fort Worth-based company in a high-profile case involving methane contamination of their water well.Read more
Judge: Parker County not the place for couple's lawsuit against Range Resources
| |Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012
The proper venue is Austin for challenging a Texas Railroad Commission order last year that said two Range natural gas wells were not responsible for contamination of Steve and Shyla Lipsky's private water well, the judge rules.Read more
Barnett Shale Rig Report
Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012
Tarrant County
Chesapeake Operating, Oklahoma City: horizontal off Shenandoah Road.Read more
U.S. rig count same; Texas down; Barnett up
Friday, Jan. 27, 2012
The number of active drilling rigs in the U.S. was unchanged this week at 2,008, according to Houston-based oil field services firm Baker Hughes. There were 1,225 rigs exploring for oil, 777 for natural gas and six miscellaneous. Texas dropped six rigs to 917. In North Texas' Barnett Shale, 60 rigs were drilling Friday, up two from a week earlier, according to RigData. The leading counties were Tarrant, 17; Montague, nine; Johnson, eight; Wise and Jack, six each, and Denton, five.Read more
Obama plugs use of natural gas
| |Friday, Jan. 27, 2012
He proposed tax incentives for companies that use natural gas trucksRead more
The Weir Group buys Dallas-based valve supplier
| |Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012
Weir also owns a maker of hydraulic-fracturing pumps in White Settlement.Read more
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