Hart Energy Publishing
Newsletters - September 2007
SPECIAL REPORT
Permanent Permian

The Permian Basin seems to be the oil industry's favorite pair of loafers. As a... more

EDITOR'S COMMENTARY
The Credit Tsunami

The meltdown of the subprime credit market panicked Wall Street into running with the bears... more

AT CLOSING
At Closing

More than 40% of E&P industry leaders believe upstream MLPs are good for the U.S.... more

INSIDER TRADING
Captial Access

EQUITY Petro Rubiales Energy Corp./Toronto Venture: PEG/Vancouver C$440 million Privately placed 517.7 million units at... more

BREAKING NEWS
M&A In The Permian Plus First Half 2007 U.S. Deals

Look at all the IPOs. Don't blink or you might miss somebody going public. In... more

 
ON THE MARKET
U.S.

1. 1st Southwest Consultants has retained Meagher Oil & Gas Properties Inc. to sell certain... more

Canada

42. NEW-Murphy Oil Co. Ltd., El Dorado, Ark., (NYSE: MUR) is seeking strategic alternatives for... more

Divestment Services

September 2007 A&DW Oil & Gas Asset-Divestment Services Company Contact Region Phone Website Albrecht &... more

International

45. NEW-Barrett Resources (Peru) LLC has retained Goldman, Sachs & Co. as financial advisor to... more

Service & Supply

61. Michael Baker Corp., Pittsburgh, (Amex: BKR) has retained investment-banking firm Morgan Joseph & Co.... more

E&P A&D NEWS
U.S.

Newly formed, San Antonio-based Baseline Oil & Gas Corp., Houston, (OTCBB: BOGA) plans to acquire... more

Canada

Abu Dhabi National Energy Co. PJSC, Abu Dhabi, UAE, (Abu Dhabi: TAQA) has closed its... more

Africa

An affiliate of Cairo-based private-equity firm Citadel Capital and Logria Corp., a subsidiary of National... more

Asia

China National Offshore Oil Corp., parent of CNOOC Ltd., Hong Kong, (NYSE: CEO) has entered... more

Australia & NZ

Austral Pacific Energy Ltd., Wellington, New Zealand, (Toronto Venture: APX; Amex: AEN) plans to acquire... more

Europe

Cirrus Energy Nederland BV, a subsidiary of Cirrus Energy Corp., Calgary, (Toronto Venture: CYR) has... more

FSU

Anglo-Ukr Energy, a subsidiary of Star Energy, New York, (OTCBB: SERG) has acquired rights to... more

Latin America

Benchmark Energy Corp., Calgary, (Toronto Venture: BEE) has terminated its plans to acquire privately held... more

Middle East

TransAtlantic Petroleum Corp., Calgary, (Toronto: TNP-U) has acquired three exploration licenses in southeastern Turkey. TransAtlantic... more

New Companies

Privately owned Antero Resources Corp., Denver, has secured a $1-billion line-of-equity funding led by private-equity... more

Capital Providers

Energy-research firm Pickering Energy Partners Inc. and investment-banker Tudor Capital have officially become Tudor, Pickering... more

Upstream Analysts

Irvine, Calif.-based investment banker C.K. Cooper & Co. has opened a branch office in New... more

In Memoriam

Bob Burleson, senior vice president of Noble Energy Inc., Houston, (NYSE: NBL) passed away July... more

People

Logan Magruder has resigned from the board of Admiral Bay Resources Inc., Centennial, Colo. (CDNX:... more

Other

Concho Resources Inc., Midland, Texas, (NYSE: CXO) priced its IPO of some 21 million shares... more

EXPLORATION NEWS
Eastern U.S.

EOG Resources Inc., Houston, completed a remote Devonian discovery in the southern portion of Alabama's... more

Gulf States

North Texas Llano Operating Corp., Amarillo, Texas, plans to drill a horizontal Barnett Shale test... more

Midcontinent

Coral Production Corp., Denver, produced an average of 117 bbl. of oil a day during... more

Western U.S.

Rutter and Wilbanks Corp., Midland, Texas, used a coiled-tubing unit to redrill a wildcat in... more

International

Activity will be brisk on the U.K. continental shelf for the next two years, according... more

S&S A&D NEWS
U.S.

Allis-Chalmers Energy Inc., Houston, (NYSE: ALY) has acquired Texas-based Coker Directional Inc. and Denver-based Diggar... more

Canada

Crossfire Energy Services Inc., Calgary, (CDNX: CFE) has closed the acquisition of Alberta-based Micoda Process... more

International

Private-equity firm GP Investments Ltd., Sao Paulo, Brazil, (Bovespa: GPIV11) plans to acquire the Latin... more

People

Boots & Coots International Well Control Inc., Houston, (Amex: WEL) has named Mike Clark vice... more

Other

Ace Overseas General, the international property and casualty insurance operation of The Ace Group, New... more