Recent conference shows how Eagle Ford challenges link urban and rural areas
The Rural Business Program at UTSA’s Institute for Economic Development on June 19-20 hosted its 5 th annual Texas Rural Challenge conference. The Texas Rural Challenge provides an opportunity for...
View ArticleEnergy deals accounted for the majority of Texas' biggest mergers and...
Texas' energy industry, now in high gear with the development of the Eagle Ford Shale and Permian Basin, accounted for seven of the state's 10 largest mergers and acquisitions in the first half of this...
View ArticleNew Braunfels company looks to sell Eagle Ford Shale acreage
New Braunfels-based Patterson Energy Corp. is seeking a buyer for its leasehold in the southern portion of the Eagle Ford Shale. The company has retained Midland-based Simplex Energy Solutions to help...
View ArticleFive minutes with investment banker Shareef M. Batata
Shareef M. Batata, senior vice president with private investment bank Allegiance Capital Corp., has overseen investment deals valued at $1.5 billion across industries as diverse as semiconductors,...
View ArticleIndustry groups opens nominations for second Eagle Ford Excellence Awards
The South Texas Energy and Economic Roundtable — a consortium backed by oil-and-gas companies including ConocoPhillips and Lewis Energy — is calling for nominations for its second annual Eagle Ford...
View ArticleOil production was up substantially in these two formations last month
Oil production from Texas and North Dakota shale formations — including the Eagle Ford Shale near San Antonio — increased by more than 33 percent in June, according to Bentek Energy, an analytics and...
View ArticleLegislation opening Mexican oil fields heading to finish line this weekend
The secondary rules opening Mexico's oil and gas fields to outside exploration for the first time in modern history likely will be approved this weekend, paving the way for U.S. investment in the first...
View ArticleBaytex Energy strikes $330 million deal to pay off Eagle Ford debt
Canada's Baytex Energy Corp. is unloading its North Dakota oil and gas holdings for $330.5 million to help pay off its recent $2.4-billion expansion into the Eagle Ford Shale. The Calgary-based company...
View ArticleSan Antonio firm seeks to build $5 million waste disposal site in DeWitt County
San Antonio-based Petro Waste Environmental, a company that processes non-hazardous solid oilfield waste, has filed an application with the Texas Railroad Commission to develop a $5 million landfill in...
View ArticlePipeline projects from shale boom generate jobs and growth, study says
The shale energy boom last year contributed to a pipeline building spree that provided Texas with $33 billion in economic impact and supported more than 165,000 jobs, according to a recent Texas Tech...
View ArticleAmerican Midstream plunking $300 million in Eagle Ford Shale
American Midstream Partners LP is expanding the company’s asset base in the Eagle Ford Shale via new acquisitions. The Denver-based company announced last week that it would be exercising its...
View ArticleWestwood opens new engineering office in San Antonio
Westwood Professional Services Inc., a survey and engineering firm that specializes in energy projects, has opened an office in San Antonio that will employ about 20 people by the end of the year. The...
View ArticleTexStar seeking new customers for new East Texas Pipeline
TexStar Midstream Logistics Pipeline LP is searching for potential customers who might be interested to utilizing the company’s new TexStar East Texas Pipeline. The San Antonio company has launched...
View ArticleEagle Ford-focused EnLink turning attention to Ohio River Valley
EnLink Midstream, a company that already has extensive pipeline operations in South Texas’ Eagle Ford Shale, is expanding its operations in the Utica Shale by building a new 45-mile condensate pipeline...
View ArticleTexas must invest in infrastructure to support oil boom
Crumbling infrastructure is threatening to slow the oil boom in South Texas and curtail the economic benefits to the region, warns Mark Plummer, CEO and founder of Dallas-based Chestnut Exploration...
View ArticleFrank Bass’ theory of predictive marketing proving useful in Eagle Ford Shale
Frank Bass revolutionized predictive marketing theory in 1969 by nearly single-handedly transforming the discipline into a science. In one of the most widely cited papers in the field of management...
View ArticleUTSA mapping out changing regulatory landscape in Mexico’s Energy Reform
The University of Texas at San Antonio Institute for Economic Development have formed a new partnership with the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Léon, the Asociación de Empresarios Mexicanos and other...
View ArticleOccidental building 600-employee office to serve West Texas’ Permian Basin
Occidental Petroleum Corp. broke ground Tuesday on a new 600-employee office complex in Midland that will serve as the center of the company’s oil-and-gas operations in the Permian Basin in West Texas....
View ArticleLack of available water could stymie global shale boom, report says
The world may face a significant drain on its water resources if more governments and businesses engage in hydraulic fracturing or fracking to develop shale gas, says a new report by the World...
View ArticleTrafigura selling $860 million stake in South Texas energy holdings
Trafigura AG, an international commodities trading and logistics firm, has agreed to sell an 80 percent stake in Trafigura Terminals LLC in Corpus Christi to Buckeye Partners LP for $860 million....
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