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Family says BP lied about man’s cause of death in terrorist attack
By Craig HlavatyHouston Chronicle The family of a Houston man killed in a terror attack on a BP plant in Algeria early last year claims the oil company lied about how the man died and that its...
View ArticleReport reveals top regions for energy job growth
HOUSTON –Hiring in the oil and gas industry rose globally in the first quarter of 2014, led by Africa, Russia and North America, according to the Hays Oil & Gas Job Index. However, the report came...
View ArticleNine countries that could hold the next Eagle Ford
The U.S. economy has enjoyed an energy renaissance thanks to technology like fracking and horizontal drilling that unlocked previously inaccessible geological formations. Some of that same technology...
View ArticleConocoPhillips strikes oil off Senegal
HOUSTON — ConocoPhillips and its partners have hit oil with an exploration well in the Sangomar Deep, a block 60 miles off the shore of West Africa. The well was the first of a two-hole drilling...
View ArticleStatoil announces Tanzania gas discovery
HOUSTON — Statoil announced a new gas discovery off the coast of Tanzania today, marking its seventh in the area. The discovery is estimated to contain an estimated 1.2 trillion cubic feet of natural...
View ArticleHalliburton execs point to U.S. shale as profits leap 70 percent
HOUSTON – U.S. shale plays have become laboratories for experiments with more production stages, more sand and, in West Texas, a lot more horizontal rigs – a development Halliburton executives say has...
View ArticleShell makes deepwater gas discovery in Gabon
HOUSTON — Royal Dutch Shell today announced a discover off the coast of Gabon but says it will need to conduct further analysis to determine just go much gas is present. The find, located 90 miles off...
View ArticleWhat OPEC’s Thanksgiving meeting means for U.S. producers
HOUSTON — Between bites of turkey and glances at football games, U.S. energy executives will likely spend their Thanksgiving with a watchful eye towards Vienna, where leaders from 12 oil producing...
View ArticleHalliburton lays off 1,000 employees in Eastern Hemisphere
HOUSTON — Oil field giant Halliburton said Thursday it is laying off about 1,000 employees across multiple regions in the Eastern Hemisphere, effective immediately, a day after a company executive said...
View ArticleOil strengthens as Libya conflict offers relief from glut
Oil advanced for the first time in three days amid speculation that an escalating conflict in Libya may pare a global surplus that’s driven crude into a bear market. Brent futures rose 1.1 percent in...
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