Global oil and gas volume grew 16.3% to 73.8 billion barrels of oil equivalent, or boe, in 2010 and is expected to grow at the rate of 24.4% to reach 91.8 billion boe by 2015.
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August 5 - News
If I'm investigating a retail stock, I visit store locations. If I'm researching an equipment manufacturer, I want to see its products operate and talk to its customers.
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August 5 - News
Natural gas and oil producer Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) reported its results for the second quarter of 2013 on August 1st.
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August 2 - Hedge Funds
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) reports its quarterly results on Thursday.
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July 31 - News
Norway's state-owned oil giant Statoil ASA(ADR) (NYSE:STO) reported its second-quarter financial results on July 25.
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July 31 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: SandRidge Energy Inc.
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July 30 - News
In early June 2013, struggling oil explorer and producer Devon Energy Corp (NYSE:DVN) announced that it would spin off a portion of its pipelines and storage facilities, otherwise...
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July 29 - News
Dividend stocks are everywhere, but many just downright stink. In some cases, the business model is in serious jeopardy, or the dividend itself isn't sustainable.
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July 29 - News
While coal-to-gas switching -- the practice in which power plants use natural gas to create electricity rather than coal -- is expected to continue in the aggregate over the next...
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July 29 - News
While the New York state legislature still considers extending the statewide moratorium on fracking for another two years, I think it's time for the state to lift the ban.
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July 29 - News
The spike in shares of Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) might suggest the company is slowly regaining investors’ confidence.
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July 28 - News
Last year was not the year Utica producers were hoping to have. What was once viewed as America's next great oil play only turned in a trickle of oil production in 2012.
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July 28 - News
Sometimes it seems like investors have a language all their own.
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July 28 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: SandRidge Energy Inc. (NYSE:SD), Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK), Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
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July 26 - News
It's an exciting time to be an energy investor. Oil production in the U.S. is booming and as oil prices stay high, it's easy to see a future in which U.S.
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July 26 - News
Former SandRidge Energy Inc. (NYSE:SD) CEO Tom Ward sold nearly $50 million in company stock after his ouster last month, according to a regulatory document filed Monday.
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July 23 - News
There is a glut in the natural-gas market thanks to new production techniques that have unlocked shale gas across the North American basin.
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July 22 - News
The governments of both China and India recently raised the price of natural gas in their respective countries.
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July 17 - News
Last week was a great week to be a dividend investor. Not only did two of my top stocks declare fresh dividends, but both companies also raised those payouts.
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July 16 - News
On July 5, Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its assets in the Northern Eagle Ford Shale and Haynesville...
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July 15 - News
Do you like playing with fire? Well then, the volatility that energy provides might be just right for you.
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July 15 - News
That sounds like a lot of money, even for Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM).
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July 15 - News
What made Napoleon such a great military leader? Focus. His strategy consisted of “focusing” on one part of the enemy and quickly defeating that part.
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July 15 - News
Peak Oil is dead -- or at least the website dedicated to educating the world on the theory is, as the popular Oil Drum website will cease publishing new content at end of the ...
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July 15 - News
On July 5, Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its assets in the Northern Eagle Ford Shale and Haynesville...
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July 12 - News
The quest for oil and gas in the U.S.has resulted in numerous discoveries over the last two years.
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July 10 - News
While most investors were thinking about what was going to be served at the family Fourth of July picnic, EXCO Resources Inc (NYSE:XCO) was out shopping.
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July 10 - News
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) began on July 9, 1877 as Bell Telephone Company in Boston, Mass.
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July 9 - News
Several companies, including Pittsburgh-based Atlas Energy LP (NYSE:ATLS), appear likely to submit proposals to participate in the effort by the August deadline.
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July 5 - News
Only a decade ago, there was a widespread belief that oil and natural-gas resources were in permanent decline.
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July 5 - News
In the U.S., the widespread application of advanced drilling technologies such as horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing has sparked a domestic oil and gas boom whose reverberations...
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July 3 - News
In 2000, the average drilling cost per well was just under $1 million. Today, the rush into unconventional oil and gas plays has caused that figure to increase five-fold.
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July 1 - News
By now you know about President Obama's "climate action plan," which was unveiled on a hot Tuesday afternoon at Washington, D.C.'s, Georgetown University.
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June 28 - News
Recently, I noticed one oil & gas company got a lot of attention from famous investors like George Soros, Jim Simons, John Paulson and even the oil guru T Boone Pickens.
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June 27 - News
The Motley Fool's readers have spoken, and I have heeded their cries.
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June 27 - News
Frederic Poses, a member of the Board of Directors at Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK), directly purchased a little over 150,000 shares of the stock on June 21st at an...
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June 26 - Insider Trading
One of the hardest things for founders of publicly traded companies to do is let go.
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June 26 - News
In addition to demand from utility companies, industrial and petrochemical manufacturers, and other energy-intensive firms, some have identified liquefied natural gas, or LNG, ...
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June 25 - News
In the financial blogosphere, there are plenty of metrics for Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) readers to pay attention to, but it is smart to take note of a company's...
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June 25 - News
The EPA recently decided not to publish a report trying to link ground water contamination to fracking, due to weak findings.
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June 25 - News
Five weeks ago, I outlined my plans to create a portfolio of 10 companies that all have one thing in common: They provide a basic need or deliver life's necessities.
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June 25 - News
In May 2013, the Southern District of New York decided Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) v.
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June 24 - News
Recently, Chairman and CEO Tom Ward of SandRidge Energy Inc. (NYSE:SD) was fired from the company he founded.
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June 24 - News
Natural gas prices have been in recovery since hitting a multi-year low in early 2012 due to over-supply and warm weather reducing demand.
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June 24 - News
On first thought, the announcement of the resignation of the CEO at SandRidge Energy Inc. (NYSE:SD) appears nothing to get excited about.
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June 21 - News
It's been bad year to be a highly paid CEO of an underperforming energy company.
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June 21 - News
It's been bad year to be a highly paid CEO of an underperforming energy company.
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June 20 - News
An exchange-traded fund, or ETF, can be a great way to get exposure to an industry or sector that you think will outperform.
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June 19 - News
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) has been decreasing its ownership stake in Clean Energy Fuels Corp (NASDAQ:CLNE) for a few months as it looks to get its own house in ...
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June 19 - News
