Moreno frac sand operation files for Chapter 11 with $128M in debt
This story has been changed since its original publication to correct the spelling of Michel Moreno's name.
A holding company owned in part by Lafayette...
Drillers fight for survival in a world of cheap oil
For the oilfield services industry, it’s no longer about merely navigating a downturn. It’s now about survival.
As Bloomberg reports, five years after crude began...
Baton Rouge’s ESI acquires Patriot for Texas expansion
Baton Rouge's Environmental Specialties International, which provides containment materials used by the oil and gas industry in fracking, has acquired Patriot Environmental of Oklahoma.
The...
Joint development planned for Louisiana Austin Chalk
Two Texas firms have agreed to jointly develop properties contributed by both companies in the emerging Austin Chalk play in Louisiana.
The combined development of...
Danos wins multiple contracts with Shell Exploration
Danos has been awarded multiple contracts with Shell Exploration and Production Company to provide integrated operations on its Enchilada platform.
Danos’ production, construction, scaffolding and...
Not everyone can play offshore
All signs point to greater stability in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. In the last four years, the rig count has increased by some...
Shell’s Appomattox begins production
Production has begun several months early at the Appomattox platform, about 80 miles off the coast of Louisiana in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico....
ConocoPhillips anticipates Austin Chalk results by year’s end
ConocoPhillips has drilled two wells in Louisiana’s Austin Chalk formation and may be able to judge the potential of the play by the end...
