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Talisman Energy is set to pull the curtains on its Australian adventure after appointing advisers to find buyers for stakes in the Laminaria and Kitan oilfields.

Private sector executives see long road ahead for Beijing's plan to let market forces play a bigger role in economy given past experience Implementing Beijing's plan of forcing state-owned enterprises to offer assets and investment opportunities to private firms will not be easy, some mainland business leaders say.

Fracking, or drilling for oil by hydraulic fracturing, is coming to Nevada. The Houston-based Noble Energy has 10 permits on file with the Nevada Division of Minerals for mining oil using the technique.

Frank Puskarich can't help but marvel at how his Hog father's barbecue restaurant has grown since he opened it on Jefferson Avenue in Washington, Pa., in 2007.

KOTA Territory residents had a chance to purchase a little slice of history Saturday at the Henry Frawley Estate Auction.

A New York judge has overruled the US$9.5 billion in compensation for toxic waste dumping that Chevron had been ordered to pay to Ecuadorian villagers.

The Midland-based oil and gas company on Friday announced it closed the sale on select holdings in Wilson, Brazos , La Salle, Frio and Robertson counties.

Credit a stellar band, including New York greats Clem Burke , Lenny Kaye , Ivan Julian , and Tony Shanahan and prized local strings Susan Voelz and Brian Standefer , plus Barone's experience putting on these kinds of shows in the Big Apple.

Frac sand is actively being sought out and mined in Alberta to meet growing demand, with particular interest in abundant silica sand associated with the Paddy and time equivalent Pelican formations in Northern Alberta.

A pump jack dwarfs a house northwest of Calgary, in a Sept. 28, 2004 photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh The price of oil rose Friday on concerns that tensions over Ukraine could rise with this weekend's referendum on Crimean secession.

Fort Worth-based oil and gas producer Quicksilver Resources said it lost $32 million in the fourth quarter as production declined with property sales and reduced drilling.

Ohio soon may join Pennsylvania and other oil and gas field states where lawsuits are mounting as the most-active driller in the state faces questions about its royalty payments.

Twenty-one groups are calling on Alberta's energy watchdog to reject another application by Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. to resume steaming near the site of a months-long bitumen spill.

Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. says the number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by 17 this week to 1,809.

While I'm not one of his biggest fans , I do think that Jim Cramer does have some solid advice from time to time .

Blake Scott, founder and president of Scott Environmental Services, Inc. , has been named Industry Leader by the Oil & Gas Awards Judging Panel.

In the heated debate over whether to build the Keystone XL pipeline, the energy industry and lawmakers have predicted that the project could unleash an economic bonanza in the Midwest, and provide jobs for up to a half-million people.

You may also email Mr. Maniskas at rmaniskas@rmclasslaw.com . Our investigation concerns possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of state law by the Board of Directors of EPL for not acting in the Company's shareholders' best interests in connection with the sale process.

This is the third time in recent months the vessel has been fast-tracked to c... )--Fitch Ratings maintains the Negative Rating Watch on the 2013-1 notes currently rated 'AAAsf' issued by Oklahoma Student Loan Authority, Series 2013-1 .

The Alberta Educational Department has partnered with the Canadian oil and gas industry in drafting new educational curricula for its elementary schools according to a document posted to the Alberta Education website.