THE EXPLORERS 2007: XTO more than doubles oil reserves 11/18/2007
XTO Energy, operator of the Middle Ground Shoal field in Alaska's Cook Inlet basin, is a good example of what an independent oil company can achieve in prolonging the life of an aging oil field. Midd...

PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: Marine service work done right in extreme weather conditions by American Marine divers 07/22/2007
American Marine's retrofitted, state-of-the-art dive support vessel, 'The Shamrock,' was designed for safe, effective diving operations in Alaska's harsh waters
Q: Where is your company located? More than one location? A: American Marine Corp. has offices in Alaska (Anchorage and Deadhorse) as well as Los Angeles, California and Honolulu, Hawaii. Q: When wa...

Alaska operators among best at MMS 04/08/2007
Three out of the four companies who won stewardship awards this year from the U.S. Department of Interior's Minerals Management Service do business in Alaska. ConocoPhillips, Shell Exploration and Pro...

PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: Epoch completes roll-out of fourth generation E-Series™ FID gas detection equipment 12/10/2006
Every employee makes safety a top priority at Epoch Well Services - 2,000 days since a lost time accident carries bragging rights
Q. Where is your company located? More than one location? A. The corporate office is located in Houston, Texas, with field offices in Anchorage, Alaska, Bakersfield, Calif., New Iberia, La., Grand Ju...

THE EXPLORERS 2006 - XTO focused on upgrades in 2006 11/12/2006
Alaska is used to being the biggest. But in XTO Energy's portfolio the northernmost state is one of the company's smallest assets in terms of oil production - so small Alaska doesn't warrant a mention...

PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: Company news in brief 09/03/2006
Arctic Controls hires Connally Anchorage-based Arctic Controls Inc. has hired Peggy Connally as its new administrative assistant. Connally comes from Crosby, Texas and has "excellent skills in comput...

DEC moves on Escopeta's air quality permit to use jack-up to drill Inlet wells 08/06/2006
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation has announced its intention of issuing an air quality permit to Escopeta Oil and Gas Corp. for the operation of a jack-up drilling rig in four offsh...

Total, Hess confirm deepwater Gulf finds 07/30/2006
Both Hess Pony, Total Alaminos Canyon discoveries are oil; sidetrack planned on Hess acreage; Total well confirms structure
Hess and Total have confirmed separate oil discoveries in deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Hess' Pony exploratory well, on Green Canyon Block 468, was drilled to a total depth of 32,448 feet and encountered...

They got it! 07/16/2006
Stevens: Escopeta has its Jones Act waiver to bring jack-up rig to Alaska
Escopeta Oil has received its Jones Act waiver to bring a jack-up drilling rig into Cook Inlet. U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, made the announcement in Anchorage on July 7. Escopeta Oil President Da...

Companies go on $3.2B spending spree in Barnett Shale 06/11/2006
Three of the leading producers in the sizzling Barnett Shale gas play in East Texas - Devon Energy, Chesapeake Energy and XTO Energy - doled out a collective $3.2 billion for additional Barnett Shale...

XTO Energy adds price hedges on gas, oil 05/07/2006
Oil and gas producer XTO Energy said May 4 that it has added price hedges for future sales of natural gas and oil production through 2008. A hedge is a way companies can reduce their risk relative to...

Total focuses U.S. EandP in Gulf of Mexico 02/12/2006
Total said Feb. 7 that its wholly owned subsidiary, Total EandP USA Inc., has agreed to sell two mature fields, Bethany and Maben, in east Texas and Mississippi, respectively, to XTO Energy Inc. The tra...

Platts: Big oil dominates global energy 12/11/2005
Platts survey shows dominance of big oil, with leaders amassing $1.9 trillion in 2004 revenues; Devon tops EandP independents
U.S.-based ExxonMobil, Chevron and ConocoPhillips and other large integrated oil and gas companies, feeding off the unprecedented rise in commodity prices, blew away the field in a Platts global surve...

THE EXPLORERS 2005: XTO continues to work Middle Ground Shoal 11/31/2005
Company maintains production rates by drilling more sidetracks, platforms getting upgrades
XTO Energy, operator of the Middle Ground Shoal field in Alaska's Cook Inlet, sets a great example for what an independent oil company can achieve in prolonging the life of an aging oil field. Althoug...

THE EXPLORERS 2005: Escopeta Oil looking for Cook Inlet giants 11/31/2005
Houston independent wants to drill $35 million exploration well to test oil migration theories
Houston-based independent Escopeta Oil isn't the biggest oil company on the block, but it doesn't shy away from the brutally expensive task of getting a jack-up rig to Cook Inlet to drill its East Kit...

Barnett Shale drilling, production heats up 11/20/2005
Strong prices drive output, new technologies crack stubborn rock shale at huge unconventional natural gas play in East Texas
With commodity prices at unprecedented highs, producers are going hog wild in the red-hot Barnett Shale, a huge unconventional natural gas play in East Texas that had explorers puzzled just a decade a...

XTO continues to work Middle Ground Shoal 10/30/2005
Company maintains production rates of 3,600 barrels per day by drilling more sidetracks at Cook Inlet field, platforms get upgrades
XTO Energy, operator of the Middle Ground Shoal field in Alaska's Cook Inlet, sets a great example for what an independent oil company can achieve in prolonging the life of an aging oil field. Althoug...

PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: EFS: New business plan out this quarter 10/16/2005
After the 2000 purchase by Kidde and the recent acquisition by United Technology Inc., EFS has wealth of resources
Q. Where is Engineered Fire and Safety located? A. The company has offices in Anchorage and Seattle. It is part of Kidde, with offices around the world. Kidde manufactures the largest variety of fire...

Burlington takes on shale, expands acreage 08/07/2005
Moves out of core area of Barnett Shale, into frontier area of Texas
Typically conservative exploration and production independent Burlington Resources has stepped out of the relative safety of the Barnett Shale core area in East Texas and into a riskier and less under...

XTO: Let's make a deal! 07/24/2005
Bob Simpson charms Big Oil into lucrative deals, looking to invest $1.25B in 2006
Acquisition-minded XTO Energy now admits the art of deal-making has been accomplished largely through chief executive Bob Simpson's experience and gut feeling. Still, analysts wonder how the Fort Wort...