A new analysis by Evaluate Energy highlights the big differences in drilling costs between companies in North American shale plays.

As Eagle Ford shale production continues to increase, it is hastening the need for midstream infrastructure development in the play.

Under the world-class Eagle Ford oil window is yet more—and much easier—oil in the Buda limestone.

Privately held E&Ps have been picking up rigs faster than publicly held E&Ps in the past month, Uhlmer adds.

Boardwalk will soon have 400 miles of pipeline with the capacity to transport more than 300 MMcf/d of gas from Karnes and DeWitt counties in the heart of the Eagle Ford.

"When your name is Gastar Exploration and your stock is below $4 amid poor natural gas prices, you need to enter an oily play," says J. Russell Porter, chairman, president and CEO.

Nearly two years after operators prophesied a transition to liquids rich portfolios, the oil-directed horizontal rig count topped the gas-directed horizontal rig count during the week ending Jan. 6, 2012.

A small company has big ideas when it comes to chasing the Eagle Ford shale into Louisiana.

Operators below the rich-gas line aren't crying over dry Eagle Ford shale. Instead, they are counting silver linings behind other opportunistic pay zones.

An emerging resource play, centered on productive Woodbine fields in Grimes, Madison and Brazos counties in East Texas, appears to be in the early stages of commercial development.

It's all about oil as the onshore oil and gas industry sprints toward the 2011 finish line.

The founder of Petrohawk Energy Corp. took the company from $0 to $15 billion in seven years. Here's how.

Mix one part experienced hands, two parts modern drilling rigs and downhole tools, and add a pinch of process and you have Anadarko Petroleum Corp.'s recipe for reducing drilling cycle time in the southwestern Eagle Ford shale.

The opportunities in the Eagle Ford shale and a series longstanding business relationships led to the development of a unique partnership that includes construction and midstream services.

As 2011 winds down to a close, one of the clear E&P development trends is still all about oil.