by - January 10, 2013 5:14 pm
Bill Hanna, president and board chairman of Fort Smith-based Hanna Oil and Gas Co., recently completed a two-year tenure as president of the Arkansas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association…
by - January 10, 2013 9:16 am
For nearly a decade, natural gas drilling in Arkansas has been accused of harming the drinking water in the Fayetteville Shale play. On Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey gave the…
by - December 19, 2012 11:14 am
The persistent low price of natural gas and the move by energy producers to produce higher-margin domestic oil and other liquids has pushed Arkansas severance tax collections lower more than…
by - October 1, 2012 1:46 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe has joined what is now a 22-state “bipartisan” effort to convince major automakers to build more affordable compressed natural gas vehicles. In early April Oklahoma Gov. Mary…
by - September 19, 2012 8:55 pm
TULSA — With the turmoil in the Middle East and rising prices at the fuel pump, ways to secure cost-effective sources of fuel have been much in question. But a…
by - August 31, 2012 12:10 pm
Donna Thornton made sure to include a no-cost provision in her contract with Chesapeake Energy Corp. that let the driller harvest natural gas beneath 2.5 acres of her property in…
by - August 14, 2012 7:11 am
Seeking to quell environmental concerns about the chemicals it shoots underground to extract oil and natural gas, Apache Corp. told shareholders in April that it disclosed information about “all the…
by - August 6, 2012 2:38 pm
Fracking may cause more earthquakes than initially thought, according to an article in this week’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. At least 59 “small-magnitude” earthquakes of 1.4 to…
by - August 2, 2012 8:57 pm
BHP Billiton Ltd., the world’s biggest mining company, will book one-time charges totaling $3.3 billion on the value of its U.S. shale gas assets and nickel operations in Australia because…
by - July 27, 2012 7:18 am
The record slump in natural-gas prices signals companies from BHP Billiton Ltd. to Ultra Petroleum Corp. are at risk of writing off billions of dollars of assets — including assets…
by - July 24, 2012 7:04 pm
Sheffield Nelson said he would “suspend” his campaign to raise the state’s severance tax to a flat 7%. Nelson, whose organization is called the Committee for A Fair Severance Tax,…
by - July 23, 2012 10:11 am
The worst U.S. drought in a half century is putting pressure on natural-gas drillers to conserve the millions of gallons of water used in hydraulic fracturing to free trapped gas…
by - July 19, 2012 5:20 pm
An effort to raise the severance tax to a flat 7% has failed to meet the signature threshold to be placed on the November ballot, but supporters will be given…
by - July 16, 2012 12:04 pm
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin is one of 13 state Governors who are asking auto manufacturing chiefs to send them a plan provide the states “a cost-saving measure for states and…
by - July 2, 2012 1:56 pm
Houston-based Vanguard Natural Resources announced Monday (July 2) that it has closed on the $434.4 million deal to acquire natural gas and liquids reserves and operations from Denver-based Antero Resources….
by - June 28, 2012 4:26 pm
Officials with Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp. plan to attend what the American Trucking Associations says is the “first-ever summit dedicated to exploring the full range of issues related to…
by - June 25, 2012 12:57 pm
As Arkansas’ natural gas industry continues to mature, severance tax revenue has steadily increased each year since the Legislature raised the levy on natural gas production in 2009, according to…
by - June 20, 2012 5:09 pm
Opponents of an increase in the state’s natural gas severance tax say a new study shows that raising the tax would be detrimental to the gas industry in Arkansas. The…
by - June 13, 2012 3:42 pm
Former gas company executive Sheffield Nelson said his plan to raise Arkansas’ severance tax to 7% will make the ballot and won’t scare off natural gas drillers. To back up…
by - June 5, 2012 3:07 pm
Job creation and investment related to the Fayetteville Shale Play have topped 2008 predictions of $17.9 billion in economic activity between 2008 and 2012. A study released Tuesday (June 5)…
