Who's Hot/Who's Not - As Of February 19Upgrades:• Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (ANR/$9.50/$5.28/$20.70/$2.1B) from Hold to Buy by Dahlman Rose.• Buckeye Partners LP (BPL/$53.31/$44.37/$62.66/$5.23B) from Hold to Buy by Argus.• CARBO Ceramics Inc. (CRR/$90/$60.33/$110.66/$2.07B) from Neutral to Buy by Global Hunter Securities.• Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK/$20.36/$13.32/$26.09/$13.12B) from Hold to Buy by Stifel Nicolaus.• Core Labs NV...
Feb 21, 2013
Who's Hot, Who's Not (Short Stories; Jun 10, 2010)Upgrade:
Apache Corp. (APA/$88.89/$51.03/$118.61/$30.94B) from Market Perform to Market Outperform by Howard Weil.
Bill Barrett Corp. (BBG/$34.07/$14.93/$37.48/$1.48B) from Hold to Buy by Stifel Nicolaus.
BP plc (BP/$34.68/$33.7/$55.7/$171.18B) from Perform to Outperform by Oppenheimer.
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. (COG/$34.49/$17.84/$42.8/$3.89B) from Add to Strong Buy by CapitalOne southcoast, and from Hold to Buy by Stifel Nicolaus.
Occidental Petroleum Corporation...
Jun 10, 2010
People Briefs - January 22, 2015• Oilfield separation, flowback and environmental product equipment maker Cimarron Energy announced Richard Wilkie has been appointed CFO. Wilkie was previously a partner at the Houston office of Akin Gump, where he specialized in M&A, JVs. and financial and securities transactions. He is also a CPA. Cimarron was recently recapitalized and acquired from Curtiss Wright by Turnbridge Capital. • EMGS has appointed executive chairman Bjarte Bruheim CEO following the resignation of prior CEO...
Jan 22, 2015
E&P Briefs- Adira Energy Ltd. started drilling and workover operations on its onshore "Eitan" unconventional gas license in the Hula Valley in northern Israel. It also began 3D seismic survey operations on its "Gabriella" and "Yitzhak" licenses offshore Israel.
- Afren said its Okwok-9 appraisal well offshore southeast Nigeria found 35 ft (10.5 m) of net pay in the D2 reservoir and which tested 31 API oil at sustained if undisclosed flow rates. The company is considering the relative merits of...
Jan 01, 2011
People On the Move Briefs - October 27, 2010Dr. Ray Irani will step down as CEO of Occidental Petroleum in May, but will continue as Executive Chairman until the end of 2014. President and COO Steven Chazen will take on the additional position of CEO. The board also restructured executive compensation, which produced levels well above Oxy's peer groups. Irani's equity compensation for 2011 is capped at $25 million and Chazen's at $20 million. The company also appointed Howard I. Atkins, CFO of Wells Fargo, to its board. John S....
Oct 27, 2010
People On the Move Briefs - July 02, 2010API has named Linda Schoumacher Rozett VP of communications. Rozett joins API after several years of running her own media consultancy.
Carlos Etcheverry has been appointed president of Allis-Chalmers Energy Inc.'s drilling and completion segment.
The Artificial Lift Company Ltd. promoted Peter Moulsdale to director and VP of Operations. Moulsdale joined as played a key role in developing and commercializing the company's rigless electric submersible...
Jul 02, 2010
People Briefs - October 01, 2007The Board of Directors of Noble Corporation reported that Mark A. Jackson has resigned from the positions of Chairman of the Board, President and CEO. The Board has appointed William A. Sears, a director of the Company since January 1998, to serve as Chairman of the Board, President and CEO on an interim basis.
Venoco, Inc. announced that Brady McConaty will join the company as VP of Texas operations. Mr. McConaty has twenty-nine years of industry experience including nineteen years with...
Oct 01, 2007