We are natural explorers, and the exotic places we discover and study — like the methane vents of Hydrate Ridge — hold critical clues about how our planet works and our role in that process.
The offer values all of Vastar, a natural gas explorer, at $8.1 billion.
Last year, it bought the oil and natural gas explorer Samson Resources for $344 million, and acquired a number of energy assets from the Chesapeake Energy Corporation for $203 million in 2010.
The Samson Investment Company, a Tulsa oil and natural gas explorer and now an Enron creditor, sued Andersen yesterday, saying it relied on Andersen's audits in doing business with Enron.
The Cabot Oil and Gas Corporation, a natural gas explorer and producer, agreed to buy the Cody Company for $230 million in cash and stock to increase gas and oil reserves in Texas and Louisiana.
Senior managers at Pure Resources Inc. agreed to sell their shares in the company, an oil and natural gas explorer and producer, after the Unocal Corporation raised its bid for the 35percentt of the company it does not already own.
DealBook » Anadarko Searching for Buyers for Brazil Assets | The American oil and natural gas explorer Anadarko Petroleum is looking to sell a portfolio of its Brazilian oil assets that could be worth as much as $5 billion, and has approached bankers including Citigroup and Morgan Stanley to help advise on a potential deal.
REUTERS Samson Weighs Selling Itself | Samson Investment, an oil and natural gas explorer, is considering putting itself on the block in a deal that could fetch as much as $10 billion, The Wall Street Journal writes, noting that the company is also weighing other strategic options.
The natural gas explorer went out at $14.50 and promptly sank like a toppled derrick.
Today's tickers: BBY, CHK, XEL, OSK, LLL, Chesapeake Energy Corp. : The news of Exxon's bid for XTO this morning helped send shares at fellow oil and natural gas explorer, Chesapeake jumping 6.8% to $24.58.
