In fact, the number of transactions in what the industry calls the midcontinent, a region that includes the Permian Basin, more than doubled in the fourth quarter of 2009 versus the same period the year before, with the value of the deals increasing more than twenty-fivefold, said Jon McCarter, transactions leader for Ernst & Young's oil and gas center in Houston. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Devon will operate the fields, which are located in Ohio, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Michigan and the midcontinent. ❋ Angel Gonzalez (2012)
"The midcontinent refineries are running as hard as they can, with some marginal movement of WTI crude to the U.S. Gulf via rail or barge," said Mr. Jennings, whose company operates five refineries in the midcontinent region. ❋ Dan Strumpf (2011)
Given the companies' proximity to each other, access to midcontinent oil and similar refining capabilities, the merger seemed like a natural move, Frontier Chairman and Chief Executive Mike Jennings said in an interview. ❋ Ben Lefebvre (2011)
The midcontinent oil glut has been shrinking, as Midwest refiners run at near-maximum capacity and refiners elsewhere scramble to get hold of the region's crude. ❋ Dan Strumpf (2011)
The New York-based manager, with $750 million of assets under management, invested last year in Houston-based Black Elk Energy LLC, which buys from growth energy companies physical oil and gas wells in the midcontinent and southern Gulf Coast states that are near their end of production, or five to seven years' lifespan left, to be exact. ❋ Amy Or (2011)
The petroleum refiner and marketer's bottom line had been benefiting from increased activity at its refineries and its access to discounted crude oil in the midcontinent region and West Coast in recent quarters. ❋ Tess Stynes (2012)
"The 'midcontinent supply glut' can now be officially called the 'imaginary midcontinent supply glut,'" said Tim Evans , an energy analyst with Citi Futures Perspective in New York. ❋ Dan Strumpf (2011)
A change in ownership at Seaway could also lead to an eventual increase in oil prices in the U.S. midcontinent. ❋ Ben Lefebvre (2011)
Most market participants say TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone XL pipeline extension holds the most promise for getting large volumes of crude from the midcontinent to the Gulf Coast. ❋ Dan Strumpf (2011)
The horse and the knowledge of how to use it spread with astonishing speed through the midcontinent. ❋ S. C. Gwynne (2010)
The development of the new oil fields of the Gulf Coast and the midcontinent undermined the seemingly impregnable position of Standard Oil. ❋ Daniel Yergin (2008)
In the 1890s, James Guffey and John Galey had developed that first major oil field in the midcontinent, in Kansas, which they sold to Standard Oil. ❋ Daniel Yergin (2008)
By World War I, Sinclair was the largest independent oil producer in the midcontinent. ❋ Daniel Yergin (2008)
Sheetz Inc. and QuikTrip Corp. have already introduced these more expansive gas-stations in the eastern U.S., the midcontinent, and Phoenix. ❋ Unknown (2008)
For example, the warming will mean increased drying of the soil, and the warming trend will be more pronounced in the midcontinent regions as opposed to the coasts because of the moderating influence of water. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Cushing provides clues about what's on hand to feed America's midcontinent refineries and about oil speculation on the Nymex. ❋ Unknown (2007)
