Greg Avery - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/greg-avery/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Mon, 18 Nov 2024 20:59:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Greg Avery - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/greg-avery/ 32 32 103504436 Trump taps Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright as energy secretary https://houstonnewmedia.org/trump-taps-liberty-energy-ceo-chris-wright-as-energy-secretary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trump-taps-liberty-energy-ceo-chris-wright-as-energy-secretary Mon, 18 Nov 2024 20:59:28 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=db1fb4871cf4f106a296a1319ba3bc2e The leader of a Denver fracking and oil production technology company is President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be U.S. Energy Secretary.

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]]> 849096 Houston-based energy company closing downtown Denver office, laying off dozens https://houstonnewmedia.org/houston-based-energy-company-closing-downtown-denver-office-laying-off-dozens/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=houston-based-energy-company-closing-downtown-denver-office-laying-off-dozens Fri, 08 Nov 2024 14:48:44 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=3aa580cb2baff9367d7661d1b0c536a1 It isn’t the first time the Houston-based company acquired a Denver oil and gas office through a merger and then closed it.

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]]> 843660 Kimmeridge ends proxy battle after $2 billion SilverBow-Crescent deal announced https://houstonnewmedia.org/kimmeridge-ends-proxy-battle-after-2-billion-silverbow-crescent-deal-announced/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kimmeridge-ends-proxy-battle-after-2-billion-silverbow-crescent-deal-announced Wed, 22 May 2024 16:52:35 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=ccba79c69e1a9241ca98fed07610e73e Kimmeridge withdrew its slate of candidates running for SilverBow Resources' board, saying a $2.1 billion deal made board changes unnecessary.

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]]> 772117 Houston’s Quantum Energy, Denver oil and gas entrepreneurs form Bison IV, targeting DJ Basin https://houstonnewmedia.org/houstons-quantum-energy-denver-oil-and-gas-entrepreneurs-form-bison-iv-targeting-dj-basin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=houstons-quantum-energy-denver-oil-and-gas-entrepreneurs-form-bison-iv-targeting-dj-basin Thu, 07 Mar 2024 14:06:30 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=4ca88c8394524223754b56041f75d005 Houston-based Quantum Energy Partners and the management team of Denver-based Bison Oil & Gas have partnered to acquire mineral rights acreage and producing wells in the Denver-Julesburg Basin.

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]]> 733740 United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket blasts off with Houston-based Celestis’ human remains https://houstonnewmedia.org/united-launch-alliances-vulcan-rocket-blasts-off-with-houston-based-celestis-human-remains/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=united-launch-alliances-vulcan-rocket-blasts-off-with-houston-based-celestis-human-remains Mon, 08 Jan 2024 17:31:18 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=64c24fab4aa48151ecba4724cb364049 United Launch Alliance successfully launched its first Vulcan rocket to orbit in the early morning hours of Jan. 8, sending a NASA-funded commercial probe on a journey to the moon. The rocket is also carrying a payload of 234 human remains and genetic ...

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]]> 710159 Healthpeak Properties, Physicians Realty Trust to merge in $21B health care real estate deal https://houstonnewmedia.org/healthpeak-properties-physicians-realty-trust-to-merge-in-21b-health-care-real-estate-deal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=healthpeak-properties-physicians-realty-trust-to-merge-in-21b-health-care-real-estate-deal Mon, 30 Oct 2023 16:35:43 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=e078aebd401fd4dab256156a80a20b7c Healthpeak Properties Inc. (NYSE: PEAK), a Denver-based real estate investment trust, is buying a Milwaukee-based competitor in a deal valued at $21 billion and creating a health care property ownership giant with locations in growing US. metro areas, ...

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]]> 683078 Chevron issues mass layoff notice for Colorado workers following PDC Energy merger https://houstonnewmedia.org/chevron-issues-mass-layoff-notice-for-colorado-workers-following-pdc-energy-merger/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chevron-issues-mass-layoff-notice-for-colorado-workers-following-pdc-energy-merger Fri, 25 Aug 2023 19:41:27 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=5131ec3779d98d9c707a70784af3bba5 Chevron reveals for the first time how many Colorado jobs will be cut after its $7.6 billion acquisition.

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]]> 650240 Chevron exec explains vision for merged business as $7.6 billion deal for Colorado’s PDC Energy closes https://houstonnewmedia.org/chevron-exec-explains-vision-for-merged-business-as-7-6-billion-deal-for-colorados-pdc-energy-closes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chevron-exec-explains-vision-for-merged-business-as-7-6-billion-deal-for-colorados-pdc-energy-closes Mon, 07 Aug 2023 16:53:35 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=795b8c89b23b45b075ce1d4657530031 Two of Colorado's biggest oil operations combine. The executive running the merged business explains why it works and lays out her timetable for integration.

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]]> 641109 Denver oil company Civitas Resources enters Permian Basin with $4.7B in acquisitions https://houstonnewmedia.org/denver-oil-company-civitas-resources-enters-permian-basin-with-4-7b-in-acquisitions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=denver-oil-company-civitas-resources-enters-permian-basin-with-4-7b-in-acquisitions Tue, 20 Jun 2023 16:31:32 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=e9bee3dfd8d696b8170d0ff3ff16535d Colorado-focused oil and gas company Civitas Resources looks to add scale with deals to expand into the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico.

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]]> 616393 Natural gas co. PureWest Energy sold to private investors for $1.84B https://houstonnewmedia.org/natural-gas-co-purewest-energy-sold-to-private-investors-for-1-84b/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=natural-gas-co-purewest-energy-sold-to-private-investors-for-1-84b Mon, 05 Jun 2023 19:39:48 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=f019f3f277c7112b3ef762b19104ae98 The company, formerly known as Ultra Petroleum and UP Energy, had been growing since reorganizing and being taken over by its lenders in Chapter 11 bankruptcy three years ago.

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]]> 609019 Houston hydrogen fuel technology company opens Denver-area lab https://houstonnewmedia.org/houston-hydrogen-fuel-technology-company-opens-denver-area-lab/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=houston-hydrogen-fuel-technology-company-opens-denver-area-lab Tue, 30 May 2023 17:31:13 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=fbef07f7bc4ec55c37f7d818d478da5c The company leased a former pharmaceutical space after finding the metro-area home to expertise key to its tech that is decarbonizing heavy industry.

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]]> 605907 How Chevron’s $7.6 billion PDC Energy acquisition benefitted from Colorado’s bad reputation https://houstonnewmedia.org/how-chevrons-7-6-billion-pdc-energy-acquisition-benefitted-from-colorados-bad-reputation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-chevrons-7-6-billion-pdc-energy-acquisition-benefitted-from-colorados-bad-reputation Thu, 25 May 2023 20:08:02 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=9e37999d4e1066094d7efbd83f32e2d0 Fear of Colorado regulators and operating in a lower-profile region discounts companies in the Denver-Julesburg Basin. But PDC Energy shareholders may get an upside selling to Chevron.

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]]> 603689 Chevron strikes $7.6 billion deal to buy Colorado’s PDC Energy, increase crude production https://houstonnewmedia.org/chevron-strikes-7-6-billion-deal-to-buy-colorados-pdc-energy-increase-crude-production/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chevron-strikes-7-6-billion-deal-to-buy-colorados-pdc-energy-increase-crude-production Mon, 22 May 2023 23:10:01 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=c1f59811d269e033b8633ecd4218d758 The transaction combines Colorado's second- and fourth-largest crude oil producers by volume, blending oil and gas well operations spanning 600,000 largely contiguous acres across the core of the Denver-Julesburg Basin.

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]]> 601844 Liberty Energy acquires Houston-based Siren Energy, makes side business of reduced-emissions fracking https://houstonnewmedia.org/liberty-energy-acquires-houston-based-siren-energy-makes-side-business-of-reduced-emissions-fracking/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=liberty-energy-acquires-houston-based-siren-energy-makes-side-business-of-reduced-emissions-fracking Tue, 02 May 2023 18:08:19 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=e9bbd1a082664c9b6e377c5c6b52137e The deal makes the oil field services company able to deliver compressed natural gas and other fuels to fracking jobs in the Permian Basin.

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]]> 591242 Denver-based natural gas company sells its first low-carbon energy tokens on the blockchain https://houstonnewmedia.org/denver-based-natural-gas-company-sells-its-first-low-carbon-energy-tokens-on-the-blockchain/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=denver-based-natural-gas-company-sells-its-first-low-carbon-energy-tokens-on-the-blockchain Wed, 12 Apr 2023 13:12:17 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=ad41830c66a1a62d635f2fabb416f4b5 A Denver-based natural gas company is minting blockchain tokens offering buyers a chance to claim low-carbon production benefits.

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]]> 579813 Ovintiv’s multibillion-dollar deals to expand in Permian, exit Bakken address inventory concern, analyst says https://houstonnewmedia.org/ovintivs-multibillion-dollar-deals-to-expand-in-permian-exit-bakken-address-inventory-concern-analyst-says/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ovintivs-multibillion-dollar-deals-to-expand-in-permian-exit-bakken-address-inventory-concern-analyst-says Tue, 04 Apr 2023 17:10:58 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=9790cafa31723b45f845326a152701c3 The deal adds years of drilling locations and comes as such acquisitions are getting harder to pull off, analyst says.

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]]> 576193 Layoffs hit Denver-based DCP Midstream amid Phillips 66 acquisition https://houstonnewmedia.org/layoffs-hit-denver-based-dcp-midstream-amid-phillips-66-acquisition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=layoffs-hit-denver-based-dcp-midstream-amid-phillips-66-acquisition Fri, 03 Feb 2023 21:06:52 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=73e66271ab182c482bcb6059b518dbd5 More than 100 jobs are being cut in Denver as Houston-based Phillips 66 begins acting on synergies it sees in a $3.8 billion deal.

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]]> 538988 CEO and CFO of DCP Midstream resign amid Phillips 66 merger offer https://houstonnewmedia.org/ceo-and-cfo-of-dcp-midstream-resign-amid-phillips-66-merger-offer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ceo-and-cfo-of-dcp-midstream-resign-amid-phillips-66-merger-offer Tue, 20 Dec 2022 13:51:22 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=5db2309f5d6271f4d73ca1caacd3b48a Phillips 66 made a multibillion-dollar offer in August to buy the portion of DCP Midstream it didn’t already own. Things had been quiet since then until the top executive departures were revealed.

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]]> 498707 NASA’s Orion spacecraft buzzes moon, earns high marks on Artemis 1 test flight https://houstonnewmedia.org/nasas-orion-spacecraft-buzzes-moon-earns-high-marks-on-artemis-1-test-flight/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nasas-orion-spacecraft-buzzes-moon-earns-high-marks-on-artemis-1-test-flight Tue, 22 Nov 2022 18:01:46 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=7aa9edfa5b139a832610626b69675b6f NASA officials give the Orion spacecraft stellar grades for its performance, saying the Artemis 1 mission, a test flight without crew on board, has gone according to plan and exceeded expectations.

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]]> 475265 Voyager Space, Hilton partner on space station design https://houstonnewmedia.org/voyager-space-hilton-partner-on-space-station-design/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=voyager-space-hilton-partner-on-space-station-design Fri, 23 Sep 2022 02:20:34 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=343e7dc9b2688a813784a465e721d874 The Denver-based space company, working on launching its Starlab commercial space station later this decade, seeks the hotelier's earthly touch.

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