Author: Zoe Gottlieb

Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC, known best for its Washington and Karnes counties wells, is hoping to strike oil in Lee County, while fellow Houston-based company Marathon Oil EF LLC also had a busy week.

Operators have narrowly avoided a court decision that would have halted drilling across the Eagle Ford Shale.

La Salle and Atascosa counties tied as the most popular drilling regions in South Texas’ Eagle Ford Shale last week.

For the second week in a row, South Texas drillers have dogpiled on the Eagle Ford’s southernmost county.

San Antonio-based EnCap Flatrock Midstream LP has raised more than $900 million for its fifth equity fund.

New drilling operations have migrated to the southernmost county of the Eagle Ford Shale.

For the second week in a row, Atascosa County saw the highest volume of new drilling permit applications across its 67-county region in South Texas.

Four companies, including Houston-based EOG Resources Inc. (NYSE: EOG), are plotting new wells in South Texas’ Atascosa County.

Freedom Solar Power, an Austin-based commercial and residential solar installer with a presence in Houston, has laid off 60 employees.