November 18, 2015

Black Hills Corp. (BKH) (the “Company”) today announced the pricing of a registered public offering of 5.5 million shares of its common stock at $40.25 per share, for total gross proceeds of approximately $221.4 million. In addition, the Company announced the pricing of its registered public offering of 5.2 million equity units, for total gross proceeds of $260.0 million. The

From The Wall Street Journal Investment banking firm Piper Jaffray Cos. said Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire energy-focused investment bank Simmons & Co. International for about $139 million in cash and stock, a move to expand its presence to the beaten-down oil-and-gas sector. Piper Jaffray will pay $91 million in cash and $48 million in restricted stock, in

From Aberdeen Journals Oil and gas engineers are being told to “name their price” when applying for jobs with Islamic State, according to an international terrorism expert. The Islamic caliphate, which controls a vast oil supplies and infrastructure in Syria and Iraq recruits engineers to join its hydrocarbon production sector that operates in similar ways to a national oil company.