Monday, September 1, 2025

Exclusive Interview: Luke Essman, Canyon Creek Energy President & CEO

At the 2018 EnerCom conference in Denver, EnerCom’s Angie Austin interviewed pure-play Arkoma STACK player Canyon Creek Energy President and CEO Luke Essman about the company and its operations. Canyon Creek Energy operates oil and gas assets in Oklahoma and has a rich history focusing on developing the natural resources of the Mid-Continent region. Essman partnered with ArcLight Capital Partners,

Truck Driver Shortage Constrains Booming Texas Oil Fields

From Transport Topics Thousands of drivers are needed in the Texas oil fields. Big rig trucks sit empty. They could be hauling the thousands of loads of sand needed to frac a well. But there aren’t enough drivers. It will take longer to complete the well. Once it’s out, the oil has to get to a plant on the Gulf Coast, and

Exclusive Interview: Jim Park, CEO & Director of GeoPark

At the 2018 The Oil & Gas Conference®, Jim Park, CEO and director of South American E&P GeoPark (ticker: GPRK), was interviewed by EnerCom’s Angie Austin. Park has worked in all phases of the upstream oil and gas business with a strong background in the acquisition, implementation and management of international joint ventures, including assignments in North America, Latin America,

Amazon: Jeff Bezos Updates HQ2 City Search

From the Washington Business Journal Amazon.com Inc.’s second headquarters will be … decided by Dec. 31. That was the response the etailing giant’s CEO and founder, Jeff Bezos, gave to fellow billionaire and The Carlyle Group LP (NASDAQ: CG) co-founder David Rubensteinwhen asked in an interview about its yearlong search for its so-called HQ2, a $5 billion, 50,000-employee endeavor that has 20 markets around North