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Comstock Resources, Inc. (“Comstock” or the “Company”) (CRK) announced today that it has completed an acreage swap with another operator which increases the Company`s Haynesville Shale drilling inventory.  The swap is an equal exchange and therefore will require no cash outflows from Comstock.  The additional acreage expands Comstock`s inventory of extended reach lateral locations in its core Haynesville Shale play

Halliburton Company (HAL) announced today that income from continuing operations for the fourth quarter of 2015 was $270 million, or $0.31 per diluted share, excluding special items. This compares to income from continuing operations for the third quarter of 2015 of $265 million, or $0.31 per diluted share, excluding special items. Adjusted operating income was $473 million in the fourth

Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC (VNR) (“Vanguard”) and VNR Finance Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Vanguard (“VNR Finance,” and together with Vanguard, the “Issuers”), today announced the early tender results of their previously announced private exchange offer (the “Exchange Offer”) to certain eligible holders of their outstanding 7.875% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Existing Notes”) to exchange Existing Notes for

Sanchez Energy Corporation (SN) (“Sanchez Energy,” the “Company,” “we,” “our,” “us,” or similar terms), today announced that it has amended the terms under its $1.5 billion first lien revolving credit facility, effective immediately. The amendment allows for the incurrence of second lien debt not to exceed $400 million plus any principal representing payment of interest in kind. The borrowing base is reduced

From The Globe and Mail Canada’s biggest oil sands producers, which have stubbornly resisted halting output even as the price of their crude hits record lows, are planning a higher-than-normal maintenance schedule this year. The move is seen temporarily curbing supply in the second and third quarters, which should lift crude prices in the region and give producers a respite

The Board of Directors of Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE: VLO, “Valero”) has approved an increase in the company’s regular quarterly cash dividend on common stock from $0.50 per share to $0.60 per share, effective with the quarterly dividend the Board has declared to be payable on March 3, 2016 to holders of record at the close of business on February

Eclipse Resources Corporation (ECR) (the “Company”) today announced proved reserves at December 31, 2015 were 348.8 Bcfe, a less than 2% decrease compared to proved reserves at December 31, 2014 of 355.8 Bcfe, in each case assuming ethane rejection on operated properties with a 30% contractual recovery. Year-end 2015 proved reserves were approximately 79% operated by the Company, 79% proved