National Oil Companies (NOCs) are transforming themselves into lean, professionally managed enterprises, shaking off old criticisms of being overstaffed and underfunded.

Given the significant expansion of oil and gas companies globally, the need for industry players to align and coordinate local operations with corporate strategy has never been greater.

After the Crash in 2008, I worked on several financing projects that made me think creatively about energy investments, the cash flows they offer to investors, and the nature of the liabilities that motivate financial investors to risk their capital in energy assets.

Energy investment bank Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. (TPH) has hired Jose M. Amador as head of the firm’s formal Latin American investment banking coverage. 

While the Australian LNG sector has massive financial potential, ballooning development costs, driven by the prodigious strength of the Australian dollar, are continuing to chip away at profit forecasts. But despite the emergence of such a challenging macroeconomic environment, the national government is unlikely to offer concerned investors any respite, says an energy expert with research and consulting firm GlobalData.

Investors from outside the United States are playing an increasingly vital role in the US tight oil and shale natural gas industry, according to the US Energy Information Administration.

Let's talk about the dramatic changes that have taken place in the petroleum industry just in the past several years. It's quite a story.

Ridgebury Tankers LLC, a new tanker company focused on the acquisition and operation of vessels in the tanker sector, said April 11 that it has received a $200 million commitment from Riverstone Holdings LLC, an energy private investment firm, alongside a $5.7 million commitment from Ridgebury management.

TPH Partners II LP, a middle-market energy private equity fund, has formed Principle Petroleum Partners LLC, an independent upstream company headquartered in Dallas.