Strong drilling results, coupled with the large prospective area, and magnitude of the resource potential, combine to make the Eagle Ford Shale play in South Texas a contender for the best tight oil play in the US, according to a new report from IHS.

Smart Sand and Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. have partnered to supply and ship premium, Northern White frac sand to the unconventional oil and gas industry in key North America producing regions.

Initial results in the Pearsall Shale have been encouraging, noted Jefferies & Co. Inc. following the news of Houston-based Cabot Oil & Gas’s sale of a 35% non-operated working interest in the play to a subsidiary of Japan’s Osaka Gas Co. Ltd.

Houston-based Blue Dolphin Energy Company [OTCQX:BDCO], an independent energy company with refining, midstream, and upstream operations, said June 11 that it had purchased a 180-day option to acquire an idled refinery located in Ingleside, Texas, from Lazarus Energy Holdings LLC, its largest shareholder.

Houston-based Kinder Morgan [NYSE: KMP] said June 4 that it has completed its acquisition of a 50% interest in a joint venture that owns the Altamont gathering, processing, and treating assets in the Uinta Basin in Utah and the Camino Real gathering system in the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP for $300 million in KMP units.

In response to producer demand in the Eagle Ford shale play, Copano Energy, LLC announced today it will add 400,000 Mcf per day of cryogenic processing capacity at its Houston Central complex in Colorado County, Texas.

Results of the University of Texas at San Antonio’s Eagle Ford Shale Economic Impact Study will be presented on two dates in May.

Capstone Turbine Corp. has received orders for 30 additional C65 microturbines from producers in the Eagle Ford shale play.

Oil services providers and field personnel working the Eagle Ford shale have a new place to lay their heads at night — and  more — in Kenedy, Texas.

ZaZa Energy Corp. has expanded its position in the Eaglebine trend in eastern Texas to a nearly contiguous total holding of approximately 144,123 gross acres through a transaction with a Range Resources subsidiary.

Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to sell a portion of its properties in the Barnett Shale to a subsidiary of Atlas Resource Partners for $190 million in cash.

On March 5, American Standard Energy Corp. closed and funded its acquisition of roughly 72,300 net acres and approximately 250 barrels of oil equivalent per day of production from privately-held Geronimo Holding Corp.

ZaZa Energy Corp. has completed the combination of Toreador Resources and ZaZa Energy LLC, creating an international resource-focused exploration and production company.