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.

Dallas-based TEAK Midstream LLC is constructing over 200 miles of natural gas gathering and residue delivery pipelines and an adjoining 200 million cubic feet per day cryogenic gas processing plant in South Texas to serve gas producers operating in the Eagle Ford Shale play.

Midstream natural gas company Copano Energy LLC will extend its wholly-owned 96-mile, 24-inch DK Pipeline in the Eagle Ford Shale play by adding approximately 65 miles of 24-inch pipeline southwest into McMullen County, Texas. 

Following a rise in popularity in the oil and gas upstream sector in 2010, joint venture agreements played a dominant role as a source of low cost funding in 2011—with unconventional resources drawing the most attention, noted analyst at Stifel Nicolaus.

To expand its ability to serve oil and gas producers operating in the Eagle Ford Shale, Southcross Energy has begun construction of a fractionator and natural gas liquids and residue pipeline outlets in South Texas.

Global NuTech Inc. has acquired 100% of the stock of Houston, Texas-based Texas Gulf Oil & Gas Inc.

Houston-based TexCom Inc., an environmental services company for the oil and gas industry, has opened its new liquid disposal site, owned and operated by its wholly owned subsidiary Eagle Ford Environmental Services LLC.

Marubeni Corp. recently became Japan’s largest owner of American shale oil acreage when it announced it had acquired nearly 52,000 net acres in the Eagle Ford Shale from Dallas-based Hunt Oil.