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.

Penn Virginia Corp. said December 20 that it completed an agreement with an undisclosed major oil and gas company to jointly explore the Eagle Ford Shale in Lavaca County, Texas.

Sanchez Energy Corp. has priced its initial public offering of 10,000,000 shares of its common stock at $22.00 per share for net proceeds, after underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses, of approximately $203 million.

The Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas has seen incredible growth over the year, and signs point toward an even greater expansion–including into Louisiana, noted Global Hunter Securities (GHS) in a December 12, 2011 note to investors.

Rosetta Resources Inc. has just announced the approval of its 2012 capital budget of $640 million which includes approximately $590 million allocated for activities in the liquids-rich window of the Eagle Ford shale in South Texas.

Sanchez Energy Corp., an independent exploration and production company focused on the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas, has commenced an initial public offering of 10,000,000 shares of its common stock.

An Eagle Ford Shale activity update by Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. is marked with improved initial production rates driven by longer lateral lengths and greater frac stages.

On Oct. 24, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP signed a definitive purchase and sale agreement to acquire SouthTex Treaters, a leading manufacturer, designer, and fabricator of natural gas treating plants that remove CO2 and H2S, for approximately $155 million.

Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc. has entered a $95 million unincorporated joint venture with India's GAIL for a 20% working interest in roughly 20,200 net acres located in LaSalle County, TX targeting the Eagle Ford Shale.

Marathon Oil Corp. will add Lance W. Robertson as regional vice president - South Texas/Eagle Ford, effective Oct. 3, 2011.

Houston-based Crimson Exploration Inc. said Sept. 12 that it had successfully completed the Littlepage McBride #2H well in Karnes County, Texas, and also the KM Ranch #1H well in Zavala County, Texas. Both wells were drilled into the South Texas Eagle Ford shale formation.