What’s all the noise over buying some company stock? Well, when you’re the billionaire chairwoman of Houston-based Enterprise Products and you’ve just paid $25 million for close to one million shares, it tends to lift a few eyebrows. ...

For our nation’s military veterans, finding a new sense of purpose once home can be the toughest battle they’ll ever face. America’s oil and gas industry has made it a point to welcome back our men and women with new careers that offer a win-win for everyone. ...

Yesterday’s news that Houston-based Halliburton had suddenly shuttered its El Reno field office laying off 808 people came as a shock to the system in Oklahoma. The closure represents the single largest layoff in a decade here. And with three weeks until Christmas, the timing couldn’t have been worse. ...

Dyed-in-the-denim wildcatter Autry Stephens is the kind of man who takes no guff. Not from his roustabouts and not from the likes of oil goliaths surrounding him in all six counties of the Midland Basin. ...