Okla-City-based Chesapeake Energy has announced a company name change following this year’s $7.4 billion merger with Southwestern Energy that’s expected to close next week. The combo creates the nation’s largest natural gas producer upsetting EQT’s number one position it’s held since 2017....

Reese Energy Consulting today pays homage to a world-recognized icon of Okla’s oil and gas heritage. For the uninitiated or unvisited to Tulsa—once tapped the Oil Capital of the World—the Golden Driller stands as a proud symbol of the state’s abundant fossil fuels resources, and a testament to the oilfield workers from a bygone era as well as those who work them now. ...

About 10 miles south of Tulsa, the city of Glenpool holds a most unique oil and gas legacy. If you were around in 1905 (and if you were, we want to hear from you), you might remember the Glen Pool discovery, which started on a rural farm with a single well drilled 1,400’ deep and gushing an initial 75 BPD. Within a few months, the Glen Pool was declared the world’s largest oilfield, and practically overnight Tulsa, Okla., would be declared the Oil Capital of the World. ...

Rusty Hutson isn’t your typical gas producer. As the founder and CEO of Ala.-based Diversified Energy, he walks his own path—even one he didn’t expect to find again....