Amid the flurry of bankruptcies we’ve witnessed recently, it’s good to hear when an industry brother emerges stronger and leaner. Such is the case this week for Southcross Energy and its sweeping transformation inside and out. ...

Okla. City-based Mach Resources today announced a dandy of a deal with the acquisition of substantially all the assets from now-defunct Alta Mesa. For Mach CEO Tom L. Ward, the shoe simply fits in the comfort zone of the Anadarko Basin and the Texas Panhandle where Mach operates numerous other E&P acquisitions it’s made over the last two years. ...