HOUSTON, July 20 -- Energen Corp., Birmingham, Ala., will write off $10 million in unproved capitalized leasehold associated with its deep Conasauga shale acreage in Alabama in the second quarter of ...

Bryan Burgess, like Jed Clampett, wears bluejean coveralls, drives an old truck and voices mistrust of big-city interlopers. But that’s where similarities to the patriarch of the Beverly Hillbillies’ ...

Energen Corp. has said some of the deep shale natural gas formations it was hoping would pay off for the company and the state aren't economically sustainable given current economic conditions. "We ...

HOUSTON, Jan. 23-- A gas shale play is taking off in northern Alabama on the east side of the Valley and Ridge Province. The Alabama Oil & Gas Board set a hearing for Feb. 16 in Ashville, Ala., on an ...

DALTON - Trillions of cubic feet of natural gas believed to lie below the hills of northwest Georgia have remained virtually untouched and unwanted - until now. Shale gas drilling is slowing across ...

What we have is a stone-age law and we're trying to bring it into the 21st Century. DALTON, Ga. - Local environmentalists hope to push fracking regulations through the Georgia capitol next year.