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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/category/oil-and-gas-current-events/" rel="category tag">Oil and Gas Current Events</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/category/texas-oil-and-gas-investing/" rel="category tag">Texas Oil and Gas Investing</a></p> <div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1449006082869"></div><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_custom_1449005881149"><div class="wpb_wrapper"></div></div> <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element vc_custom_1449071867373"> <div class="wpb_wrapper"> </div> </div> <strong>Aresco LP Expands Position in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale; 4-well Drilling Program Targeting the Lower Tuscaloosa ‘A’ Sand Set to Kick off Early December</strong></p> <p><em>Aresco’s newly acquired acreage covers a total of eleven prospect areas containing up to forty-seven drilling locations across approximately 20,000 acres in Louisiana and Mississippi.</em></p> <p>Aresco LP, a Dallas-based oil and natural gas exploration and production company, today announced that it has expanded its Gulf Coast portfolio with the acquisition of a substantial working interest position in the <em><strong>Tuscaloosa Marine Shale</strong></em> (TMS) trend underlying Louisiana and Mississippi. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/tuscaloosa-marine-shale/#more-7957" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/thanksgiving-holiday-hours/">Thanksgiving Holiday Hours</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Monday, November 23rd, 2015 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/category/uncategorized/" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a></p> <p>In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, our office will be closed Wednesday, November 25th through Sunday, November 29th. We will resume normal business hours Monday morning at 8:00am.</p> <p>We wish you and yours a safe and happy Thanksgiving.</p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/gulf-coast-hydrocarbon-production/">Five Fascinating Facts About Onshore Gulf Coast Hydrocarbon Production</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/category/oil-and-gas-current-events/" rel="category tag">Oil and Gas Current Events</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/category/oil-and-gas-interesting-facts/" rel="category tag">Oil and Gas Interesting Facts</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/category/permian-basin-oil-news/" rel="category tag">Permian Basin Oil News</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/category/texas-oil-and-gas-investing/" rel="category tag">Texas Oil and Gas Investing</a></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/gulf-coast-oil-refinery.jpg" target="_blank" data-rel="lightbox-0" title=""><img class="alignleft wp-image-7741 size-medium" style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px 10px;" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/gulf-coast-oil-refinery-300x200.jpg" alt="Gulf Coast Oil Refinery" width="300" height="200"/></a>Mention the words “oil and gas” and what might come to mind are ocean rigs or land-based oil wells. Though the offshore platform and black rig are among the more well-known representations of U.S. hydrocarbon production, there is much more to oil and gas recovery and refining. And while North Dakota has been receiving attention for the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/tag/bakken-shale/" target="_blank">Bakken Shale</a>, states rimming the Gulf of Mexico have a long history and great future in the area of onshore recovery and production.</p> <p>The following five facts show why – and why Gulf of Mexico energy investments make sense. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/gulf-coast-hydrocarbon-production/#more-7739" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/5-reasons-to-invest-in-texas-oil/">5 Reasons to Invest in Texas Oil</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Wednesday, October 14th, 2015 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/category/texas-oil-and-gas-investing/" rel="category tag">Texas Oil and Gas Investing</a></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/invest-in-texas-oil.jpg" target="_blank" data-rel="lightbox-0" title=""><img class="alignleft wp-image-7542 size-medium" style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px 10px 5px 0px;" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/invest-in-texas-oil-300x149.jpg" alt="Invest in Texas Oil" width="300" height="149"/></a>Natural resources investing frequently boasts high reward potential in exchange for moderate risk, often functioning as a reliable hedge against negative market movement in other asset classes. Offering the possibility of strong returns based on factors outside of traditional market movement but largely tied into global politics, assets like oil make for popular investments. With new technology like <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/tag/horizontal-drilling/">horizontal drilling</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/tag/fracking/">fracking</a>, the U.S. has upped its oil game and nowhere in the U.S. has as easily accessible natural oil reserves like Texas. With a hospitable business climate and an affordable economy, drilling in Texas has unleashed new horizons in onshore oil production. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/5-reasons-to-invest-in-texas-oil/#more-7540" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/blowout-preventer-video/">Blowout Preventer Video</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Thursday, September 17th, 2015 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/category/oil-and-gas-interesting-facts/" rel="category tag">Oil and Gas Interesting Facts</a></p> <p>To help stave off disaster, the Blowout Preventer, or BOP, is complex safety equipment designed to prevent the uncontrolled flow (formation kick) of formation fluids during the drilling and completion operations. Formation kicks have the potential to lead to catastrophic events known as blowouts, hence the name of the equipment, blowout preventer.</p> <p>This short video explains the components and operation of the blowout preventer. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/blowout-preventer-video/#more-7225" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/houston-energy-global-powerhouse/">Houston Energy – Global Powerhouse</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Thursday, August 13th, 2015 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/category/oil-and-gas-current-events/" rel="category tag">Oil and Gas Current Events</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/category/oil-and-gas-interesting-facts/" rel="category tag">Oil and Gas Interesting Facts</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/category/texas-oil-and-gas-investing/" rel="category tag">Texas Oil and Gas Investing</a></p> <p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6978" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/houston-skyline.jpg" alt="Houston Skyline" width="1000" height="333"/></p> <p>You might think the recent plunge in global oil prices has knocked the wind out of Houston and its status as an energy power hub. But that would be a serious underestimation of the fourth most populous metropolis in the U.S. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/houston-energy-global-powerhouse/#more-6976" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/utah-oil-sands/">Utah Challenges Oil Sands Goliath Alberta</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Tuesday, August 4th, 2015 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/category/oil-and-gas-current-events/" rel="category tag">Oil and Gas Current Events</a></p> <p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-6920" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/utah-tar-sands-deposits-map-300x232.gif" alt="Utah Tar Sands Deposits" width="300" height="232"/>As the per-barrel price of oil bobs around $50, oil exploration and production technological advances are forging ahead. To wit: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://business.financialpost.com/news/energy/utah-set-to-be-home-of-first-oilsands-mine-project-in-us-by-end-of-2015" target="_blank">Calgary-based U.S. Sands</a> is poised to make Utah a little Alberta. The company is putting the finishing touches on a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://finance.yahoo.com/news/oil-sands-utah-alberta-205840924.html" target="_blank">pioneering $100 million oil sands project</a> in eastern Utah. When in full production this fall, the project will generate an estimated 2,000 barrels of oil per day making it among the first commercial oil sands mines in the United States. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/utah-oil-sands/#more-6919" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/fracking-bans-in-texas-outlawed/">Fracking Bans in Texas Outlawed</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Monday, July 20th, 2015 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/category/oil-and-gas-current-events/" rel="category tag">Oil and Gas Current Events</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/category/permian-basin-oil-news/" rel="category tag">Permian Basin Oil News</a></p> <p>Fracking bans in Texas were outlawed on May 18, 2015 when Governor Greg Abbott signed into law <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/22/despite-ban-fracking-resume-denton/" target="_blank">House Bill 40</a> that effectively preempts any municipal efforts to ban, limit, or otherwise regulate an oil and gas operation, unless the regulation:</p> <ul> <li>relates only above-ground activity</li> <li>is “commercially reasonable”</li> <li>does not prohibit oil and gas operations conducted by a “reasonably prudent” operator</li> <li>is not otherwise preempted by state or federal law.</li> </ul> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/fracking-bans-in-texas-outlawed/#more-6788" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/fracking-earthquakes/">Earthquake Controversy Rocks Austin: Fracking Blame Highly Suspect</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Tuesday, July 14th, 2015 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/category/oil-and-gas-current-events/" rel="category tag">Oil and Gas Current Events</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/category/permian-basin-oil-news/" rel="category tag">Permian Basin Oil News</a></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/fracking-earthquakes/oil-wells-near-dallas-texas-map/" target="_blank" rel="attachment wp-att-6704"><img class="alignleft wp-image-6704 size-medium" style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px 10px;" title="Fracking Earthquakes Controversy" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/oil-wells-near-dallas-texas-map-300x216.png" alt="Fracking Earthquakes Controversy" width="300" height="216"/></a>Texas lawmakers recently <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.irvingchamber.com/2015/06/irvings-efforts-lead-to-legislative-action-on-north-texas-earthquakes/" target="_blank">approved a $4.5 million</a> to study a succession of earthquakes that rocked the Dallas Fort-Worth area at the beginning of the year. Purpose: to explore what—if any—connection the temblors have to oil and gas production. The region is home to the Barnett-Shale formation, a play rich in natural gas reserves.</p> <p>Funds will be used to purchase monitoring instruments to study seismic activity around oil and gas wells. The move comes after <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.wsj.com/articles/exxon-to-face-regulators-questions-over-quakes-1433593802" target="_blank">state regulators held hearings</a> in early June to probe any connection between oil and gas production and seismic activity in North Texas. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/fracking-earthquakes/#more-6701" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>   <div class="entry"><h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/end-the-ban-on-us-crude-oil-exports/">End the Ban On US Crude Oil Exports?</a></h1> <p style="font-size:11px;margin-top:-20px;">Wednesday, July 1st, 2015 and is filed under <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/category/oil-and-gas-current-events/" rel="category tag">Oil and Gas Current Events</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/category/permian-basin-oil-news/" rel="category tag">Permian Basin Oil News</a></p> <p><strong>How the Fall in Oil Prices Has Impacted Texas Oil</strong></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/end-the-ban-on-us-crude-oil-exports/crude-oil-export-ban/" target="_blank" rel="attachment wp-att-6638"><img class="alignleft wp-image-6638 size-medium" style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px 10px;" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702im_/http://www.arescotx.com/wp-content/uploads/crude-oil-export-ban-300x200.jpg" alt="End the Crude Oil Export Ban" width="300" height="200"/></a>Oil prices plummeted in 2014 for a number of reasons ranging from excess supplies to a slowing economy. Lower oil prices are affecting profit margins among oil producers across the board and this has had a deleterious impact on production around the world. Newer sources such as shale and sands have been hit even harder than that of more traditional wells. Given these economic realities, Texas oil and other oil producing regions across the United States could benefit greatly from a little push. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/end-the-ban-on-us-crude-oil-exports/#more-6635" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> </div>  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/latest-news/page/2/">Next Page »</a></div> <div id="sidebar"> <div id="flags" class="size"><ul id="sortable" class="ui-sortable" style="float:left"><li id="English"><a title="English" class="notranslate flag en English"></a></li></ul></div><div id="google_language_translator"></div> <p class="titles">Recent News</p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/tuscaloosa-marine-shale/">Tuscaloosa Marine Shale Acreage Acquired by Aresco</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151212032702/http://www.arescotx.com/thanksgiving-holiday-hours/">Thanksgiving 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