When they say real estate prices in North Dakota are going through the roof, they’re not exaggerating.  The price of homes in the oil-rich state, especially in the Bakken formation region, is not only up 20 percent since 2011, just getting a roof just over your head is not as easy as it sounds.  The average price for a home in the state now exceeds $200,000.  North Dakota now ranks only second to Texas in total oil production.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of WEN, the Women's Energy Network, and now more than ever women are needed in the energy business. The recent shale oil and gas boom has left employers scrambling not just for workers but for qualified employees. WEN is here to fill that void.

Women play a larger role in the American workplace than ever before, and we're not just talking about retail or office jobs. Women are these days doing the same jobs as men, some jobs you might not even think of like women welders.

Meet Annie the Welder. Annie can do anything a man can, and she's here to prove that women are solidifying their roles in the American workforce.

So what's stopping the US from bring the biggest exporter of crude oil in the world anyway? Oh nothing, just a little law from way back in 1975.

Read the whole story at BrownPetro.com

A setback for the EPA and the Obama Administration Monday as the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the government has limited authority to regulate major power facilities like power plants and refineries. At the same time, the court rejected the argument by private industry that such facilities should not be regulated at all.

The number of active rigs in the Permian Basin declined by 3 to 553 last week, this according to the industry leader Baker Hughes. In District 8 alone, which includes oil-rich Midland, there were 320 rigs alone. While the number did decline from last week, year-over-year shows an increase of 85 rigs in the basin. The total for the whole state of Texas last week was 889, this up from 843 for the same time last year.

Canada is by far the largest oil exporter to the United States. But how do they do it? You may have heard of the Oil Sands, but until you see them in action, see what they really are, you haven't really seen anything yet.

The price for a gallon of gas here in the US has risen on average by almost 2 cents in the past two weeks, this as the crisis in Iraq continues to pinch world oil supplies. A recent survey shows gas prices at $3.71 on average here in the US.

It’s almost too good to be true.  The recent shale gas boom in America has not only propelled the US back to the top spot in worldwide production, now the EPA is even reporting that carbon emissions are down to their lowest levels in 20 years.

The 15^th annual Energy Exposition in Billings, Montana June 25-26 is featuring this year as its keynote speaker, 46^th vice president of the United States Dick Cheney.

Did you know that Wyoming and North Dakota are now two of the top oil producing states in America?  Due to new technologies in the oil business, these northern states, once just minor players in the oil and gas industry, are now leaders with North Dakota ranked second only to Texas.

Dr. George Rose, formerly of Houston, Texas, returned a 57-year-old receipt to the Brown Book Shop in February after reading an article about Brown in the Houston Chronicle.  The receipt was dated July 24, 1957.

Just about everyone knows the story of Jed Clampant from the Beverly Hillbillies, the popular show of the 1960s. While that was just a comedy, it seems that the rags-to-riches tale behind the story really is coming true in small towns all across America. For some, it's better even than winning the lottery. It's an oil and gas dream come true in the Eagle Ford Shale region of South Texas.

Check out this great video all about the great boom in the Eagle Ford Shale play in South Texas.  Before it’s all said and done, most experts agree it will be the greatest economic boom in the history of Texas and even one of the largest in the world.  

Houston, Texas is the oil and gas capital of the world.  It’s also the energy corridor.  So where better to get your oil and gas education if you plan on being an executive in the energy business? You have to check out the Oil and Gas MBA Program at the university of Houston.

The Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston offers more MBA programs now than ever, but where this school differs from others is that it offers MBA courses tailored especially for the energy business.

Read all about the great MBA program at the University of Houston at BrownPetro.com.

David Holt, spokesperson for the Consumer Energy Alliance, asked the question: why does the term environmentalist applies only to those who are opposed to the oil and gas industry?  His answer was that everyone is an environmentalist at heart.  “No one wants to destroy the environment,” he said.

When it comes to hydraulic fracturing and public fears over environmental concerns, it’s the oil and gas industry itself that needs to move the conversation in another direction.  At least, that’s how a panel of public relations experts sees it.  The panel delivered the message at the Petroleum Connection’s Clean Fracking Conference in Houston.

Come read this great article at BrownPetro.com.

Want to make big money right out of college?  If so, then you might want to know that the highest paying jobs straight out of college (with just your bachelor’s degree) are in petroleum engineering.  Graduates coming out of the New Mexico Technical College are getting initial offers as high as $80,000 per year.

There was bad news for those who believe using methanol from natural gas might be a viable substitute for gasoline.  The idea got a less than warm reception from one federal government official who said he believes the plan is unlikely to be adopted for wide use in cars and trucks.

When Deon Energy said it was going all-in into the Eagle Ford Shale Formation it wasn't kidding. The company invested more than $6 billion the region alone last year, selling off almost that same amount in international assets. Now, Victoria Express Pipeline LLC, or VEX (a subsidiary of Devon), says it is building a 56-mile pipeline  from the Blackhawk central delivery point in DeWitt County, Texas to the inlet of Devon Gas Services’s terminal at the Port of Victoria. The pipeline is expected to come online as early as July 1 of this year. Capacity is estimated at 100 mbopd.