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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Drought strains U.S. oil production

http://money.cnn.com/

Drought strains U.S. oil production
By Steve Hargreaves @CNNMoney July 31, 2012: 4:55 AM ET

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- One of the worst droughts in U.S. history is hampering oil production, pitting farmers against oilmen and highlighting just how dependent on water modern U.S. energy development has become.

Directional drilling

Directional drilling

Directional drilling (or slant drilling) is the practice for drilling non-vertical wells. It can be broken down into three main groups: Oilfield Directional Drilling, Utility Installation Directional Drilling (or H.D.D. or Horizontal Directional Drilling) Directional boring, and SIS (surface In Seam), which horizontally intersects a vertical well target to extract coal bed methane.

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Friday, July 6, 2012

Frankfurt office market with solid rental performance at the half-year point

Frankfurt office market with solid rental performance at the half-year point
5 Jul, 2012, Frankfurt

• Rental performance in the Frankfurt office space market at the long-term average in the first half of 2012
• 224,000 sq. m rented by the end of June
• High-end lease prices stable
• Vacancy rates fall

http://www.cushwake.com/

Friday, June 29, 2012

Blackstone nears $13 billion real estate fund target: sources

http://www.reuters.com/

Blackstone nears $13 billion real estate fund target: sources

By Greg Roumeliotis and Ilaina Jonas
NEW YORK | Fri Jun 29, 2012 2:14pm EDT

(Reuters) - Blackstone Group LP (BX.N) has raised more than $12 billion for its latest real estate fund, its biggest yet, putting it within reach of its $13 billion fundraising target, two people familiar with the matter said on Friday.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Domestic Critics Slow Potential LNG Export Boom

Domestic Critics Slow Potential LNG Export Boom

Published: Wednesday, 20 Jun 2012 | 9:35 AM ET
By: Constance Gustke, | Special to CNBC.com

Heated debate over the impact of liquefied natural gas exports on domestic prices is threatening to derail them at a crucial time for the U.S. industry.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/47279981

Top US Managers of Real Estate Funds

www.realert.com/ranks.php?rid=251‎

Top US Managers of Real Estate Funds
Based on gross assets managed by SEC-registered advisors. Figures adjusted for J.P. Morgan and estimated for two nonregistered advisors:
Shorenstein Properties and Westbrook Partners.

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Colony holds final close on distressed debt fund

Colony holds final close on distressed debt fund

1 June 2012
PERE
PRIEST

The Los Angeles-based private real estate firm has attracted $1.4 billion in commitments to its commercial real estate debt investment vehicle and related sidecars. The firm is due to launch a successor fund early next year.

http://www.colonyinc.com/articles/news_cdcfII_060412.htm

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Manhattan Office Giant on Block

May 29, 2012, 6:17 PM
Manhattan Office Giant on Block

By Eliot Brown

Values of Manhattan office buildings are about to be tested by the investment group that bought Worldwide Plaza for a discount price at the market’s nadir.

http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2012/05/29/manhattan-office-giant-on-block/