Arkansas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners (AIPRO)

Conway Corp. has announced six promotions: two in the cable department, three in the electric department and one in the wastewater department. read more >

As the calendar turns to fall, an eased energy crisis is turning fierce again worldwide with ominous headlines at every turn. read more >

Cathy Owen, chairman of Eagle Bank & Trust of Little Rock, was elected vice chairman of the government relations council at the American Bankers Association annual conference. read more >

Some, like the hospitality industry, are bracing for a long, slow return to pre-COVID vitality. Others, like the energy sector, see a quicker recovery after the early swoon. Some trends seem baked into expectations, like reliance on home-based employees and the technology they use. read more >

Cindy Pruitt has been named as principal for Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects in Little Rock. read more >

John Freeman has been promoted to principal at Empirical Energy Solutions in Little Rock. Freeman, who has experience in HVAC service, controls and commissioning, was previously a project manager. read more >

Rodney Baker has been hired as executive director of the Arkansas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association in Little Rock. read more >

Development of the Fayetteville Shale Play, and especially the damage that heavy drilling equipment caused to sleepy county roadways, provided the political cover needed to raise Arkansas’ severance tax on natural gas for the first time in more than 50 years. read more >

The Lower Smackover Brown Dense formation has, so far, been a disappointment for exploration companies, mineral rights owners and state regulators hoping for a 21st century oil boom in south Arkansas and north Louisiana. read more >

The mission of AIPRO is to represent the interests of oil and natural gas producers and royalty owners in Arkansas, while educating others about the benefits oil and gas bring to the state. read more >

In the past decade, the players in the Fayetteville Shale have shuffled and consolidated, drilling has peaked and retreated, employment has expanded and contracted, technology has advanced, environmental and infrastructure concerns have reared their heads and government has responded. read more >