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Gulfoilandgas.com's coverage of unconventional fuels news and technologies. Topics include shale gas, oil shale, oil sands, CBM, tight oil, tight gas and heavy oil.
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Schlumberger Acquires Gushor Inc.
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Schlumberger announced that it has acquired Gushor Inc., a Canadian-based petroleum geochemistry and fluid analysis company that provides innovative production and exploration solutions in the heavy o... |
 6/18/2013 - Oil Sands - Canada |
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EP Energy Progresses on Natural Gas Asset Sales
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EP Energy LLC announced that it has entered into three separate purchase and sale agreements for the sale of natural gas properties as a result of a previously announced marketing effort. ... |
| 6/17/2013 - Coalbed Methane - United States |
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Oman Reaches 'Conceptual Deal' with BP on Tight Gas
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The Sultanate has reached a “conceptual agreement” with BP in a key step towards the commercial development of potentially huge tight gas reserves in the energy major’s Block 61 concession in central ... |
| 6/16/2013 - Tight Gas - Oman |
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Cuadrilla Appoints Arup to Explore Shale in Lancashire
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Cuadrilla announced the appointment of Arup, the engineering and design consultancy, as independent provider of Environmental Impact Assessments to be conducted as part of planning applications to exp... |
| 6/14/2013 - Shale Gas - United Kingdom |
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Enefit Jordan First Oil Shale Fired Power Plant
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Enefit Jordan has received approval from the Ministry of Environment to proceed with its oil shale fired power plant in Jordan. The approval was given following a review by a committee appointed by th... |
| 6/13/2013 - Oil Shale - Jordan |
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Shale Energy Production Delivers $400 Million
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The Associated Petroleum Industries of Pennsylvania (API-PA), a division of the American Petroleum Institute, welcomed the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission’s (PUC) announcement detailing how loc... |
| 6/13/2013 - Shale Gas - United States |
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Southern Provides Operational Update on Stp-Mckay
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Southern Pacific Resource Corp. (“Southern Pacific” or the “Company”) provided an operational update for the month of May, 2013 with respect to the Company’s STP-McKay and STP-Senlac Thermal Projects.... |
| 6/13/2013 - Oil Sands - Canada |
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Centrica Acquires a 25% Interest in UK Shale Exploration
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Centrica plc has acquired a 25% interest in the Bowland exploration licence (PEDL165) in Lancashire from Cuadrilla Resources Ltd (Cuadrilla) and AJ Lucas for £40 million in cash. Centrica will also pa... |
| 6/13/2013 - Shale Gas - United Kingdom |
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Sun & Petro-Huntto Jointly Explore and Develop Woodbine
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Sun Resources NL (Sun Resources, Sun or the Company) has executed a binding agreement with Petro-Hunt LLC to jointly explore and develop an Area of Mutual Interest (AMI) consisting of approximately 7,... |
| 6/12/2013 - Tight Oil - United States |
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Statoil Assumes WI in Australian Onshore Licenses
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Statoil and PetroFrontier Corp (PFC) have agreed that Statoil shall acquire 80% of PFC's working interest in the four exploration permits and two exploration permit applications in the Southern Georg... |
| 6/11/2013 - Shale Gas - Australia |
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Magnolia Participation in New Well in Oklahoma
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Magnolia Petroleum Plc, the AIM quoted US onshore focused oil and gas exploration and production company, is pleased to report its participation in three new wells in Oklahoma including a Mississippi ... |
| 6/11/2013 - Unconventional Resources - United States |
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Cenovus Sells Shaunavon Tight Oil Asset
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Cenovus Energy Inc. has entered into an agreement to sell its Shaunavon tight oil asset in southern Saskatchewan to Surge Energy Inc. for $240 million cash consideration. The transaction has an effect... |
| 6/11/2013 - Tight Oil - Canada |
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Canacol Spudded Oso Pardo 1 Shale Oil Exploration Well
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Canacol Energy Ltd. ("Canacol" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce the commencement of drilling operations for the Oso Pardo 1 exploration well being drilled on the Santa Isabel Exploration a... |
| 6/11/2013 - Oil Shale - Colombia |
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GreenHunter Sells Non-Core Asset in South Texas Operations
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GreenHunter Resources, Inc. a diversified water resource, waste management and environmental services company specializing in the unconventional oil and natural gas shale resource plays, announced tha... |
| 6/11/2013 - Unconventional Resources - United States |
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Strata Oil Provides Regional Update Re Bitumen Production
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Strata Oil & Gas Inc. released a regional update on bitumen production in the Peace River and nearby Athabasca regions of Alberta. Strata Oil recently completed a resource evaluation on both its Cadot... |
| 6/11/2013 - Oil Sands - Canada |
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Torchlight Completed 1st Horizontal Well in Hunton Play
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Torchlight Energy Resources, Inc. ("Torchlight Energy" or "the Company") announced that its operator has completed drilling, logged and cased Torchlight's first well in the newly acquired horizontal H... |
| 6/7/2013 - Oil Shale - United States |
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Teck Announces Asset Exchange Agreement
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Teck Resources Limited (Teck) announced an exchange of certain oil sands leases relating to Teck’s Frontier oil sands project.
Under the exchange, Teck transferred oil sands rights and othe... |
| 6/7/2013 - Oil Sands - Canada |
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Wood Group Provides Engineering & Field Services for Dow PL
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Wood Group Mustang has been awarded a contract by The Dow Chemical Company to provide services for construction of approximately 140 miles of ethane, ethylene, propane and propylene pipelines, associa... |
| 6/6/2013 - Shale Gas - United States |
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Green Dragon Received US$100 M to Fund Upstream Growth
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The Board of Green Dragon Gas Ltd., one of the largest independent upstream companies involved in the production of CBM gas in China, is pleased to announce that it has received US$100 million in cash... |
| 6/5/2013 - Coalbed Methane - China |
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Summit Announces Acquisitions in Bakken & Marcellus Shale
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Summit Midstream Partners, LP announced two separate acquisitions of unrelated natural gas gathering systems totaling $460 million in the Bakken and Marcellus shale plays. The transactions will be fin... |
| 6/5/2013 - Oil Shale - United States |
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Kuwait Plans to Drill for Heavy Oil
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Major crude producer Kuwait plans to start drilling for heavy oil so that the Gulf Arab state can produce up to 60,000 barrels per day (bpd) of it by 2017, a local newspaper reported. OPEC member Kuwa... |
| 6/5/2013 - Heavy Oil - Kuwait |
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NWTR Completed Drilling Operations at Magnus #1 Well Site
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New Western Energy Corp., an independent energy company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of oil, gas and other minerals in North America, announced that it has comp... |
| 6/5/2013 - Coalbed Methane - United States |
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Shoreline Commences Production from Montney Discovery
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Shoreline Energy Corp.(Shoreline or the Company) has commenced production from its most recent horizontal Montney oil well on its Valhalla property, as well as the addition of 59,000 net acres of land... |
| 6/5/2013 - Oil Shale - Canada |
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Matador Increased Borrowing Base & Acreage Acquisitions
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Matador Resources Company ("Matador" or the "Company"), an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development, production and acquisition of oil and natural gas resources, with a parti... |
| 6/5/2013 - Oil Shale - United States |
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MarkWest Sales Marcellus Shale Gathering in West Virginia
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MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. (MarkWest) and Summit Midstream Partners, LP (Summit) announced the execution of definitive agreements whereby Summit will acquire certain gas gathering assets from Mark... |
| 6/5/2013 - Oil Shale - United States |
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Strata-X Receives Permit to Drill at Vail Oil Project
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(“Strata-X” or the “Company”) are pleased to announce that the Company’s application to drill the Burkett 5-34HOR well in the Vail Oil Project has been approved by the Illinois Department of Natural R... |
| 6/4/2013 - Oil Shale - Canada |
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Kinder Morgan to Expand Eagle Ford Crude Condensate PL
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Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. announced it will invest approximately $107 million to expand its Kinder Morgan Crude and Condensate pipeline system (KMCC) deeper into the Eagle Ford Shale play in... |
| 6/3/2013 - Oil Shale - United States |
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Kodiak Agrees to Acquire Additional Williston Basin Assets
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Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp, an oil and gas exploration and production company with primary assets in the Williston Basin, today announced that it has entered into a definitive purchase and sale agreement w... |
| 6/3/2013 - Oil Shale - United States |
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Aurora Commences Drilling in Eagle Ford Acreage
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Aurora Oil & Gas Limited (Aurora) is pleased to announce that drilling activities have commenced within the recently acquired Aurora operated Eagle Ford acreage. ... |
| 6/3/2013 - Oil Shale - United States |
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Icon Spuds Keppel-1 Shale Gas
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Icon Energy Limited advises that the Keppel-1 well in ATP 855 (Icon 40%, Beach Energy Ltd (ASX: BPT “Beach Energy”, Operator) 42%, and Chevron Australia Exploration 1 Pty Ltd (“Chevron”) 18%1 spudded ... |
| 6/3/2013 - Shale Gas - Australia |
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BlackPearl to Accelerate Development of Thermal Project
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BlackPearl Resources Inc. ("BlackPearl" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company plans to accelerate the development of its thermal enhanced oil recovery (EOR) project at its Onion La... |
| 6/3/2013 - Oil Sands - Canada |
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Dover Operating Corp. becomes Brion Energy
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Dover Operating Corp. has changed its name to Brion Energy to reflect a growing company with assets that extend beyond the Dover Project. The name change is effective May 31, 2013. The near-term impet... |
| 5/31/2013 - Oil Sands - Canada |
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Exoma Withdraws Applications for Toolebuc Shale
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Exoma Energy Limited advises that following a detailed technical and commercial review, CNOOC Galilee Gas Company Pty Ltd and Exoma have decided not to proceed with the applications for four new Autho... |
| 5/31/2013 - Shale Gas - Australia |
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GreenHunter Goes Operational on New Disposal Facility in Ohio
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GreenHunter Resources, Inc. a diversified water resource, waste management and environmental services company specializing in the unconventional oil and natural gas shale resource plays, announced tha... |
| 5/30/2013 - Unconventional Resources - United States |
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Enterprise to Develop Refined Products Export Facilities
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Enterprise Products Partners L.P. announced the partnership is developing two refined products export facilities to meet the growing demand for additional refined products export capability on the Uni... |
| 5/30/2013 - Unconventional Resources - United States |
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WBI Plans to Build NG Pipeline to Transport Bakken
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WBI Energy, Inc., the pipeline and energy services subsidiary of MDU Resources Group, Inc., announced plans for a proposed natural gas pipeline stretching from far western North Dakota to western Minn... |
| 5/30/2013 - Oil Shale - United States |
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Austin Agreed to Develop Eagle Ford Shale Assets
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Austin Exploration Limited (“Austin”) has agreed with a major US Oil and Gas company (Farm-in Partner”) to fund a three well farm-in at Austin’s 100% owned Birch Prospect in Burleson County Texas. ... |
| 5/30/2013 - Oil Shale - United States |
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EQT Increases EUR in Its Core Marcellus Acreage
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EQT Corporation released updated information, including increased estimated ultimate recovery (EUR) rates, estimated drilling locations, and projected type curves, for its core Marcellus acreage in so... |
| 5/30/2013 - Shale Gas - United States |
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MarkWest Utica EMG Expands Utica Midstream Infrastructure
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MarkWest Utica EMG, L.L.C. (MarkWest Utica EMG), a joint venture between MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. (MarkWest) and The Energy and Minerals Group (EMG), is announcing an additional expansion of its... |
| 5/30/2013 - Shale Gas - United States |
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Northern to be Issued 5,800 km² Shale Oil Licence
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The Government of South Australia has announced a wholly owned subsidiary of Northern Petroleum Plc as the successful bidder for 100% of Petroleum Exploration Licence (PEL) 629 covering an area of 5,8... |
| 5/29/2013 - Oil Shale - Australia |
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Empyrean Provides Update in Riverbend Project
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Empyrean Energy, the onshore US condensate and gas exploration & production company, is pleased to report that early results from the recompletion of the Cartwright-1H well in the Wilcox interval have... |
| 5/29/2013 - Tight Gas - United States |
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CNR Provides Update On Horizon Turnaround
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Canadian Natural has completed the turnaround at Horizon. The turnaround went well with no major changes to the
scope. Change out of the catalysts in the hydro-treating units and repairs to some equ... |
| 5/29/2013 - Oil Sands - Canada |
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Intertek Expands Bakken Shale Oil Operations in North Dakota
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Intertek, the leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, announced the expansion of its North Dakota field and laboratory operations, providing enhanced local inspection and testing s... |
| 5/29/2013 - Oil Shale - United States |
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Strata Oil Adds 1.4 Billion Barrels to Its Resource Base
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Strata Oil and Gas is pleased to announce the completion of its 51-101 compliant Technical Resource Evaluation of the 22 sections (approximately 14,080 acres) of its Cadotte West holdings in the Peace... |
| 5/28/2013 - Oil Sands - Canada |
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Williams Formalize Key JV Agreements to Bluegrass Pipeline
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Williams and Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP announced that they have executed a joint venture agreement to continue the development process for Bluegrass Pipeline, a project that would transport natu... |
| 5/28/2013 - Shale Gas - United States |
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Global Reached Agreement to Sale Eagle Ford Shale
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Global Petroleum Limited (‘Global’) - the oil and gas exploration company presently focused on emerging plays in Africa, announces thatit has reached agreement with a private company to sell its Eagle... |
| 5/28/2013 - Oil Shale - United States |
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Victory Expands Permian Basin Lightnin Prospect
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Victory Energy Corporation, an independent, growth-oriented oil and gas company, announced the acquisition of a 320-acre (gross) lease in Glasscock County, Texas through Aurora Energy Partners (“Auro... |
| 5/28/2013 - Oil Shale - United States |
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Abraxas Provides Operational Update
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Abraxas Petroleum Corporation is pleased to provide the following operational update; announces upcoming presentation. ... |
| 5/28/2013 - Oil Shale - United States |
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Armour Provides Update on Egilabria 2 Well
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The Directors of Armour Energy Ltd (the Company) wish to provide an update of progress with
drilling of the Egilabria 2 vertical well in the Company’s 100% owned tenement (ATP 1087) in Queensland.
T... |
| 5/24/2013 - Shale Gas - Australia |
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Crosstex Begins Open Season for NGL Pipeline Project
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Crosstex NGL Pipeline, L.P., an affiliate of the Crosstex Energy companies, Crosstex Energy, L.P. (the Partnership) and Crosstex Energy, Inc. (the Corporation), announced the start of a binding open s... |
| 5/24/2013 - Oil Shale - United States |
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Torchlight to Commence Drilling in Marcelina Project
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Torchlight Energy Resources, Inc. ("Torchlight Energy" or "the Company") announced that Edde Drilling, the drilling contractor on their Marcelina Creek Project in Wilson County, TX, will spud the John... |
| 5/24/2013 - Oil Shale - United States |
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Allied Energy Provides Operations Updates
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Drilling Update: J.T. Fields-Berry Wells, Caldwell County, TX: During March 2013, the Company began the development of five wells in Caldwell County, TX, consisting of four existing wells and one newl... |
| 5/24/2013 - Shale Gas - United States |
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Total’s Steam Cracker is Processing Ethane from Shale Gas
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To capitalize on the shale gas revolution in the United States, the BASF TOTAL Petrochemicals LLC (BTP) joint venture (40% Total, 60% BASF) revamped the Port Arthur steam cracker in Texas to process e... |
| 5/23/2013 - Shale Gas - United States |
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Halcon Provides Utica/Point Pleasant Operational Update
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Halcon Resources Corporation ("Halcon" or the "Company") provided an operational update specific to its acreage in Northeast Ohio and Northwest Pennsylvania, the Company's core area in the Utica/Point... |
| 5/23/2013 - Oil Shale - United States |
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Donnycreek Provides Operations Update
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Donnycreek Energy Inc. (“Donnycreek” or the “Company”) reports that it has 322 gross (226 net) sections of Montney lands in the greater Kakwa / Wapiti / Chicken area of Alberta and is producing approx... |
| 5/23/2013 - Shale Gas - Canada |
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Marathon Oil Corporation Provides Asset Divestiture Update
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Marathon Oil Corporation had engaged in discussions with respect to a potential sale of a portion of the Company's 20 percent outside-operated interest in the Athabasca Oil Sands Project (AOSP) in Alb... |
| 5/23/2013 - Oil Sands - Canada |
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PetroShale Acquired Bakken & Three Forks Asset
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PetroShale Inc. (“PetroShale” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce it has completed an acquisition of 105 net acres of land and a 1.5% average working interest in 11 producing wells in the Willist... |
| 5/22/2013 - Oil Shale - United States |
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Pioneer Provides Results for 1st Horizontal Wolfcamp Well
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Pioneer Natural Resources Company (“Pioneer” or “the Company”) announced that it has placed on production the Company’s first horizontal Wolfcamp Shale well in Martin County, Texas. The Mabee K #1H we... |
| 5/21/2013 - Oil Shale - United States |
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KBR Awarded FEED Contract for World-Scale LNG Project
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KBR announced it was awarded a contract by Pacific NorthWest LNG Ltd., a subsidiary of Malaysia’s state-owned oil company (PETRONAS) and Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd. (JAPEX), to execute front... |
| 5/21/2013 - Shale Gas - Canada |
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American Eagle Provides Financial Results for 1Q
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American Eagle Energy Corporation ("American Eagle" or the "Company") files Form 10-Q and provides results of operations for the first quarter of 2013. ... |
| 5/21/2013 - Oil Shale - United States |
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FX Energy Reports Production Test at Tuchola-3KWell
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FX Energy, Inc. reported that the Tuchola-3K well flowed gas at rates ranging from 3.8 to 5.5 million cubic feet of gas per day with no water during a production test. The Company plans to collect the... |
| 5/21/2013 - Tight Gas - Poland |
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Genesis to Expand Gulf Coast Rail Facility
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Genesis Energy, L.P. announced it will expand its existing rail terminal in Natchez, Mississippi designed to handle straight and/or minimally diluted bitumen delivered by the Canadian National Railway... |
| 5/21/2013 - Oil Shale - Canada |
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Petro One Closes Deal with Senior Oil Company
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Petro One Energy Corp. is pleased to report it has completed a transaction with a senior oil company on its J11 property totaling 64.75 ha or 160 acres in the Hardy Minton area of southeastern Saskatc... |
| 5/21/2013 - Oil Shale - Canada |
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GEECL wins 25 % stake in ONGC’s Raniganj CBM block
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Great Eastern Energy Corporation Ltd. (GEECL), on Monday, said it had won a 25 per cent stake in Oil and Natural Gas Corporation’s (ONGC) Raniganj coal-bed methane (CBM) block in West Bengal. ... |
| 5/20/2013 - Coalbed Methane - India |
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PAA Constructs Extension of Western Oklahoma Pipeline
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Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. announced it is constructing a 95-mile extension of its existing Oklahoma crude oil pipeline system to service increasing production from the Granite Wash, Hogshoote... |
| 5/20/2013 - Shale Gas - United States |
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New Western Commences Drilling at Magnus #1 Drill Site
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New Western Energy Corp., an independent energy company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of oil, gas and other minerals in North America, announced that it has comp... |
| 5/20/2013 - Unconventional Resources - United States |
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Warren Resources Drills 25 New CBM Wells in Wyoming
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Warren Resources, Inc. announced that it is increasing its 2013 capital expenditure budget by $15 million to $73 million. The increase in planned capital expenditures is due to a decision to drill 25 ... |
| 5/20/2013 - Coalbed Methane - United States |
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First Use of NG to Power Equipment for Hydraulic Fracturing
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Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation announces the use of Marcellus Shale natural gas to fracture wells via innovative dual fuel technology. This marks the first time "field" gas has been used in northeastern ... |
| 5/20/2013 - Shale Gas - United States |
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WEC to Begin a New Refinery Project in La Salle County
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Worldwide Energy Consortium, Inc. (WEC) announced that it will begin the initial Engineering/Permitting phase for its new refinery located near Gardendale in La Salle County Texas. The site was chosen... |
| 5/20/2013 - Oil Shale - United States |
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Southwestern Closes Acquisition of Marcellus Shale
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Southwestern Energy Company announced that it has closed its recently announced acquisition of approximately
162,000 net acres in the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania. The properties were acquired fr... |
| 5/17/2013 - Shale Gas - United States |
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Far East Spudded 15th and 16th Wells of 2013
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Far East Energy Corporation announced that production wells 115V and 119V have reached total depth; preliminary gas content has been determined for the SYE03 appraisal well; and two more wells have be... |
| 5/16/2013 - Coalbed Methane - China |
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Chevron Agrees Terms of Argentina Shale Investment with YPF
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Argentine energy company YPF signed an agreement with U.S. oil major Chevron Corp to define the terms and conditions of Chevron's investment of up to $1.5 billion in Argentina's vast Vaca Muerta shale... |
| 5/16/2013 - Shale Gas - Argentina |
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Synergy Begins Horizontal Drilling Program in Wattenberg
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Synergy Resources Corporation, a Colorado-based oil and gas company with assets in the Denver-Julesberg Basin and Southwestern Nebraska, commenced its operated horizontal drilling program on May 16th ... |
| 5/16/2013 - Oil Shale - United States |
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Polar Engages to Prepare Report on Shale Oil Production
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Polar Petroleum Corp. (Polar Petroleum, Polar and/or the Company) announces it has engaged regional experts Mr. David T. Gross and Mr. Donald W. Brizzolara to prepare a report on the shale oil product... |
| 5/15/2013 - Oil Shale - United States |
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NuEnergy Commences Airborne Geophysical Survey in Malawi
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Indonesian and African focused energy company NuEnergy Gas Limited is pleased to announce that it has commenced an airborne geophysical survey at its Exclusive Prospecting License (EPL 0360/2012) in t... |
| 5/15/2013 - Coalbed Methane - Malawi |
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Pertamina Signs First Unconventional PSC in Indonesia
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JAKARTA - PT Pertamina (Persero) has signed the first Sumbagut Non-Conventional Oil and Gas PSC, which is the first MNK PSC in Indonesia and raises Pertamina as the pioneer in developing shale gas in ... |
| 5/15/2013 - Unconventional Resources - Indonesia |
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Planet Gas Withdraws from New South Wales CSG
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The Directors of Planet Gas Limited (‘Planet Gas’ or 'the Company') announce the withdrawal from coal seam gas (‘CSG’) activities in New South Wales. ... |
| 5/14/2013 - Coalbed Methane - Australia |
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Rosetta Completes Acquisition of Permian Basin Area
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Rosetta Resources Inc. (Rosetta or the Company) reported the closing of the previously announced acquisition of Permian Basin assets from Comstock Resources, Inc. The transaction was completed with an... |
| 5/14/2013 - Oil Shale - United States |
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Deethree Release an Operational Update
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Deethree Exploration Ltd. (“DeeThree” or the “Company”) is pleased to release an operational update and its financial and operational results for the quarter ended March 31, 2013. ... |
| 5/14/2013 - Oil Shale - Canada |
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