News archive for June, 2006

Results 261 - 270 of about 291 news for the month of June, 2006.

Carnahan Issues an Investor Alert Warns Missourians About Oil, Gas and Energy Scams

June 10th, 2006

Secretary of State Robin Carnahan urges Missouri investors to be wary of fraudulent oil, gas and alternative energy solicitations over the next several months.
With higher gas prices at the pumps and increasing natural gas, propane and fuel oil costs, the Missouri Securities Division in Carnahan’s office warns that recent trends indicate fraudulent investment scams in [...]

EUNN: Alberta Oil Sees Boon in Bloated Gas Supplies

June 10th, 2006

Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) warned yesterday that Canada’s natural gas production may be forced to grind to a screeching halt late this summer as storage fields bulge to capacity and consumption drops. In Alberta, which relies on 3/5ths of its energy royalties coming from natural gas production it was anything but good news, though [...]

Garfield County hires new oil and gas liaison

June 10th, 2006

Garfield County has a new oil and gas liaison. Tim Pinson made his county debut, so to speak, last Thursday at the Energy Advisory Board meeting in Rifle.
Most recently from Denver, where he has been an oil industry consultant, Pinson gleaned a good deal of his experience working in the oil fields of the North [...]

ProEx Energy to present at CAPP Oil & Gas Investment Symposium

June 10th, 2006

Mr. David Johnson, President and CEO of ProEx Energy Ltd. (”ProEx” or the “Company”) will present at the 18th Annual CAPP Oil & Gas Investment Symposium on Monday, June 12, 2006 at 9.55 a.m., Calgary time and on Tuesday, June 13, 2006 at 3:25 p.m., Calgary time.
A live webcast of the ProEx presentation on Monday, [...]

Federal government releases map of proposed Western energy corridors

June 10th, 2006

The federal government on Friday released a map of proposed Western energy corridors where new electricity transmission lines and pipelines for natural gas, oil and hydrogen could one day ferry energy from wells or power plants to the region’s cities.
The corridors cross 11 states and cover thousands of miles, stretching from Washington to Wyoming and [...]

Uranium Energy Corp Acquires an Extensive Uranium Exploration and Drilling Database in the South Texas Uranium Trend

June 10th, 2006

Uranium Energy Corp (the “Company”) (OTC BB:URME.OB) (FWB: U6Z)(Berlin:U6Z.BE) is pleased to announce that it has completed an agreement with Nueces Minerals Company of Dallas, Texas, whereby the Company has acquired copies of uranium drill logs from previous uranium exploration drilling projects covering a large area in the South Texas Uranium Trend.
The database consists of [...]

Physicist suggests thorium as uranium alternative

June 10th, 2006

ELEANOR HALL: The nuclear debate so far has focused on uranium. But there is another mineral that could drive an Australian nuclear industry.
A Sydney nuclear physicist has been working on an experimental accelerator driven reactor that uses thorium as a fuel.
Dr Reza Hashemi-Nezhad from the School of Physics at the University of Sydney says thorium [...]

Mining companies welcome Govt debate on uranium

June 10th, 2006

TONY EASTLEY: Mining exploration companies have welcomed the Federal Government’s inquiry into uranium mining and nuclear energy.
The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies, AMEC, is holding its National Congress in Perth today.
AMEC represents the mid-range and junior explorers, which have been identifying uranium deposits in Australia in recent years.
The Association says total spending on exploration [...]

Tournigan Acquires Arizona Uranium Claims

June 10th, 2006

Tournigan Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE:TVC.V ) is pleased to announce the acquisition of 413 federal lode mining claims covering 8,260 acres in the historic “Arizona Strip” uranium district in the Colorado Plateau of northern Arizona, USA. The claims cover known or potential uranium mineralization hosted in “collapse” breccia pipes. Uranium mineralization found in collapse breccia [...]

Diamonds North Appoints Uranium North’s Board of Directors

June 10th, 2006

Diamonds North Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:DDN ) announces that Stuart (Tookie) Angus, Geir Liland, Maynard Brown and Mark Kolebaba have been appointed to the Board of Uranium North Resources Corp. Terry Lyons has been appointed as an advisor to the Board.
The first tasks of the Board will be to complete the property portfolio, finalize selection [...]