Oil and Gas

Terra Announces Acquisition of Alberta Oil Assets

Terra Ventures Inc. announces that its newly incorporated and wholly-owned Calgary based subsidiary, Terrex Energy Inc. (“Terrex”), has entered into a purchase and sale agreement to acquire a 100% interest in a basal quartz oil pool in central Alberta from a private oil and gas company, for a purchase price of $650,000. The pool is currently... 

Riverstone Completes Acquisition of Seajacks International

Riverstone Holdings LLC’s most recent renewable energy fund has successfully completed its previously announced acquisition of Seajacks International, for a total cash consideration of US$207 million. Seajacks is now wholly-owned by Riverstone and the management team. Seajacks currently owns and operates two self-propelled jack up vessels out... 

Chesapeake Energy Corporation Announces $2.25 Billion Barnett Shale Joint Venture with Total E&P USA, Inc.

Chesapeake Energy Corporation announced the execution of an agreement for a $2.25 billion joint venture with Total E&P USA, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Total S.A. (NYSE:TOT, FP:FP) (“Total”), whereby Total will acquire a 25% interest in Chesapeake’s upstream Barnett Shale assets. Total will pay $800 million in cash at closing and will... 

Tethys Petroleum Limited: Tajikistan Joint Venture Finalised

Tethys Petroleum Limited announced that the joint venture relating to its Tajik projects previously announced in December 2007 has now been completed and that its interests in Tajikistan have therefore been transferred to its joint venture company Seven Stars Energy Corporation (“SSEC”). The completion of this deal had been waiting on the... 

Kinti Mining Ltd. Receives Khangolov Resources Equity Position in Palisades Petroleum

Kinti Mining Ltd. receives Khangolov Resources’ Equity Position in Palisades Petroleum. Richard Byrd, the CEO of Kinti Mining Ltd., Is extremely pleased to announce that Khangolov Resources has agreed to assign their large equity position in Palisades Petroleum to Kinti Mining Ltd. This will make Kinti Mining Ltd. the largest shareholder in Palisades. Frank... 

Kosmos Energys Mahogany Deep-2 Well Offshore Ghana Successfully Appraises Greater Jubilee Area

Kosmos Energy announces today that the company’s Mahogany Deep-2 well on the West Cape Three Points Block offshore the Republic of Ghana has encountered light oil in three stratigraphic intervals and successfully appraised the greater Jubilee area. The Mahogany Deep-2 well was drilled about 3 kilometers (2 miles) west of the Mahogany-3 well, Kosmos’... 

The Marcellus Shale Coalition Issues Statement Regarding Support for Responsible Natural Gas Development in Pennsylvania

The Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) today underscored its commitment to economic development, environmental protection, and best management practices in the responsible development of Pennsylvania’s vast natural gas resources. “There are a lot of groups and organizations interested in learning more about the Marcellus Shale — beyond... 

RockBridge Update on BC Oil & Gas Properties Winter Program

RockBridge Energy Inc. announces that the operator of the Drake and Woodrush oil and gas properties in northern B.C., in which RockBridge has a working interest, has provided details of this winter’s planned capital program. The program includes drilling and initially completing a further Woodrush well as a flowing oil well targeting a new oil... 

Gunvor Appoints Stephane Caudron as Head of LNG

Gunvor International B.V., one of the world’s major independent energy companies announces Stephane Caudron will be starting on 1 January 2010 as Head of LNG. Mr. Caudron will join Gunvor from RBS Sempra where he was also Head of LNG. He brings more than 25 years experience in the Natural Gas markets having previously held senior positions in... 

Hyperdynamics Reports Encouraging Initial Results From Oil Seeps Study of Offshore Guinea Concession Area

Hyperdynamics Corporation today announced that it has received encouraging preliminary results from an oil seeps study of the company’s 31,000-square-mile oil and gas concession offshore Guinea. The survey was conducted by TDI-Brooks International of College Station, Texas. “We conducted this study to survey projected sites of oil seepage...