Western Lithium Commences Additional Drilling in Nevada to Support Long Term Lithium Carbonate Production
Western Lithium Corporation has commenced drilling on the Stage II clay lens of its Kings Valley, Nevada lithium property. The purpose of this drilling is to determine if additional years of National Instrument 43-101 compliant mine life can be added to the proposed project. According to the original Chevron data, the Stage II lens is approximately seven times larger than Stage I lens, so only a portion...
Chevron Announces First Oil Production From Indonesias North Duri Field
Chevron Corporation announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, PT. Chevron Pacific Indonesia, has started producing crude oil from the North Duri Field Area 12 in Indonesia, where Chevron produces nearly half the nation’s crude oil. First oil was achieved on Nov. 14, 2008, and production is projected to increase to 34,000 barrels of crude oil per day by 2012. Initial production from North Duri Area...
California Oil & Gas Corp Announces First Exploration Well Commenced Drilling, San Joaquin Basin, Southern California
California Oil & Gas Corporation announce that drilling has commenced on the Sunday Number 1 well in the San Joaquin basin of Southern California. The well spudded Friday, November 21, 2008 utilizing Nabors Drilling USA Rig Number 472. Drilling should be completed in less than seven days. The Sunday Number 1 well is the first of a planned four well exploration drilling program by COGC and the...
Daybreak Announces Drilling Operations at Its East Slopes Prospect in San Joaquin Basin, California
Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc. a Washington Corporation, announce that the Sunday #1 well at the Company’s East Slopes Prospect in the San Joaquin Basin near Bakersfield, California has begun drilling. The Company and its partners have contracted with Nabors Drilling USA to drill the well. It is anticipated that the well will take approximately seven days to drill and evaluate. The results will be...
Chevron Sells Marketing Businesses in Kenya and Uganda
Chevron Corporation announced that its subsidiary Chevron Africa Holdings Limited has agreed to sell 100 percent of its shareholdings in Chevron Kenya Limited and Chevron Uganda Limited to Total Outre Mer S.A (Total). Under the terms of the sales, Total is to acquire Chevron’s marketing businesses in both countries. Chevron Kenya Limited and Chevron Uganda Limited’s assets include 165 Caltex-branded...
Chevron Sells Fuels Marketing Business in Nigeria
Chevron Corporation announced that its subsidiary Chevron Africa Holdings Limited has agreed to sell Chevron Nigeria Holdings Limited to Corlay Global S.A, a Panamanian company owned by an African-based consortium composed of MRS Holdings Limited and Petroci Holdings. Chevron Nigeria Holdings Ltd. is a Bermudan company that holds 60 percent of the issued shares of Chevron Oil Nigeria PLC, a publicly...
Chevron Announces Opening of Vocational Training Center in Tsunami-Affected Indonesian Province
Chevron Corporation, the government of Indonesia, the local government of Aceh province, the National Education Department, the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency for Aceh and Nias, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) today announced the completion of a $16 million partnership to construct a polytechnic institute in Aceh province, Indonesia. Chevron committed $6...
Sub-Saharan Natural Gas Conference Draws Independents & Majors
A number of independent and major exploration and production companies will attend a forum focusing on development of Sub-Saharan Africa’s prodigious natural gas reserves, September 3 & 4 in Houston. Among the organizations that will be represented at the meeting are: Artumas Group, Chevron, Citigroup, ConocoPhillips, Marathon Oil Corporation, PetroSA, Repsol YPF, Sasol, Fortesa, Hyperdynamics,...
Chevron Announces Plans to Construct Base Oil Manufacturing Facility in Pascagoula, Miss.
Chevron Corporation announced that it has submitted an environmental permit application to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality for the construction of a premium base oil facility at the company’s Pascagoula refinery. The facility is expected to produce approximately 25,000 barrels per day of premium base oil for use in manufacturing high-performance lubricants, such as motor oils...
Chevron Announces Agreements to Develop the Hebron Heavy Oil Project Offshore Newfoundland and Labrador
Chevron Canada Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, today announced on behalf of itself and its co-venturers the completion of legal agreements with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador to develop the Hebron heavy oil project offshore the East Coast of Canada. The Hebron field is located 340 km offshore the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in 92 metres of water. Discovered...
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