Enbridge Energy Partners Plans Non-Binding Open Season for Firm Capacity on Midla Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline System

November 7, 2008 Filed Under: Oil and Gas  

Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. announced a non-binding Open Season for additional firm capacity on its Enbridge Pipelines (Midla), L.L.C. subsidiary’s interstate natural gas transmission ‘Midla’ pipeline system. The Midla system is a 170-mile, 22-inch diameter low-pressure pipeline spanning Louisiana and Mississippi from the Perryville Hub area at the north end of the system to the... 

Enbridge and BP Announce Agreement to Develop Delivery System for Canadian Crude Oil From Illinois to the U.S. Gulf Coast

August 29, 2008 Filed Under: Oil and Gas  

Enbridge Inc. and BP Pipelines Inc. announced they have entered into an agreement to develop a new delivery system to transport Canadian heavy crude oil from Flanagan, Illinois, to Houston and Texas City, Texas, using a combination of existing facilities and new pipeline construction where required. The new delivery system is expected to be in service by late 2012 with an initial total system capacity... 

New Report Offers a Comprehensive Source for Top Level Data on the Major Oil and Gas Assets for Ivorycoast

January 24, 2008 Filed Under: Mining Services, Oil and Gas  

Research and Markets has announced the addition of “Cote Divoire (Ivorycoast) Oil and Gas Asset Report” to their offering. Cote Divoire (Ivorycoast) Oil and Gas Assets Report Cote Divoire (Ivorycoast) Oil and Gas Assets Report is a comprehensive source for top level data on the major oil and gas assets for Cote Divoire (Ivorycoast). The report contains in-depth coverage of crude oil and... 

Echo Energy Releases Comprehensive Update on Natural Gas and Oil Projects

February 8, 2007 Filed Under: Mining Services, Oil and Gas  

Echo Energy Canada Inc., active in natural gas and oil exploration, has drilled 71 wells since 2001 in Bayham Township, Elgin County and Houghton Township, Norfolk County, south of the town of Tillsonburg, Ontario. All currently drilled wells have tested gas from the Silurian-aged Thorold sandstone, at depths varying from 1350 to 1460 feet. One well, Echo 57, was drilled into the Cambrian sandstone... 

Echo Energy Releases Comprehensive Update on Natural Gas and Oil Projects

February 6, 2007 Filed Under: Mining Services, Oil and Gas  

Echo Energy Canada Inc., active in natural gas and oil exploration, has drilled 71 wells since 2001 in Bayham Township, Elgin County and Houghton Township, Norfolk County, south of the town of Tillsonburg, Ontario. All currently drilled wells have tested gas from the Silurian-aged Thorold sandstone, at depths varying from 1350 to 1460 feet. One well, Echo 57, was drilled into the Cambrian sandstone... 

Enterprise’s Independence Hub Departs South Texas for Installation in Deepwater Gulf of Mexico

January 30, 2007 Filed Under: Mining Services, Oil and Gas  

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. announced that the Independence Hub production platform set sail today from Corpus Christi, Texas, for a five-day trip to Mississippi Canyon Block 920 where it will be installed. The hub, which is owned 80 percent by Enterprise and 20 percent by Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., will be located approximately 150 miles southeast of Venice, Louisiana, in about 8,000... 

Dallas venture chooses Peru for ethanol site

January 30, 2007 Filed Under: Oil and Gas  

The domain of snakes, scorpions and scrub brush since time immemorial, a stretch of desert in northwest Peru could soon become an unlikely generator of jobs and economic well-being, thanks to the booming U.S. market for ethanol. At a ceremony this month, energy firm Maple Cos. closed a deal to buy 25,000 acres of unused and heretofore unwanted land near the city of Piura. The Dallas company announced... 

Energy and environment security go together: Petroleum Secretary

January 7, 2007 Filed Under: Mining Services  

The government will take several strategic measures to ensure energy security and a more environment-friendly petroleum policy, said Petroleum Secretary M S Srinivasan today. Delivering one of the Distinguished Lecture Series titled `Emerging Issues in the Hydrocarbon Sector’, Srinivasan said the new policy would include the operationalization of the petroleum regulatory board and providing a... 

New Frontier Energy, Inc. Announces Completing the Acquisition of the Operator’s 36.7% Working Interest in the Slater Dome Field

December 15, 2006 Filed Under: Mining Services, Oil and Gas  

New Frontier Energy, Inc., a natural resource exploration and production company, engaged in the exploration, acquisition and development of oil and gas properties in the United States, today announced that it has completed the purchase of the operator’s 36.7% working interest in the Slater Dome Field for $8,000,000. The purchase increases NFEI’s interest in eleven gas wells together with... 

Shares of Coal Miners Rise

August 17, 2006 Filed Under: Coal Mining, Mining Services, Mining Stocks  

Shares of coal mining companies finished higher Wednesday as investors’ fears over higher interest rates eased at least temporarily and oil prices dropped to their lowest level in two months. Shares of Peabody Energy Corp. gained $3.15, or 7 percent, at $47.83 on the New York Stock Exchange. Consol Energy Inc. added $1.63, or 4.4 percent, at $39.10 on the NYSE. Shares of Arch Coal Inc. rose $1.72,...