Transeuro’s Liard Basin Shale Well Flows at 10 mmcf/d

Transeuro Energy Corp. and Questerre Energy Corporation announce their first successful test on the deeper shales in the Liard Basin, in Northeast British Columbia. The program consisted of a series of mini-fracs and high pressure acid stimulations in the existing d-a64-K (A5) well, with the objective of evaluating the rock properties of the Liard shales and to identify prospective intervals for a... 

ION Completes Multi-client Acquisition Project Using FireFly

ION Geophysical Corporation announced today that it has successfully completed the acquisition phase of a multi-client seismic imaging project using its FireFly® cableless land acquisition system. The project was completed on time and under budget in a remote, environmentally sensitive area of northwest Colorado by the seismic contractor Geokinetics Inc., which ION selected to acquire the data for... 

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White Energy’s Successful Production of Upgraded Coal at Cessnock Plant

White Energy Company Limited confirmed that it has successfully produced upgraded coal at its binderless coal briquetting plant at Cessnock, New South Wales. Having completed construction eight weeks ago, key elements of the commissioning phase are now finalised with all relevant certifications for running the Plant being received at the end of last week. At the beginning of this week, the drying furnace... 

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Uranium mine ban under new pressure

Premier Alan Carpenter has come under renewed pressure to lift the ban on uranium mining after new research estimated an expansion of the uranium industry would help cut up to 15 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases and deliver a $27 billion boost to the economy. Federal Resources Minister Martin Ferguson released a report yesterday which estimated that if WA and Queensland allowed uranium mining, between... 

Victoria seeks brown coal opportunities with China

Brown coal, a low grade of coal, has been ignored in China because it’s not easily exploited. But, Victoria state in southwestern Australia, has been seeking brown coal opportunities with China and solving environmental problems by its mining and utilization. “It’s actually quite significant for China to exploit brown coal because its energy needs have grown, and Victoria has realized... 

Victory Energy Repositions Tenth Well — Projected Valuation of Gas Prospect

Victory Energy Corporation announces that the Corporation has started drilling the tenth well in the Canyon Sandstone gas play located in the Texas Permian Basin. The drilling contractor has moved the drilling rig onto well # 166-7 over the weekend after the crew finished plugging and abandoning their initial attempt to drill the tenth well for Victory. They will drill to 1,040 feet to set the surface... 

Shell and Virent Energy Working on Biogasoline

Royal Dutch Shell PLC and privately held Virent Energy Systems, Inc. of Madison, Wis., will work together to convert plant sugars directly into gasoline and gasoline blend components, rather than ethanol. The aim is to create new biofuels that can be used at high blend rates in standard gasoline engines. They could also eliminate the need for the specialized infrastructure, new engine designs and blending... 

IEA Warns Of Impending Oil, Natural Gas Supply Crunch

In a dire forecast, the Paris-based International Energy Agency is warning of an impending crunch in the supply of oil and natural gas needed to power world economic growth in coming years. The IEA is the energy watchdog of the world’s 26 most-advanced economies, and its pessimistic assessment is contained its latest annual medium-term forecast to 2012, which was released early Monday. The agency... 

New coal dryer technology is a success

The U.S. Department of Energy said a prototype coal dryer project at an Underwood, N.D., power plant is so successful it’s being expanded. Department officials said the technology at the Great River Energy Co.’s Coal Creek Station has proven so successful the power company intends not only to install full-size dryers on the station’s Unit 2 as part of the second phase of its cost-shared... 

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Bronco Energy Ltd.: Operations Update-Wabiskaw Horizontal Oil Wells on Production

Bronco Energy Ltd. announces that it has completed the drilling, completion and equipping of six horizontal wells in the Wabiskaw formation on Indian Oil and Gas Canada (“IOGC”) Mineral Lease OL 6117, located at Wabasca, Alberta in the heart of the Athabasca Oil Sands Deposits, and has placed the wells on production to temporary facilities. The drilling program was executed on time and...