Samson Oil & Gas Limited announced today that drilling operations have been completed at the Davis Bintliff #1 well. Casing and cementing operations were completed and the drilling rig was demobilized on the 5th of September. A completion rig will be used to perforate the casing and run the necessary completion tubing and packer. This [...]

On the 24th of August at 0600 hours, the Davis Bintliff #1 well was at a measured depth (MD) of 14,495 feet and drilling ahead in 6 ½ inch hole towards the final (secondary) target.
The primary sandstone target was intersected at 14,338’ MD. From the mudlog, the sandstone is approximately 70 feet thick and returned [...]

The Davis Bintliff #1 well was drilling ahead at a measured depth of 13,336 feet as at 0600 hours CDT this morning. A drilling break (an increase in the rate of penetration) was recorded from 13,196 to 13,267 feet measured depth. In line with industry practice, drilling was temporarily halted to observe the fluid level [...]

Bonanza Oil and Gas, Inc a Nevada Corporation and an independent oil and gas company, Bonanza Oil & Gas is beginning operations on the Damon Mound Drilling Program in Brazoria County, Texas. The first of four proposed wells are being staked and location constructed for an August 2008 spud date. “The Company is delighted that [...]

Bonanza Oil and Gas, Inc., a Nevada Corporation and an independent oil and gas company, is pleased to announce the start of the Company’s drilling program on the Point Bar Prospect on Damon Mound in Brazoria County, Texas.
Bonanza Oil & Gas is beginning operations on the Damon Mound Drilling Program in Brazoria County, Texas. The [...]

As of today at 0600 hours, the Davis Bintliff #1 is at a current measured depth of 12,263 feet on the 34th day of drilling operations. The rig is undertaking a wiper trip in preparation to run open hole logs and subsequent to this operation, 9 5/8” casing. Currently, operations are on schedule and meeting [...]

Texhoma Energy, Inc. is working with its auditors to update its financial statements in order to comply with reporting requirements so that the Company’s shares can be traded again on the OTC Bulletin Board market. As reported in August 2005, the Company has received guidance from the SEC that the Company accounted for the drilling [...]

For 14 years the old, mobile offshore-drilling unit Zeus has sat rusting on the edge of the Freeport harbor channel, looming as a threat that could someday ooze oily goo into sensitive estuaries or, worse, topple over and close one of the busiest waterways in Texas.
“If that thing fell over it could shut down [...]

Mississippi officials don’t expect a decision before the end of the month on whether part of the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve will be stored in the Richton salt dome.
Richton is one of two sites under consideration in Mississippi. The U-S- Department of Energy in 2005 added the Bruinsburg salt dome near the Mississippi River just [...]