gas and oil exploration

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Quest Resource Corporation Hires Thomas A. Lopus as Executive Vice President of Eastern Operations

July 7th, 2008

Quest Resource Corporation announced the appointment of Thomas A. Lopus as Executive Vice President - Quest Eastern Resource. Lopus will be based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and will direct all of Quest’s natural gas and oil exploration and production activity in the Eastern United States.
With more than 27 years of experience in the oil and [...]

Origin Energy’s H1 Propels Shares 8%

February 28th, 2008

Origin Energy said on Thursday it expects a strong second half after delivering a fall in underlying profit for first half results, propelling the shares in the gas and electricity retailer as much as 8.6% higher.
Shares in ORG ended a five-day losing streak, climbing 63 cents or 7.9% to finish at $8.55.
The Sydney-based company posted [...]

Kentex Petroleum plans merger with Northern Oil

March 8th, 2007

Salt Lake-based Kentex Petroleum Inc. announced Wednesday that its Nevada-based subsidiary Kentex Acquisition Corp. will merge with Northern Oil and Gas Inc., a Nevada gas and oil exploration and development company.
Northern Oil and Gas will be the surviving corporation and become a wholly owned subsidiary of Kentex Petroleum Inc.

Alabama gas find could rival Barnett Shale

February 10th, 2007

Energy companies are scrambling for drilling rights in north-central Alabama, where geologists have discovered a natural gas formation with the potential to rival any in the country.
Drillers have bought gas rights on 500,000 acres in and around St. Clair County during the past two years, paying up to $500 an acre plus a share of [...]

Natural gas field drawing energy firms to Alabama

February 10th, 2007

Energy companies are scrambling for drilling rights in north-central Alabama, where geologists have discovered a natural gas formation with the potential to rival any in the country.
Drillers have bought gas rights on 500,000 acres in and around St. Clair County during the past two years, paying up to $500 an acre plus a share of [...]

Echo Energy Releases Comprehensive Update on Natural Gas and Oil Projects

February 8th, 2007

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 [...]

Echo Energy Releases Comprehensive Update on Natural Gas and Oil Projects

February 6th, 2007

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 [...]

Congressman Nick Lampson Reveals $375 Mln Contract To Manage Federal Energy Research Program In Sugar Land

January 7th, 2007

Congressmen Nick Lampson and Ralph Hall confirmed that the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America or RPSEA has finalized and signed a 10-year, $375 million contract to manage research and development of new technology for natural gas and oil exploration and production.
RPSEA has been negotiating this contract with the U.S. Department of Energy since [...]

Morgan Creek Energy to Expedite Lease Program Over Entire Ouachita Oil and Gas Target In Texas

November 12th, 2006

Morgan Creek Energy Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: MCRE; Frankfurt, Berlin: M6C) (the “Company”), today announced that management intends to accelerate and expand its leasing and acquisition program on the targeted areas that form the Company’s Ouachita (Wash-A-Taw) gas and oil exploration program in central Texas. The expedited leasing initiative is designed to enlist the resources [...]

Morgan Creek Energy Expands Its Ouachita Oil and Gas Lease Position With Additional Acreage

November 9th, 2006

Morgan Creek Energy Corp. , has reached agreements to acquire a further 916 net mineral acres located in the immediate vicinity of its core targeted drilling area that forms part of the Company’s Ouachita (Wash-A-Taw) gas and oil exploration program.
The Company has identified seven separate potential areas of exploration interest and is now leasing on [...]