Serica Energy plc announces that it has been offered three UK exploration licences in the UK 25th Seaward Licensing Round and provides an operational update.
In the UK 25th Round Serica was offered awards of licences covering interests in Block 15/21e (split) in the Central North Sea, Block 48/16a (part) in the Southern North Sea and [...]

Friendly Energy Exploration. announces that it has acquired ten natural gas drilling sites and optioned forty additional sites located in the Molly Murphy Gas Field, Crockett County, Texas.
The company will be targeting the Wolfcamp Sand structure, which is determined to be located near the 5500-foot depth zone. Based upon production figures of wells in the [...]

Tethys Petroleum Limited announced that its AKK16 exploration well has tested gas at a rate in excess of 10.2 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) (290.2 thousand cubic metres per day (Mcm/d)). This discovery has now been named the “South-East Akkulka” gas accumulation. Tethys also announced that it has acquired additional drilling and operations equipment.
Exploration [...]

Cirrus Energy Corporation announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, Cirrus Energy Nederland B.V., has successfully drilled the Q14-3 exploration well to a total true vertical depth (”tvd”) of 3020 metres sub-sea. Partners in the well are EBN B.V. (40%) and TAQA Offshore B.V. (”TAQA”) (30%) with Cirrus (operator) retaining a 30% interest subsequent to a [...]

Serica Energy plc announces that it has been awarded the East Seruway Production Sharing Contract (”PSC”) offshore north Sumatra, Indonesia.
The East Seruway PSC covers approximately 5864 sq km (2264 sq miles) of the offshore North Sumatra Basin, Indonesia. Serica will be the operator of the PSC and will hold a 100% interest in the [...]

BNK Petroleum Inc. announce that it has closed its previously announced US $30 million credit facilities (Capital One Facilities) with the Energy Banking division of Capital One, N.A. through its wholly owned subsidiary BNK Petroleum (US) Inc.
The Facility A is a senior revolving credit facility secured by a US $23 million certificate of deposit which [...]

Oil and gas exploration company Sentry Petroleum Ltd. announced today that it has identified four leads and one prospect within ATP 865.
Sentry Petroleum Executive Director and Head of Exploration Alan Hart commented, “We are well into our geophysical analysis on ATP 865 and are pleased with our progress. We have identified four leads within the [...]

Serica Energy plc provides further information regarding Serica’s Petroleum Exploration Licence PEL 01/06 covering three blocks in the southern Slyne Basin off the west coast of Ireland.
This information in respect of the Licence and the Bandon and Boyne prospects is supplemental to that provided in Serica’s news release of 2 September 2008 and is provided [...]

Oil and gas exploration company Sentry Petroleum Ltd. announced today that it has commenced seismic data analysis on ATP 865 for the Company’s upcoming 2008 exploration program. MBA Petroleum Consultants, a leading independent evaluator, has been retained to provide an assessment of ATP 865 and the Company’s existing leads and prospect. MBA is presently loading [...]

New Shoshoni Ventures Ltd. has received a Completion Report in respect of its Sunrise natural gas well, 16-25-79-17 W6M, located in Northeastern British Columbia. This well, which was spudded March 6, 2008, has been classified as a potential Paddy Gas Well.
Operations on the well have been suspended awaiting recorder information, which is expected to be [...]