An independent reserve report data quantifying its holdings in Kentucky and Tennessee for net oil and gas reserved revealed by Platina Energy group, Inc. In such quite short report it is said that the specific net recoverable quantities are 1.85 million barrels of oil and 24BCF of natural gas. At present pricing, this represents [...]

Continental Resources, Inc. announced initial results from its Mathistad 1-35H well completed in the Three Forks/Sanish formation in the North Dakota Bakken Shale area. The McKenzie County well, in which Continental has a 40% working interest, is the second that the Company has completed in the Three Forks/Sanish formation in North Dakota.
“The Mathistad 1-35H commenced [...]

Marathon Oil Corporation announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Centrica plc, the parent company of British Gas, under which Centrica will purchase Marathon’s non-operated interests in the Heimdal infrastructure, related producing fields and associated undeveloped acreage offshore Norway. The transaction, which has a total value of $416 million and an [...]

Storm Cat Energy Corporation provided an update of its operations in the Company’s Arkansas Fayetteville Shale acreage.
The first three of the Company’s 2008 Fayetteville development program wells are now on production and tied into sales, two of which have undergone State of Arkansas Form 13 testing. Each well continues to produce significant volumes of fracturing [...]

Shares of BPZ Resources Inc. soared after the oil and gas exploration and production company said it is in talks with a unit of Royal Dutch Shell PLC about jointly developing Peru properties.
The companies agreed to negotiate terms of a so-called farmout agreement whereby Shell may earn a stake in three northwestern Peru properties that [...]

Quest Resource Corporation announced today that it has commenced, subject to market conditions, an underwritten public offering of approximately 8.4 million shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share. Quest also intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to approximately 1.26 million additional shares to satisfy any over-allotments.
Quest intends [...]

Striker Oil & Gas, Inc. (OTCBB:SOIS) continues to build upon the investments made in 2007 for acquiring and developing new properties. We have experienced an increase in oil and gas production and reserves year to year from 2007 to 2008. We continue to implement our drilling program during 2008 as we continue our strategy to [...]

Continental Resources, Inc. announced initial results from its Bice 1-29H well completed in the Three Forks/Sanish formation in the North Dakota Bakken Shale area. The Dunn County well, in which Continental has a 41% working interest, is the Company’s first well to be completed in the Three Forks/Sanish formation. Previous wells drilled by the Company [...]

The world of oil and gas pipelines has long seen its share of hopes and letdowns, and prospects to get Alaska’s massive gas reserves to market are on their way up. ConocoPhillips and BP announced last week they would bid on the pipeline, and perhaps Exxon Mobil would join it, The New York Times reports.
Alaska [...]

Iran and Switzerland signed an agreement Monday to major exports of Iranian gas to a Swiss company, in a rare energy deal between Tehran and the West in their nuclear tug-of-war drags on.
“Today we have witnessed the signing of a gas contract between the two countries,” Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki announced at a joint press [...]