Mainland Resources, Inc., a Nevada corporation has appointed Ernest G. Sorochan, P. Eng. as a Director of the Board effective July 17, 2008.
Ernest G. Sorochan is a Professional Engineer with a long history of project management, engineering oversight, economic evaluation and operational experience working for international oil and gas companies.
Mr. Sorochan has built a professional [...]
EnerCom, Inc., announced today the lineup and schedule for The Oil & Gas Conference®, http://www.theoilandgasconference.com. In its 13th year, the Conference, held in Denver Aug. 10-14, is the oldest and largest energy investment conference hosted in Denver, showcasing more than 70 companies with a combined enterprise value of more than $500 billion. This premier forum [...]
Energas Resources, Inc. announced today that the company is currently waiting on the completion rig to move onto the Finley #5 well location in Niobrara County, Wyoming. The completion rig contractor has reported an unexpected delay on their previous job for an unrelated company and plan to move to the Finley #5 location upon conclusion.
“We [...]
Dejour Energy (Alberta) Ltd. is in its third month of production from its first four well gas wells in Peace River Arch NE British Columbia. Work continues on the production tie in of six additional wells completed during last winter’s drilling activities. Plans for additional development during the 2008/09 winter season are well advanced.
Dejour announces [...]
Kazakhstan banned the export of all refined oil products, as the energy-rich Central Asian nation grapples with soaring fuel costs.
The announcement, made by Prime Minister Karim Masimov at a government meeting, comes just days after opposition parties called on his government to resign amid what they call a worsening economic climate.
Kazakhstan has huge oil and [...]
Calgary, Alberta-based EnCana Corp. plans to divide itself in two, creating a pure-play natural gas company and an integrated oil company with oilsands properties and refineries.
The natural gas company will focus on EnCana’s unconventional natural gas resource plays in the western U.S., Alberta and British Columbia. Chief Executive Randy Eresman will run that company.
The oil [...]
Canada’s oil and gas giant EnCana has announced that it is splitting in two separate entities: a natural gas company and “a fully integrated oil company.”
EnCana said on Sunday that one company, tentatively called IntegratedOilCo (IOCo), will focus on the development of EnCana’s Canadian oilsands assets and natural gas and oil production base in Alberta [...]
Four banks are leading a syndicated loan to finance British gas producer BG Group Plc’s $US12.1 billion ($A12.99 billion) bid approach for Australian utility group Origin Energy, banking sources said.
BNP Paribas, HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland and Santander are leading the jumbo acquisition financing, banking sources said.
The size of the facility has not been revealed [...]
North Dakota and Montana have an estimated 3.0 to 4.3 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil in an area known as the Bakken Formation.
A U.S. Geological Survey assessment, released April 10, shows a 25-fold increase in the amount of oil that can be recovered compared to the agency’s 1995 estimate of 151 million barrels [...]
A new proposal to drill for coal-bed methane north of Glacier National Park has Montana officials looking for a permanent solution to energy development issues in southeastern British Columbia.
“We’re tired of fighting this project after project after project,” said Rich Moy, water management chief with Montana’s Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. “What we need [...]
