McMoRan Exploration Co. updated its Gulf of Mexico exploration and development activities, including drilling progress at the Flatrock No. 5 development well, the Flatrock No. 6 delineation well and Tom Sauk exploratory well, results from the Northeast Belle Isle exploratory well and current production rates. McMoRan also announced that the rigs are on location at [...]

Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. announced a non-binding Open Season for additional firm capacity on its Enbridge Pipelines (Midla), L.L.C. subsidiary’s interstate natural gas transmission ‘Midla’ pipeline system. The Midla system is a 170-mile, 22-inch diameter low-pressure pipeline spanning Louisiana and Mississippi from the Perryville Hub area at the north end of the system to [...]

XTO Energy Inc. announced production results from wells drilled in multiple regions on its newly acquired property base. In the Bakken Shale play of North Dakota, the Company has now completed 5 wells with average production rates of 673 barrels of oil equivalent per day, primarily producing from the Middle Bakken shale section. In addition, [...]

Basic Earth Science Systems, Inc. provided an update in its most recent Annual Report To Shareholders concerning the status of the well being drilled on its Banks Prospect farmout in McKenzie County, North Dakota. The Wil E. Coyote 2H-9 is operated by Panther Energy Company, LLC. (Panther). Under the previously disclosed farmout agreement Basic has [...]

McMoRan announced a successful production test at Flatrock No. 4 (location “C”). The production test, which was performed in the primary Rob-L section, indicated a gross flow rate of approximately 109 million cubic feet of natural gas per day (MMcf/d), 2,500 barrels per day of condensate and zero barrels of water, approximately 124 MMcfe/d (23 [...]

Cimarex Energy Co. announced the expansion of its Woodford Shale position in the Anadarko Basin of western Oklahoma. Cimarex has entered into an agreement with Chesapeake Energy Corporation to acquire 38,000 net acres for $180 million.
The acreage is located in Blaine and Canadian counties, with 88% held by production and an average net revenue interest [...]

South Texas Oil Company provided an interim operations update and asset overview. With the appointment of new management in late June 2008, the Company has clearly defined its core operating areas and plans for growing production and reserves.
Overview
South Texas Oil is an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company with three core operating [...]

Delta Petroleum Corporation, an independent oil and gas exploration and development company, announced that it has signed agreements for two separate transactions in the Columbia River Basin of Washington and Oregon. The first is a transaction with EnCana USA, Inc., through which Delta has acquired all of EnCana’s net leasehold position and interest in wells [...]

Northwest Pipeline GP, a majority owned subsidiary of Williams, and Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Williams, today announced the expiration of exchange offers for certain of their outstanding notes at 5 p.m. EDT.
Northwest announced that 100 percent of its privately placed outstanding 6.05-percent senior notes due 2018 were tendered and [...]

T-3 Energy Services, Inc. provided an update on its Gulf Coast manufacturing and aftermarket service facilities following its initial impact assessment of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike. T-3 Energy’s Gulf Coast operations include eight out of its twenty-one operating facilities located throughout North America. These facilities were impacted both by power loss and personnel evacuations.
Taken together, [...]