Over the past several weeks, Atlas Energy has successfully pioneered the use of a two-stage frac design for five of its vertical wells as part of its Marcellus Shale drilling program in southwestern Pennsylvania. Using this frac design, the Company has averaged initial rates of production for 24 hours into a pipeline of 2.1 million [...]
Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp., an oil and gas exploration and production company with assets in the Green River Basin of southwest Wyoming and Colorado and the Williston Basin of North Dakota and Montana, today provided a Vermillion Basin production update and announced the pending completion of rig mobilization in its Bakken oil play.
Vermillion Basin [...]
StatoilHydro, the second largest natural gas supplier to Europe and Chesapeake Energy Corporation, the largest US natural gas producer, today announced the signature of a strategic agreement to jointly explore unconventional gas opportunities worldwide.
Under these agreements StatoilHydro will initially acquire a 32.5% interest in Chesapeake’s Marcellus shale gas acreage covering 1.8 million net acres (7,300 [...]
Quest Resource Corporation announced the sale of a 50% interest in its operations in Wetzel County, West Virginia to a private entity for $6.1 million. Included in the sale were approximately 4,500 net undeveloped acres, three wells in various stages of completion (two horizontal wells and one vertical well) and existing pipelines and facilities. QRCP [...]
Gastem announced that following the summer 2008 program, including the drilling of two horizontal wells at St-Francois and St-Louis, Canadian Forest Oil (Forest) has fulfilled its spending requirement and earned a 60% interest in the Yamaska Property. As per the agreement, Forest is now the operator of the Utica Shale Program on Yamaska, covering some [...]
Atlas Energy Resources, LLC announced that it has completed the drilling of 98 wells to the Marcellus Shale formation, of which 90 wells, some of which have been online for two years, currently have normalized production approaching 25 million cubic feet (“Mmcf”) per day into a pipeline. The remaining 8 wells will be turned into [...]
Mainland Resources, Inc., a Nevada corporation reports that its JV Partner and operator has commenced drilling operations on the first JV well to evaluate potential of the Haynesville Shale gas formation on Mainland’s Louisiana leases.
Mainland Resources, Inc. holds interest in approximately 2,695 net acres, which form part of the East Holly Field in DeSoto Parish, [...]
Gulfsands Petroleum plc, the oil and gas production, exploration and development company with activities in Syria, Iraq, and USA, announced that stabilized oil production through the Khurbet East Early Production Facility (”EPF”) now exceeds 11,500 barrels of 25.7 degree API oil per day (bopd), with production from three vertical and two horizontal wells.
Oil production through [...]
Chesapeake Energy Corporation and BP America announced the execution of a Letter of Intent for a joint venture whereby BP will acquire a 25% interest in Chesapeake’s Fayetteville Shale assets in Arkansas for $1.9 billion. The assets have current daily net production of approximately 180 million cubic feet of natural gas equivalent and include approximately [...]
Gulf Onshore, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has appointed R.Wayne Duke, Earl Moore and Mark Smith as directors. The board also appointed Mr. Moore as Chief Executive Officer and Mr. Smith as Chief Financial Officer. Dean Elliot has resigned as an officer and director for personal reasons. The Company has also formed a [...]
