Canasia Industries Corporation wishes to announce that it has received a comfort letter from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources covering 100% of the coal permit applications applied for (announced on June 9, 2008). This letter indicates that Canasia is “first in line” on all of its applications.
The “Comfort Letter” confirms that Canasia is [...]

Infinity Energy Resources, Inc., an independent oil and gas exploration and development company, today announced that the regional government council of the Autonomous Region of the Southern Atlantic (”RAAS”) voted to approve the Company’s offshore Nicaraguan exploration and development contracts on July 4, 2008.
“This represents the achievement of a critical objective in our quest [...]

International companies have been asked to bid for a tender to extract coal in parts of Kitui and Mwingi districts.
The Ministry of Energy asked interested firms to bid for the last phase of the exploration in the Mui basin as part of efforts to determine the commercial viability of the reserves. This comes in the [...]

China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the parent of PetroChina, said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korea’s Daewoo International for joint oil and gas exploration in Myanmar.
The deal was signed during the state visit to China by South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak.
The company did not provide further details.
CNPC, the country’s top oil [...]

WestCan Uranium Corp. announces that the Company has made application for additional coal permits covering a new area of interest, in accordance with the Coal Disposition Act of Saskatchewan. The time frame for granting of the permits is dependent upon regulatory requirements to process the applications.
The Company has submitted applications for additional permits in the [...]

KIOGE is the exhibition and conference for the Caspian region and Central Asia that attracts the energy companies as well as producers of equipment and technology in the oil and gas sector. The trade fair focuses on exploration technology, offshore technology, drilling technology, pipelines and equipment, oil and gas transportation systems, process engineering and refinery [...]

Heavy drilling equipment that was used in off-shore oil drilling by Australia’s Woodside Energy off the Lamu Coast was on Friday loaded into a cargo freighter at the Moi Airport, Mombasa.
The aircraft was scheduled to fly out of Mombasa and head to Perth, the head office of oil exploration company, Woodside Energy.
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Western Canadian Coal Corp. is pleased to announce that it has received the Mine Permit from the British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources to allow for production of up to 2.0 million tonnes per annum of ultra low volatile pulverized coal injection (”ULV-PCI”) coal at the Brule Mine. The Company [...]

The Malawi government has said it will only decide on whether to allow Paladin Africa, a subsidiary of Australian as well as TSX and ASX listed Paladin Resources Inc (Ticker PDN) to start mining uranium in the country’s northern region district of Karonga before end February.
Director of Environmental Affairs in the Ministry of Energy, Mines [...]

New Gold Inc. is pleased to announce that it has filed an application with the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources of British Columbia, for a Permit to develop its New Afton Copper-Gold Project, located near Kamloops, British Columbia, into one of Canada’s largest underground metal mines.
In making this announcement, Chris Bradbrook, President and [...]