Western Republicans are starting to buck against oil and gas drilling on federal lands prized for their wildlife and recreational opportunities.
Amid a Western energy boom promoted by the Bush administration, Republican officeholders from Montana, Wyoming, New Mexico and California recently have called for bans on drilling and other development on large blocs of national forest [...]

Cygnus Oil and Gas Corporation has announced the appointment of three new members to its Board of Directors - Mr. Ted E. Davis, Mr. Ralph D. McBride, and Mr. Alfred J. Moran. The Cygnus Board is now composed of four independent directors in addition to our Chairman and CEO.
Mr. Ted E. Davis retired in 2000 [...]

Gateway Energy Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: GNRG - News; http://www.gatewayenergy.com ) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Gateway Pipeline Company (the “Company”), has entered into a natural gas sales agreement with a new customer to deliver gas into the customer’s plant at the Company’s Waxahachie distribution system. The Company expects natural gas sales for this customer [...]

PetroChina increased oil and natural gas production 6.8 percent in the first half as energy demand soared in the world’s fastest- growing major economy, the company said Monday.
Crude and gas output rose to the equivalent of 533.2 million barrels of oil, the company said. Oil production gained 1.8 percent from a year earlier, while [...]

After strong opposition and a procedural error, the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and Sovereign Lands has withdrawn a lease for oil and gas drilling of 17 acres beneath the Green River.
The land is adjacent to Dinosaur National Monument in the northeastern part of the state.
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Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has entered an exploration joint venture with Chevron U.S.A. Inc. on approximately 200,000 net mineral acres Chevron owns within the Delaware Basin in west Texas. The acreage overlaps and extends westward from Anadarko’s existing leasehold, which includes the rapidly growing Haley natural gas field.
Under the agreement, Anadarko will serve as operator and [...]

Harken Energy Corporation’s (AMEX:HEC) wholly owned subsidiary, Gulf Energy Management Company (”GEM”), released updated production figures and well completion status for its domestic oil and gas operations located onshore and offshore the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast, and its Coalbed Methane Prospects (CBM) located in Indiana and Ohio.
As of July 17, 2006, GEM’s net domestic [...]

PetroChina Co. increased oil and natural gas production 6.8 percent in the first half as energy demand soared in the world’s fastest-growing major economy.
Crude and gas output rose to the equivalent of 533.2 million barrels of oil, the Beijing-based company said today. Oil production gained 1.8 percent from a year earlier, while gas output jumped [...]

ConocoPhillips has acquired partial interest in a planned 1,663-mile pipeline project that would link rich gas fields in the Rocky Mountains to gas-hungry eastern North American markets.
The Rockies Express Pipeline, or REX, would supply the same markets as a proposed 3,600-mile, $25 billion to $30 billion pipeline linking Alaska’s North Slope gas reserves to the [...]

AN Indian firm, Steelmakers (Private) Limited, will soon start coal mining in Gudo communal lands in Chiredzi.
The area is believed to have an estimated 500 millions tonnes of coal.
The coal deposits cover over 2 500 hectares. Steelmakers will mine the mineral primarily for use at its Masvingo plant where the company manufactures sponge iron.
Feasibility studies [...]