Sun Cal Energy Inc., an energy exploration company focused in the Southern San Joaquin Valley of California, the Anadarko Basin of Oklahoma, the Breton Sound of Louisiana and the Green River Basin of Wyoming is pleased to update its shareholders that Range Production Company filed applications and obtained spacing and pooling orders for a third [...]

Kronos Worldwide, Inc. today announced a price increase for all titanium dioxide grades sold in North America.
Effective September 3, 2008, prices for all Kronos titanium dioxide grades sold in North America will be increased by US$ 0.08 per pound.
This is a new price increase announcement and is in addition to price increases and surcharges announced [...]

Canadian Superior Energy Inc. announced today what it calls its “Oasis” Project, referring to the Company’s entry into North Africa. Oasis commenced with the formal signing ceremonies for the offshore “7th of November Block” Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement (”EPSA”) that were conducted Wednesday, August 27, 2008, in Tunis, Tunisia. Canadian Superior and the Tunisian/Libyan [...]

A wholly-owned subsidiary of Talisman Energy Inc. has entered into an agreement with Total Holdings Nederland B.V. to sell Talisman’s entire non-operated interests in the Dutch sector of the North Sea for US$480 million, excluding working capital.
“We continue to focus Talisman’s portfolio in line with our new strategy,” said John A. Manzoni, President and Chief [...]

Rio Tinto has signed two exploration joint venture agreements with CODELCO’s 100% owned subsidiary, CCM Los Andes, in Chile. These agreements follow the first exploration joint venture agreement signed between Rio Tinto and CODELCO in January 2008. CODELCO is the world’s largest copper producer.
The new properties to be explored are the Esteli and Paloma prospects [...]

Enhanced Oil Resources, Inc. announced that CO(2) injection at the Company’s wholly owned Milnesand (San Andres) Unit oil field located in Roosevelt County, New Mexico commenced on August 25, 2008 and over the last 7 days injection has stabilized at a daily rate of approximately 0.4 million cubic feet per day (mmcfpd).
As previously announced, the [...]

Canadian Superior Energy Inc. announced, as Operator of the “Intrepid” Block 5(c), that on August 28, 2008, it successfully spudded the “Endeavour” well with the Kan Tan IV semi-submersible drilling rig. The “Endeavour” well is located approximately 5.2 miles north from the recently announced “Bounty” natural gas discovery on the “Intrepid” Block 5(c). As of [...]

PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY, INC. reported that for the month of August 2008, the Company had an average of 278 drilling rigs operating, including 265 rigs in the U.S. and 13 rigs in Canada. For the two months ended August 2008, the Company had an average of 273 drilling rigs operating, including 261 rigs in the U.S. [...]