North American Energy Resources, Inc. announce that North American Energy Resources, Inc., through Apwash Pipeline, LLC, has increased its ownership stake in approximately 16 miles of a natural gas pipeline located in Washington County, Oklahoma from 49% to 75% ownership. The pipeline will provide service to approximately 11,500 acres of potential leases that contain multiple [...]

Atlas Oil and Gas, Inc. announced the results from its second well in its 8 well project located near the Arkansas River in Pawnee County, Oklahoma. The first well that was put into production earlier this week had an initial rate of about 20 barrels of oil per day (BOPD) from a shallow zone at [...]

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, [...]

Pure Nickel Inc. announce that it has entered into an exploration and option agreement with ITOCHU Corporation, a multi-billion dollar Japanese conglomerate. The agreement provides ITOCHU with the right to earn up to a 75% interest in Pure Nickel’s 720-square-kilometre MAN Alaska property by investing up to $40 million in further exploration and development of [...]

RMI, a leading oilfield market consulting firm, will host the Oilfield Breakfast Forum on Wednesday, November 12, 2008, at the Westin Galleria in Houston, Texas. Since beginning in 1994, the Oilfield Breakfast Forum has grown into the largest discussion forum in the world on the petroleum industry. Currently, more than 700 executives have signed up [...]

Claude Resources Inc. announces that it has entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with a private Canadian corporation, pursuant to which the Purchaser has agreed to purchase a majority of the oil and natural gas assets owned by Claude. If all of the assets subject to the Purchase and Sale Agreement are ultimately sold [...]

Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. and Avista Capital Partners announced that they have entered into a joint venture to pursue growth opportunities in the Marcellus Shale. Under the terms of the agreement, Carrizo and Avista have each committed to contribute up to $150 million in cash and properties to acquire and develop acreage in the [...]

Sky Petroleum, Inc., an oil and gas company, today reported that during the third quarter ending September 30, 2008, Mubarek production from the H2 well was 7,875 barrels of oil.
During the third quarter of 2008 the performance of the H2 well was stable. During the same period the K2-ST4 well shut in throughout the quarter [...]

Marathon Oil Corporation announced the completion of the sale of its non-operated interests in the Heimdal infrastructure, related producing fields and associated undeveloped acreage offshore Norway. Centrica plc, the parent company of British Gas, acquired the interests for a total value of $416 million, which includes a $375 million purchase price and $41 million in [...]

Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP represented KazMunayGas (KMG), the national oil company of Kazakhstan, in its successful negotiations with the North Caspian Sea consortium on the detailed agreements for the future development of the Kashagan field. The Kashagan field is reported to be the world’s largest oil discovery in at least three decades.
The North [...]