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Mining Industry Finds Fault with Queensland's Plan to Protect Land for Farming

The Queensland government’s plan to save large parts of land for farming is unacceptable to the mining industry. A study which was commissioned by the Queensland Resources Council based on scientific and peer review evidence found that the criteria for the government’s strategic cropping land policy were not clearly defined.

19 Jun 2011

Breitling Oil and Gas Plans to Drill at Stepp NE Well Prospect

Breitling Oil and Gas has spud the Stepp prospect in Texas in May 2011. The company has planned to drill the Stepp NE well to a depth of around 8600' or to an adequate depth to analyze the Mississippian Chappel reef.

9 Jun 2011

Liberty Energy Completes Final Phase of Work at Dahlstrom #1 Well in Texas

Liberty Energy has completed the final work phase at Dahlstrom #1 well in Texas. The company has planned to squeeze cement on the well.

26 May 2011

Lundin Petroleum Spuds Tarap-1 Well in Eastern Malaysia

Lundin Petroleum has spud the Tarap-1 well in the SB 303 Block offshore Sabah in Eastern Malaysia.

26 May 2011

American Petro-Hunter Commences Drilling at North Oklahoma Project

American Petro-Hunter has begun drilling operations at its latest well location on the North Oklahoma Project. It has moved the drilling equipment with preparations for NOM1H, the first horizontal well.

26 May 2011

CAMAC Energy Receives Positive Results from ZJS-03 Well in China

CAMAC Energy has reported encouraging results from the ZJS-03 well, which was drilled successfully to a depth of 1598 m in total.

26 May 2011

NSW Gets Tough on Mining and Coal Seam Gas

The state government of New South Wales plans a tough new interim assessment regime for mining and coal seam gas extraction applications. The interim policy is applied in regional areas to help reduce the conflict between agriculture and tourism and the fast developing coal and coal seam gas industries.

5 May 2011

Dejour Energy to Drill Initial Vertical Well at Mancos-Niobrara Potential

Dejour Energy has announced that it will drill a primary well vertically to analyze the Mancos/Niobrara prospective at its 7,000-acre leasehold in Rio Blanco County, Colorado.

27 Apr 2011

Wayne Swan Says Less Tax Revenue from Mining than Expected

The Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan spoke to the Queensland Media Club and told them that there would be no rivers of gold from the mining industry in the upcoming budget.

21 Apr 2011

OGX Petróleo e Gás Participações Identifies Hydrocarbons in Albian Section of OGX-33 Well

OGX Petróleo e Gás Participações, the Brazilian Oil and Natural gas Exploration Company, has identified the occurrence of hydrocarbons in the Albian segment of the 1-OGX-33-RJS well that is situated in the BM-C-41 block, in the shallow waters of the Campos Basin.

18 Apr 2011