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Bering Exploration to Offer Drilling Services for Eagle Ford Shale Play

Bering Exploration has hired Dependable Working Partners to offer drilling assistance for its Eagle Ford shale play, Central Texas.

18 Apr 2011

Sun River Energy Begins Production at Neal Heirs No.1 Well

Sun River Energy has commenced production at the Neal Heirs # 1 well on March 31, 2011. The Neal Heirs # 1 well is perpendicularly drilled to 11,057 feet of total depth in Panola County, Texas.

16 Apr 2011

PGP to Use Avizo Software to Better Understand Geological Processes Relating to Oil Shales

Physics of Geological Processes (PGP) is a Norwegian Center of Excellence with the mission to obtain a fundamental and quantitative understanding of the complex patterns and processes of the Earth. PGP has a major initiative to understand the deformation of and transport in tight rocks. This has applications to hydrocarbon source rocks, gas and oil extraction from shales and CO2 sequestration.

13 Apr 2011

United American Petroleum Announces Oil Production at Bastrop Project in Texas

United American Petroleum has announced that the recently drilled Rosser #4 well at its Bastrop County, Texas property is online and generating.

8 Apr 2011

Mountainview Energy Buys Additional Working Interest in the Snoose Coulee Field

Mountainview Energy has acquired a part of Great Northern et al's interest in the Snoose Coulee field sited in Liberty County, Montana.

8 Apr 2011

Alberta Sets New Development Plan for Oil Sands Region

The provincial government of Alberta said on Tuesday that it intended to set up new environmental standards. As part of the measures conservation areas in lower Athabasca will be increased to 22%.

6 Apr 2011

Mexco Energy Acquires Working Interests in Fuhrman-Mascho Field in Texas

Mexco Energy is buying working interests in the 160 gross acres in the Fuhrman-Mascho Field of Andrews County, Texas, for an estimated purchase value of $670,000.

5 Apr 2011

UnionTown Energy Nearly Completes Agreement to Buy Second Oil and Gas Property in Montana

UnionTown Energy is nearly completing the definitive agreement to buy a 1,480-acre oil and gas property in the Madison structure in Montana.

31 Mar 2011

FormCap Announces Farm-Out Agreement for Oil and Gas Exploration

FormCap is a rising exploration and development firm in the oil and gas sector. The company has signed the Farm-out agreement for oil and gas exploration in the Peco Area of Alberta on March 16, 2011.

31 Mar 2011

Solara Exploration Participates in Drilling and Casing of Cardium Horizontal Well

Solara Exploration has recently taken part in the drilling and casing of a horizontal Cardium oil well sited at Lsd. 8-17-45-5 W5M in the Pembina area of Alberta.

31 Mar 2011