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Unconventional Resources

    Husky Energy updates Sunrise Oil Sands Project

    Husky Energy Inc. has completed front end engineering and design (FEED) for Phase 1 of the Sunrise Oil Sands Project ...
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    Published: 1/21/2010   Posted in: North America, Digest, Unconventional Resources
    Tags: stateorcounty:alberta, company:husky energy inc, city:fort mcmurray, person:husky, organization:environment department, person:john cs lau, organization:conservation board
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    SAGD sanction for Surmont

    ConocoPhillips and Total announced on 19 January 2010 they had sanctioned Phase 2 of the Surmont Canadian oil sands steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) facility ...
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    Published: 1/19/2010   Posted in: North America, Features, Unconventional Resources
    Tags: company:conocophillips, stateorcounty:alberta, fieldterminology:crude oil, person:jennifer pallanich, country:canada, city:fort mcmurray, person:john carrig, city:surmont
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    Risky business

    As the world continues to clamor for increased amounts of energy, Matthew Simmons, chairman of Simmons & Co International, wonders about the sustainability of the oil & gas industry ...
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    Published: 1/15/2010   Posted in: North America, Health, Safety & Environment, Features, Unconventional Resources, Alternatives & Renewables
    Tags: country:us, continent:north america, company:simmons amp; co international, organization:international energy agency, city:fort worth, city:las vegas, person:matthew simmons, organization:usgs, country:saudi arabias, city:houston
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    Total buys into Barnett shale

    Total and Chesapeake Energy signed an agreement to enter a joint venture that hands Total a 25% share in Chesapeake's Barnett shale gas portfolio in Texas ...
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    Published: 1/4/2010   Posted in: North America, Drilling & Completions, Lead Item, Unconventional Resources
    Tags: person:russell mcculley, fieldterminology:natural gas, country:usa, fieldterminology:barnett shale, person:ceo christophe de margerie, city:chesapeake, stateorcounty:texas, company:chesapeake energy
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    Mariner commits to deepwater spending

    Houston-based Mariner Energy expects to spend $660 million in its 2010 capital budget. Of that, the company has earmarked $252 million for deepwater exploration ...
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    Published: 12/17/2009   Posted in: North America, Drilling & Completions, Features, Discoveries & Appraisals, Unconventional Resources
    Tags: company:mariner energy, person:lucius, person:jennifer pallanich, geographicfeature:keathley canyon, stateorcounty:glasscock county, stateorcounty:reagan county, region:south texas, person:mariner, geographicfeature:green canyon, organization:scottish rites hospital
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    Triton announces Financing, Acquisition and New Management Group

    Triton Energy Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement which provides for (i) a non-brokered private placement of an aggregate of $10.0 million, (ii) the acquisition of assets from Waldron Energy Corporation ...
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    Published: 12/15/2009   Posted in: North America, Drilling & Completions, Firms & Faces, Unconventional Resources
    Tags: person:nanna eliuk, person:john e zahary, fieldterminology:natural gas, company:triton energy corp, person:donald archibald, stateorcounty:alberta, person:byron lissel, person:david rj lefebvre, person:stodalka, company:compton petroleum corporation, person:messrs sapieha, person:ernest g sapieha, company:waldron energy corporation, fieldterminology:natural gas reserves, company:waldron", person:provides, company:energy corp", city:triton, person:ernest g, fieldterminology:gas company
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    Exxon Mobil to buy XTO Energy

    Exxon Mobil Corporation and XTO Energy Inc. have announced an all-stock transaction valued at $41 billion which will enhance ExxonMobil’s position in the development of unconventional natural gas and oil resources ...
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    Published: 12/14/2009   Posted in: North America, Drilling & Completions, Lead Item, Unconventional Resources
    Tags: company:xto, fieldterminology:natural gas, continent:america, person:bob r simpson, company:exxon mobil corporation, company:barclays capital inc, country:canada, city:fort worth, company:jp morgan securities inc, country:argentina, country:poland, company:company inc, person:rex w tillerson, stateorcounty:texas, country:germany, country:united states, company:xto energy inc, country:hungary
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    Exploring new petrophysical possibilities off West Africa

    As the search for deepwater resources off West Africa continues, an operator and a service company have paired two rock and fluid characterisation technologies to identify hydrocarbon-bearing zones in laminated reservoirs ...
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    Published: 11/16/2009   Posted in: Geological & Geophysical, AOG Magazine News, Unconventional Resources, West Africa
    Tags: person:mr scanner, company:schlumberger, person:jennifer pallanich, company:chevron, region:west africa, person:chanh cao minh, person:clavaud
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    Key drilling contract accelerates Central's hydrocarbon push in Australia's Red Centre

    The search for oil, helium, coal seam gas and other unconventional “new era” hydrocarbons in Central Australia received a significant boost late last week, with the signing of a five-well drilling contract by the region’s largest Operator in innovati...
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    Published: 11/9/2009   Posted in: China & North Pacific, Drilling & Completions, Digest, Unconventional Resources, Australia
    Tags: person:pedirka, person:amadeus basins, company:perth-based central petroleum limited, company:wallis drilling pty limited, country:australia, person:mr john heugh, person:ooraminna, person:johnstone, person:mr heugh, company:terrex seismic limited
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    Survival mode

    A big player in offshore oil and gas from the start, Louisiana has seen its share of boom-and-bust c ...
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    Published: 10/19/2009   Posted in: North America, Drilling & Completions, OE Magazine News, Digest, Unconventional Resources
    Tags: person:eric smith, person:russell mcculley, fieldterminology:natural gas, stateorcounty:oklahoma, stateorcounty:louisianas, person:weve, organization:tulane university for drillers, person:zerorisk, company:baker hughes, organization:energy institute, city:new orleans, company:ep, stateorcounty:texas, country:mexico, region:gulf of mexico, person:don briggs
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    Halliburton rolls out stimulation solutions for unconventional gas reservoirs

    Today, October 5, 2009, at the Society of Petroleum Engineers' Annual Technical Convention and Exhib ...
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    Published: 10/5/2009   Posted in: North America, Geological & Geophysical, Products, Services & Technologies, Field Development, Unconventional Resources
    Tags: fieldterminology:software products, country:canada, person:david king, company:halliburton, city:new orleans, organization:society of petroleum engineers
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    Monitoring stress levels

    Casing deformation can create significant problems for operators, but early detection can help well ...
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    Published: 9/17/2009   Posted in: North America, Support Services, OE Magazine News, Features, Unconventional Resources
    Tags: company:shell, person:russell mcculley, stateorcounty:oklahoma, company:processeskoelman, person:graeme young, company:baker hughes, stateorcounty:wyoming, person:vianney koelman
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    Monitor farms in to Cooper Basin oil and gas licence

    Australian based resource company Monitor Energy Limited has reached agreement with Victoria Petrole ...
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    Published: 9/11/2009   Posted in: China & North Pacific, Drilling & Completions, Digest, Unconventional Resources, Australia
    Tags: company:mhl, person:victoria petroleum, company:monitor energy, geographicfeature:cooper basin, person:jon roestenburg, company:monitor energy limited, country:australia, facility:vicpet, person:mr roestenburg
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    Baker Hughes to acquire BJ Services in $5.5 billion transaction

    Baker Hughes Incorporated and BJ Services Company announced that their Boards of Directors have appr ...
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    Published: 8/31/2009   Posted in: North America, Support Services, Lead Item, Unconventional Resources
    Tags: company:bj services company, organization:securities and exchange commission, company:goldman, company:howrey llp, continent:north america, person:we, person:chad c deaton, company:baker hughes, company:greenhill co, company:bj services, person:bill stewart, company:tunnell llp, person:jaworski llp
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    JayHawk announces joint-venture on its Southeast Kansas Cherokee Basin Project

    JayHawk Energy, Inc. has signed a letter agreement with DK True Energy Development Limited. The agre ...
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    Published: 8/11/2009   Posted in: North America, Drilling & Completions, Digest, Unconventional Resources
    Tags: person:lindsay gorrill, company:san miguel development llc, stateorcounty:north dakota, region:southeast kansas, company:jayhawk, continent:north america, person:dr david kahn, geographicfeature:williston basin, company:true energy, company:jayhawk energy, inc, company:true energys, organization:jayhawks, company:2009true energy, person:dr kahn, company:ivanhoe energy, company:megawest energy
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