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Industry News - E&P Hotline July 2008Avalon increases ownership in the East Chandler Field Avalon Oil & Gas, Inc. has signed a letter agreement to acquire all of the oil and gas producing assets owned by Bedford Energy, Inc. in the East Chandler Field ...
CNOOC Ltd's Wenchang Fields start trial production successfully CNOOC Limited announces that leading by Wen 19-1, WenChang (Wen) oil fields have successfully run into trial production stage ...
Davy Crockett Gas Company will commence drilling of first well Emvelco Corp. has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Davy Crockett Gas Company, LLC, has ordered the drilling of its first well in the Wolfcamp Canyon Field through Ozona Gas Group, LLC ...
Det norske encounters dry exploration well 32/2-1on Trow Operator Talisman Energy has drilled a dry exploration well 32/2-1 on the Trow prospect in production license (PL) 369, located to the east of the Troll field ...
Emerald Energy updates Khurbet East Field, Block 26, Syria Emerald Energy Plc has provided an update on activities in the Khurbet East field in Block 26, Syria ...
Lundin Petroleum announces major oil discover in Russian Caspian Sea
Lundin Petroleum AB announced that its Morskaya-1 exploration well in the Lagansky block, situated in the northern Caspian Sea has encountered a major oil accumulation ...
Perdido Truss Spar safely delivered by the Mighty Servant 1 Dockwise Ltd. announced that the Perdido Truss Spar was safely delivered by the semi-submersible vessel Mighty Servant 1 on Friday 27 June 2008 ...
Samson Oil & Gas to drill a Bakken Formation well in North Dakota Samson Oil & Gas has received a proposal from the operator of the North Harstad oil field to drill a Bakken Formation well ...
West Siberian Resources reports second quarter 2008 oil production update West Siberian Resources Ltd's total oil production for the second quarter 2008 amounted to 4,266,707 barrels (3,250,395 barrels) and the average daily production for the period increased to 46,887 barrels per day ...
Zion Oil & Gas announces results of its seismic acquisition program Zion Oil & Gas, Inc. announced that the company’s geological team recently completed the processing of seven seismic lines (totaling over fifty two kilometers) acquired last winter ...
June 2008
ACOR spuds offshore Australia Garfish-1 well Australian-Canadian Oil Royalties Ltd. (ACOR) has been advised by Nexus Energy Limited that the exploration well Garfish-1 as spudded using the West Triton jack-up drilling rig ...
Allenergy reports oil production up 683% in first quarter Allenergy, Inc. has increased its oil production 683% in the first quarter of 2008 compared to the same period in 2007 ...
American Oil & Gas updates Fetter Field activity American Oil & Gas, Inc. reports that the Hageman 11-22 well has reached its targeted total depth and been cased to 12,945' ...
Anadarko ramps up production at Independence Hub Anadarko Petroleum Corporation announced that production has been successfully ramped up to a gross rate of approximately 900 million cubic feet of natural gas per day ...
Basic Earth provides update on Dunn County horizontal Bakken well Basic Earth Science Systems, Inc. reported that the Paulson 14-9H, a horizontal Bakken well in Dunn County, North Dakota, has been completed ...
BG Group announces further success in Santos Basin, offshore Brazil BG Group has announced another new oil discovery in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil ...
Big Cat Energy provides operations update Big Cat Energy Corporation announced that Marathon Oil Corporation has installed and turned on the first of their eleven (11) pilot wells using the ARID Tool ...
Bonanza Oil & Gas announces updates on Apclark Project Bonanza Oil and Gas, Inc. has provided an update on its Apclark project located in Borden County, TX ...
BPZ Energy resumes crude oil deliveries to Talara; contracts second rig BPZ Resources, Inc. has announced resumption of Corvina’s crude oil deliveries and execution of a second drilling rig contract ...
Brigham Exploration announces Vicksburg and Williston Basin Red River discoveries Brigham Exploration Company has successfully completed two additional Vicksburg wells, and as a result its Vicksburg net production is approaching record levels ...
Chesapeake Energy updates Haynesville Shale activities Chesapeake Energy Corporation has provided an update on its activities in its significant Haynesville Shale discovery in Northwest Louisiana and East Texas ...
CNOOC announces the startup of Xijiang 23-1 CNOOC Limited announced that its new oil field Xijiang (XJ) 23-1 in the South China Sea has successfully started production ...
Emerald Energy updates Khurbet East Field, Block 26 Khurbet East No.6, the second horizontal development well in the Khurbet East field, has been drilled with a 200 metre horizontal section in the Cretaceous Massive reservoir ...
Firstdrill completes major new Caspian discovery Firstdrill Ltd has successfully completed the full project management of the exploration well, Centralaya-1, which has yielded a major new oil and gas discovery in the Caspian Sea ...
Gastar Exploration reports East Texas drilling results Gastar Exploration Ltd. has provided an update on recent drilling operations in East Texas ...
Gaz de France discovers natural gas deposits in Egypt Gaz de France recently discovered natural gas deposits in the West El Burullus concession in Egypt for which it holds an exploration and production license ...
GeoResources provides operations update GeoResources, Inc. has completed additional horizontal wells in Texas and North Dakota, and closed its recently announced Oklahoma acquisition ...
Gran Tierra Energy successfully drills Popa-2 exploration well Gran Tierra Energy Inc. has successfully drilled the Popa-2 exploration well in the Rio Magdalena Block in central Colombia ...
Heritage Oil provides Kingfisher-2 drilling update Heritage Oil Limited has announced that the Kingfisher-2 exploration and appraisal well in Block 3A, Uganda has currently reached a drilled depth of 2,922 metres ...
Hess announces Glencoe-1 natural gas discovery in Australia Hess Corporation has announced that the Glencoe-1 exploration well on Australia's Northwest Shelf discovered natural gas in Upper Jurassic sandstones ...
Hess announces Glencoe-1 natural gas discovery in Australia Hess Corporation announced that the Glencoe-1 exploration well on Australia's Northwest Shelf discovered natural gas in Upper Jurassic sandstones ...
Kodiak Oil & Gas provides operations update Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. has provided an interim operations update on the Vermillion Basin-Wyoming, Horseshoe Basin Unit and the Coyote Flats Federal Unit ...
Kosmos Energy's Mahogany-2 appraisal well flows 5,200 barrels of oil during drillstem test Kosmos Energy announced that the company’s deepwater Mahogany-2 appraisal well in the Jubilee Field tested at a flow rate of 5,200 barrels of oil per day ...
Lundin Petroleum spuds Torphins exploration well Lundin Petroleum AB has announced that drilling of the exploration well 21/8-4 on the Torphins prospect located in block 21/8 has commenced
Marathon achieves first oil from Alvheim Development Marathon Oil Corporation has announced with its partners that the Alvheim development offshore Norway has achieved first production ...
Mariner Energy announces deepwater discovery at its Geauxpher Prospect Mariner Energy, Inc. announced a deepwater discovery on its Geauxpher prospect located on Garden Banks Block 462 ...
McMoRan Exploration announces fourth successful well at Flatrock McMoRan Exploration Co. announced its fourth successful well at the Flatrock field located on OCS 310 at South Marsh Island Block 212 in ten feet of water ...
More oil discovered in Varg Talisman Energy Norge has found between 0.6 million and 1.6 million barrels of recoverable oil in the Lilleulv prospect in Production License 038 ...
Morgan Creek Energy sets drilling preparations on Frio Draw oil/gas prospect Morgan Creek Energy Corp. is setting drilling preparations on its San Andres prospect at Frio Draw in NE New Mexico ...
New U.K North Sea discovery for Total Total has made a new gas and condensate discovery in the Alwyn Area of the Northern North Sea ...
Noble Energy announces test results from Benita oil appraisal in Equatorial Guinea Noble Energy, Inc. has announced flow test results from the Benita oil appraisal well in Block "I" offshore Equatorial Guinea ...
Offshore Australia Longtom-4 development well spuds on ACOR's ORRI
Australian-Canadian Oil Royalties Ltd. advises that the development well Longtom-4 in the Gippsland Basin offshore Australia, has spudded using the West Triton jack-up drilling rig ...
Osage Exploration and Development provides Colombian Project update Osage Exploration and Development, Inc. has provided an update regarding the Company’s Rosablanca joint venture with Gold Oil, plc in the Middle Magdalena Valley ...
Otto flows gas from second well Otto Energy and Incremental Petroleum have announced further excellent flow rates from the recently drilled exploration well, the Kuzey Arpaci-1 ...
PA Resources spuds second well on the Didon field PA Resources has spudded a second well on the Didon field in Tunisia ...
Pioneer initiates oil production from Oooguruk Pioneer Natural Resources Company has announced that production and sales from the Oooguruk Unit on the North Slope have commenced as scheduled ...
Royal Energy's second well drilled in two-well project Royal Energy Resources, Inc. announced that the initial natural gas flow rate on its Washington County, Oklahoma well project exceeded 500,000 cubic feet of natural gas ...
Samson Oil & Gas spuds Sabretooth prospect Samson Oil & Gas Limited advises that the Sabretooth #1 well spudded on the evening of June 21, 2008 and was drilling ahead at approximately 1,400 feet ...
Samson Oil & Gas to spud Texas well the week of June 22 Samson Oil & Gas Limited has completed the necessary joint venture documentation associated with the drilling of the Sabretooth prospect ...
Southern Star Energy's daily production reaches new milestone Southern Star Energy Inc. has been re-establishing production and evaluating the commercial potential for future development drilling in its Sentell Field (40% working interest) located north of Shreveport ...
Striker Oil & Gas announces 137 gross BOPD recompletion in its North Edna Prospect Striker Oil & Gas, Inc. has successfully recompleted the LeJeune No. 1 well in its North Edna prospect located in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana ...
Striker Oil & Gas announces second well at Catfish Creek Prospect ready for production Striker Oil & Gas, Inc. has successfully completed the second well drilled on its Catfish Creek Prospect located in East Texas ...
Striker Oil & Gas has success with second well on Catfish Creek prospect Striker Oil & Gas, Inc. has successfully drilled its second well on its Catfish Creek Prospect located in East Texas ...
Striker Oil & Gas identifies new Louisiana prospect using its proprietary 3-D seismic data Striker Oil & Gas, Inc. has identified and is working to high grade a potential new oil prospect to a 4th quarter 2008-1st quarter 2009 drilling project ...
Striker Oil & Gas to drill three additional wells on its Catfish Creek Prospect Striker Oil & Gas, Inc. has entered into a three well drilling program on its Catfish Creek Prospect located in East Texas ...
TAMM Oil and Gas receives report for the determination of heavy oil in place TAMM Oil and Gas Corp. has received a report from Chapman Petroleum Engineering Ltd. for the determination of heavy oil in place for 35 sections of land ...
Tethys Oil spuds Jebel Aswad-2 Tethys Oil has spudded Jebel Aswad-2 (JAS-2) on Block 15 onshore Oman ...
Teton Energy provides operational update Teton Energy Corporation has signed an exploration agreement with Unit Petroleum Company to jointly explore and develop acreage controlled by Teton in the Big Horn Basin ...
Trans Energy completes first well in Marcellus Shale Trans Energy, Inc. announced hat its Hart #20 well in Wetzel County, West Virginia was successfully completed on June 12 ...
Tullow Oil announces successful Ngege-1 exploration well in Block 2 Uganda Tullow Oil plc announces further success in Uganda's Lake Albert Rift Basin with the Ngege-1 exploration well encountering both oil and gas ...
United Heritage Corp completes the work over of the first 20 Wardlaw Field Wells United Heritage Corporation announced that as a result of work over activity in the Wardlaw field and the implementation of its first production enhancement program production has increased to an average of 20 barrels of oil per day ...
VAALCO Energy restores production at Gabon facility and announces arrival of Ebouri field platform VAALCO Energy, Inc. announced that production at its Etame and Avouma / Tchibala fields in offshore Gabon, West Africa, has successfully been restored ...
May 2008
American Oil & Gas updates Williston Basin activity American Oil & Gas, Inc. reports that the Solberg 32-2 well has recently commenced production ...
Apache's Julimar NW-1 logs 43 feet of pay in Triassic Mungaroo Apache Corporation announced that the Julimar Northwest-1 exploration well on Australia's Northwest Shelf logged 43 feet of net pay in the J-17 Triassic Mungaroo sandstone ...
Austral Pacific to drill two wells in Cheal Oil Field Austral Pacific Energy Ltd. has announced the upcoming drilling of the A6 and A7 wells in the onshore Taranaki Cheal Oil Field (PMP38156-01), Stratford, New Zealand ...
Bonanza Oil & Gas provides updates on Apclark Project Bonanza Oil and Gas, Inc. has provided an update on its Apclark project located in Borden County, TX ...
BPZ Energy certifies 284 Bcf of 3P gas reserves in Corvina Field BPZ Resources, Inc. announced the gas reserves certification from independent reserve engineers from the Company’s Corvina field in offshore Block Z-1 in northwest Peru ...
BPZ Energy resumes oil production at Corvina Field BPZ Resources, Inc. has resumed oil production at the CX-11 platform in the Corvina field in offshore Block Z-1 in northwest Peru ...
Cabot Oil & Gas provides operations update Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation announced a continued high level of success at County Line, along with laying out its accelerated plans for Marcellus and Haynesville ...
Central Petroleum mobilizing drilling rig to Blamore 1 oil well Central Petroleum Limited has decided to begin moblising Hunt Rig No.2 to the Blamore 1 oil well location in the Pedirka Basin on June 5th 2008 ...
Contango announces fourth successful well at its Mary Rose Prospect Contango Oil & Gas Company announced a successful well at its Mary Rose prospect located in Louisiana state waters at State Lease No. 18860 ...
CREDO updates drilling activity CREDO Petroleum Corporation has placed nine wells on production and has drilled four new wells that are awaiting completion ...
Creston Resources announces production increases Creston announced production increases in its Uinta Basin properties and continued natural gas sales from the Creston Nose field ...
Drilling commences on the first of a multi-well program in the Fetter Field American Oil & Gas, Inc. has recently commenced drilling the Hageman 11-22 well, located in the NESW of section 22, T33N-R71W, Converse County Wyoming ...
Emerald Energy provides operations update Emerald Energy Plc has provided an update on development operations in Syria and Colombia ...
Emerald Energy updates Khurbet East Field Emerald Energy Plc has provided the following update on activities in the Khurbet East field in Block 26, Syria ...
EnCore Oil updates Cobra appraisal well EnCore Oil plc announced that the Company's first operated well, the 48/2c-5, 'Cobra' appraisal well on Southern North Sea block 48/2c, has reached total depth of 11,805ft ...
Endeavour announces gas discovery in Norwegian North Sea Endeavour International Corporation announced that the 6407/8-4S exploration well has discovered natural gas in the Jurassic Garn formation at the Galtvort prospect ...
GeoResources, Inc. provides operations update GeoResources, Inc. continued its successful development of its Austin Chalk acreage through its horizontal drilling program in the Giddings Field ...
Gulf of Guinea Energy spuds Uquo appraisal/development well Gulf of Guinea Energy Limited is pleased to announce the spudding of the first of two back to back appraisal/development wells in the Uquo field ...
JED Oil announces results of 2007/2008 winter drilling program JED Oil Inc. planned a winter drilling program of up to 16 wells in the Marlowe North, Marlowe West, Larne, Tate and Lessard areas of northern Alberta, all in what JED calls its Steen River Prospect ...
Kentucky USA Energy enters into commitment from two drilling companies Kentucky USA Energy, Inc. has entered into drilling commitments with two drilling companies for its five proposed initial development wells in the New Albany Shale ...
Lundin Petroleum announce discovery discovery on the Pi-North prospect Lundin Petroleum AB has announced an oil and gas discovery on the Pi-North prospect located in Block 6/3 and 15/12 ...
Lundin Petroleum starts drilling the Morskaya-1 well
Lundin Petroleum AB has started drilling the Morskaya-1 exploration well in the Lagansky block, situated in the northern Caspian Sea in Russia ...
Matra Petroleum successful in Arkhangelovskoe-12 acid treatment Matra Petroleum plc announced that the Arkhangelovskoe - 12 discovery well on the Arkhangelovskoe License in Orenburg, Russia, has been successfully treated with acid ...
McMoRan Exploration provides operations update McMoRan Exploration Co. has updated the status of drilling at the Flatrock No. 3 and South Timbalier Block 168 wells ...
Mesa Energy announces successful well test Mesa Energy, Inc. has announced the successful testing of the Cook #1 gas well in its Coal Creek Prospect ...
Mexco Energy Corporation announces exploration and development results Mexco Energy Corporation has announced completion of a well in Loving County, Texas ...
NGAS Resources provides horizontal drilling update NGAS Resources, Inc has provided an update on the five horizontal wells it has drilled to date in its core Leatherwood field ...
Noble Energy updates drilling activities in Equatorial Guinea Noble Energy, Inc. announced that the 'I-5' Benita oil appraisal well was successfully drilled to a total depth of 10,088 feet ...
Otto announces 6th Gas Discovery in Turkey Joint venture partners Otto Energy and Incremental Petroleum announce the confirmation of several gas bearing intervals in the Ortakci-1 exploration well ...
PA Resources spuds exploration well on Ipswich propsect The drilling of an exploration well on the Ipswich prospect located in license PL 274 in Norway has commenced ...
Penn Virginia Corp has horizontal drilling success in East Texas Penn Virginia Corporation has announced horizontal drilling success with its Lower Bossier (Haynesville) Shale test well in Harrison County, Texas ...
PETROBRAS discovers oil accumulation in shallow Santos Basin waters PETROBRAS has proved the presence of light oil in reservoirs above the salt-bearing layer in the well 1-BRSA-607-SPS ...
Royal Energy Resources spuds first well in two-well project Royal Energy Resources, Inc. has begun drilling on the first of a two-well project in Northern Oklahoma ...
Southern Star Energy announces successful completion activities Southern Star Energy Inc. has provided an update on the Company's continuing success in its Sentell Field Development Program ...
StatoilHydro completes Tornerose wells StatoilHydro has completed the drilling of two appraisal wells at the Tornerose gas discovery in the Barents Sea ...
StatoilHydro makes two new discoveries in the Oseberg area StatoilHydro has discovered hydrocarbons in two wells in the Oseberg area in the Norwegian offshore sector of the North Sea ...
Titan Oil and Gas ends Eberle connection delays while preparing for production Titan Oil and Gas Inc. has released its detailed due diligence report on the Eberle #1 well in Bastrop County, Texas ...
Toreador declares farmed-out Hungarian exploration well a dry hole Toreador Resources Corporation announced that the Nko-Ny-1 exploration well in the company’s Szolnok block in Hungary did not encounter commercial hydrocarbons and was declared a dry hole ...
Total achieves first gas from Jura field Total has achieved first gas from its Jura field on time and on budget. Jura is situated in the Alwyn area ...
Total announces a significant offshore discovery of gas and condensates Total has announced a significant discovery of gas and condensates on Block B, offshore Brunei, in a water depth of 62 metres ...
Tower Resources provides Namibia and Uganda update In Namibia seismic interpretation has confirmed the presence of giant structures which could contain 10 billion barrels, unrisked, from three prospects ...
Tri-Valley exceeds 1,000 barrel per day second quarter production goal Tri-Valley Corporation has attained its Operation Catapult goal of producing 1,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (BOED) by the end of the second quarter nearly two months ahead of schedule ...
Tullow announces successful Mahogany-2 appraisal well Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) has announced that the Mahogany-2 well, which is being drilled to appraise the Jubilee field offshore Ghana, has intersected a significant column of light oil ...
Tullow announces successful Taitai-1 exploration well in Uganda Tullow Oil plc announces that the Taitai-1 exploration well, drilled in the Butiaba region of Uganda Block 2, has encountered five metres of net gas pay ...
UK North Sea oil find in close proximity to Fox Petroleum’s 211/17 Bourbon Prospect Fox Petroleum Inc has received confirmation by Dana Petroleum PLC of the discovery of the East Rinnes Oil Field in Block 210/24a ...
West Canyon Energy updates operations on Colombian properties West Canyon Energy Corp. has provided an operational update on recent progress the company has made in its Colombian corporate and exploration activities ...
April 2008
Apache's Julimar Southeast-1 discovery logs 195 feet of pay across five intervals Apache Corporation announced that the Julimar Southeast-1 discovery on Australia's Northwest Shelf logged 195 feet of net pay across five intervals of the Triassic Mungaroo Sandstone ...
Argentina's oil production hits six-year low Argentina's oil production hit a six-year low in 2007, the country's National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC) reported ...
Avalon drills initial gas well on Waters lease in Lipscomb County, TX Avalon Oil & Gas, Inc. is nearing the target drilling depth of 11,000 feet on the Waters #3-328 gas well in Lipscomb County, Texas ...
Avalon increases working interest in Janssen #1A gas well Avalon Oil & Gas, Inc. has increased its working interest to 7.25 % in the Janssen #1A gas well in Karnes Country, Texas ...
BP announces Gulf of Mexico discovery BP America Inc. has announced an oil discovery at its Kodiak prospect in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico ...
BPZ Energy tests 5,350 bopd in ongoing testing of CX11-18XD well BPZ Resources, Inc. has performed three drill stem tests (DST) in ongoing testing of the CX11-18XD well in the Corvina field of offshore Block Z1 in northwest Peru ...
Buccaneer has second Gulf of Mexico success Buccaneer Energy Limited has announced its second successful well at its Pompano Project located 11 kilometres off the coast in the Gulf of Mexico ...
Contango acquires additional working interest in Dutch and Mary Rose discoveries Contango Oil & Gas Company has purchased an additional 4.17% working interest and 3.33% net revenue interest in the Eugene Island 10 (“Dutch”) discovery ...
Contango announces successful development well at Mary Rose #2 Contango Oil & Gas Company has announced a successful well at its Mary Rose #2 location in Louisiana state waters ...
Eden Energy updates Noah status Eden Energy Corp. has announced that the Noah Federal #1 well has been plugged and abandoned after reaching a total depth of 7,080 feet ...
EGPI Firecreek lifts production levels at Fant Ranch EGPI Firecreek, Inc. has concluded an Enhanced Oil Recovery program for approximately 14 of the 20 active wells at the Fant Ranch ...
Endeavour begins 2008 North Sea drilling program Endeavour International Corporation has announced the beginning of its 2008 exploration and development drilling program in the North Sea with the spudding of the Galtvort exploration well ...
EnerJex Resources reports operations update EnerJex Resources, Inc. reported key operating activities completed by its wholly owned operating subsidiaries, EnerJex Kansas (EJK) and DD Energy ...
Enhanced Oil Resources provides drilling update Enhanced Oil Resources, Inc. announces the successful test of 2 additional Granite Wash wells at the Company's St. Johns Helium/CO(2) field ...
EPL announces second discovery this year in Bay Marchand Energy Partners, Ltd. announced its second discovery in 2008 in the Bay Marchand field located in its Central core area on the Gulf of Mexico Shelf ...
ExxonMobil and MOL to start Mako Trough exploration program ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Hungary Limited and MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Plc. have agreed to start a joint exploration program in blocks 106 and 107 in the Mako Trough in southeast Hungary ...
Forest Oil announces significant gas discovery and acquisition Forest Oil Corporation announced a new natural gas discovery in the Utica Shale located in Quebec, Canada and has agreed to purchase properties located in its Ark-La-Tex core areas ...
Gas discovered in first well of Edirne drilling program Incremental Petroleum announces that the first well in the 2008 Edirne onshore drilling campaign in Western Turkey (IPM 55%) has discovered almost three times the prognosed gas pay ...
Gastar Exploration provides operational update Gastar Exploration Ltd. has provided an update on recent drilling operations in East Texas, as well as results from recent activities in New South Wales, Australia ...
Hemi Energy Group provides April update Hemi Energy Group, Inc. announced that evaluation of the well logs and the drill cutting samples from the new well drilled on the Collins lease in Woodson County, Kansas has good oil shows ...
Hycarbex-American Energy announces drilling schedule for well in Pakistan Hycarbex-American Energy, Inc. has announced its drilling plans for its next exploratory well on the Yasin Block (2768-7) ...
Hyperdynamics places Deville #1 into production Hyperdynamics Corporation announced that its first well on the newly acquired 264-acre Deville lease in the North Big Island field in Rapides Parish, Louisiana has been tested and placed into production ...
JayHawk Energy Inc. provides business update JayHawk Energy, Inc. has announced the commencement of its drilling program on the Uniontown Project, and the closing of the Purchase and Sale Agreement with Galaxy Energy ...
Marathon Oil Corporation provides first quarter 2008 interim update Marathon Oil Corporation is providing information on market factors and operating conditions that occurred during the first quarter of 2008 ...
McMoRan Exploration updates GoM exploration and development activities McMoRan Exploration Co. has updated its exploration and development activities at the Flatrock field, the South Timbalier Block 168 exploratory well, and the Mound Point exploration area ...
New natural gas production begins at Royale Energy’s Gobel well Royale Energy, Inc. began sales of natural gas from its new Gobel 21-1 well in the Company's Sacramento basin Lonestar field ...
New template on stream at Vigdis The oil is now flowing from template number three on the Vigdis East structure in the North Sea ...
Osage Exploration and Development provides operations update Osage Exploration and Development, Inc. has provided an operational update regarding the Company’s acquisition and development efforts in Colombia ...
Park Place et al encounter hydrocarbons in Morgan Highpoint # 5 offset test well Park Place Energy Corp. announces that Montello Resources Ltd. has drilled and logged the Morgan Highpoint # 5 Test Well to total depth ...
Pemberton begins drilling its second well Pemberton Energy Ltd. has began drilling its second well- 6-15-82-3-W6M on Sunday, March 30, 2008 ...
Samson Oil & Gas cases State GC#2 for production Samson Oil & Gas Ltd is preparing to run production casing on the State GC#2 well ...
Samson Oil & Gas provides operational update on State GC#2 Samson Oil & Gas has announced that the State GC#2 well was drilling ahead at a depth of 11,414 feet at 6 am April 7, having intersected the primary target at 11,268 feet ...
Southern Star Energy reaches TD on the Atkins-Lincoln 17-1 Southern Star Energy Inc. has drilled its fifth successful Cotton Valley test in its Sentell Field Development Program in Bossier Parish, Louisiana ...
Southern Star Energy updates completion activities Southern Star Energy Inc. has provided an update on the Company's well the Rendall 7-2 ...
Southern Star Energy updates operations on the Atkins-Lincoln 18-2 Southern Star Energy Inc. has provided an update on the Company's well the Atkins-Lincoln 18-2 ...
Storm Cat Energy Corporation provides operations update Storm Cat Energy Corporation has provided a corporate update of its operations in the Company's Arkansas Fayetteville Shale acreage ...
Storm Cat Energy provides corporate update Storm Cat Energy Corporation has provided a corporate update on the Company's acreage in Wyoming's Powder River Basin (PRB) and its operations in Arkansas' Fayetteville Shale play ...
Stratic Energy announces 298% increase in net proved and probable reserves Stratic Energy Corporation announces its results for 2007, a summary of reserves, including reserves evaluation, and provides an update on its operations ...
Sun Cal Energy acquires Texas drilling prospect in the West Gomez Field Sun Cal Energy Inc. has acquired a minority joint venture interest in a three well, multi-pay prospect in the West Gomez Field within Pecos County, Texas ...
Sun Cal Energy commences drilling on the Sibley 84 #1 well Sun Cal Energy Inc. is pleased to announce that drilling has commenced on the Sibley 84 #1 well ...
Sun Cal Energy provides operational update and progress report Sun Cal Energy achieved a number of important milestones within the last quarter. Most notable are the completion of an outstanding reserve analysis and drilling program ...
Toreador announces well in Szolnok encounters inert gas and is being abandoned Toreador Resources Corporation announced that the Tik-1 exploration well located in the southwestern portion of its Szolnok block in Hungary was declared a dry hole ...
Toreador provides operational update
Toreador Resources Corporation announced that drilling operations have begun on the Tik-1 exploration well in the company’s Szolnok block in Hungary ...
Total brings Moho-Bilondo on stream offshore the Republic of the Congo Total E&P Congo announces that the deep offshore Moho-Bilondo field has been brought on stream in the Republic of the Congo, nearly a month ahead of schedule ...
Transeuro Energy's Ukraine well nears total depth with gas and oil shows Transeuro Energy Corp. has provided an update on its drilling operations in Ukraine on the Karlavskoye 101 well ...
TXCO Resources expanding its Maverick Basin Pearsall resource play TXCO Resources Inc. has signed an agreement with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation that gives rights to drill the Pearsall and Eagleford shale gas resource plays on Anadarko’s 349,000 gross acres ...
Yuma Exploration and Production announces Louisiana discoveries Yuma Exploration and Production Company Inc. announces the successful discoveries of its first two exploratory wells in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana out of a five well series ...
March 2008
Anadarko provides growth outlook The Board of Directors of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has approved an expansion of the company’s 2008 capital budget by approximately $400 million ...
Baraka provides Colombia drilling update: Monza-1 exploration well Baraka Colombia Operations provides the following report on the progress of the Monza-1 exploration well in the Chicuaco Block, Llanos Basin, Colombia ...
BHP Billiton resumes work at Neptune Facility in the Gulf of Mexico During a routine inspection immediately prior to start up of the Neptune tension leg platform (TLP) in the Gulf of Mexico, BHP Billiton found structural anomalies in the hull ...
BPZ Energy begins testing Corvina CX-11-18XD well BPZ Resources, Inc. announced today that OSINERGMIN has cleared the Company to resume operations at the CX-11 platform in the offshore Z-1 Block in northwest Peru ...
Caza Oil & Gas announces recent drilling results Caza Oil & Gas, Inc. announced that exploration wells on its Wilcox 116 Property in Wharton County, Texas and the Lynch Property, in Lea County, New Mexico both successfully encountered gas ...
Chesapeake announces Haynesville Shale discovery Chesapeake Energy Corporation has announced a new natural gas discovery in the Haynesville Shale in Louisiana ...
Eden Energy Corp. spuds Noah well Eden Energy Corp. has announced the spudding of its Noah Federal #1 well in White Pine County, Nevada ...
Emerald Energy provides Khurbet East Field update Emerald Energy Plc has provided an update on activities in the Khurbet East field in Block 26, Syria ...
EnCore Oil commences drilling operations on Cobra gas appraisal well EnCore Oil plc has announced that drilling operations on the Cobra appraisal well on Southern North Sea block 48/2c have commenced ...
EnerJex Resources provides update on Black Oaks Field EnerJex Resources, Inc. acquired the Black Oaks Field in April of 2007 at a time when the field was producing an average of 31 barrels of oil per day ...
EPL finds bypassed oil in the heart of its 100% owned East Bay Field Energy Partners, Ltd. announced that an exploitation well drilled in its 100% owned East Bay field has uncovered bypassed oil potential that exceeded its pre-drill expectations ...
EPL provides Lease Sale results and operational update Energy Partners, Ltd. has provided results from the Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 206 held in New Orleans, LA and an update on its operations ...
Fox Petroleum enlists Halliburton to stimulate Spears Gas Unit Fox Petroleum Inc. has announced that Halliburton service crews have arrived on site at the Spears Gas Unit 2, Well #1 in Pecos County, Texas ...
Gran Tierra Energy initiates testing of Costayaco-3 and drilling of Costayaco-4 Gran Tierra Energy Inc. has begun testing operations on Costayaco-3, a new well drilled in the recently discovered Costayaco Field ...
Hemi Energy Group begins 2008 Kansas Drilling Program Hemi Energy Group, Inc. Rig 6 Drilling Co., Inc. has moved onto the 750 (gross) acre Collins lease and has commenced drilling ...
Hess Corporation announces results of Pony #2 well Hess Corporation has announced the results of its Pony #2 appraisal well located on Green Canyon Block 468 in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico ...
Hyperdynamics' drills and is now completing Deville #1 in Big Island Field Hyperdynamics Corporation has completed its first drill on the newly acquired 264-acre Deville lease in the North Big Island field in Rapides Parish, Louisiana ...
JayHawk announces drilling program for its Uniontown Project JayHawk Energy, Inc. has compiled over 51,000 acres in the Bourbon and Crawford counties of Kansas through the initial acquisition of 35,000 acres in Bourbon County ...
Matra Petroleum provides operations update Matra Petroleum plc has provided an update on operations in Hungary and Russia ...
Oilsands Quest provides update of field operations in Saskatchewan and Alberta Oilsands Quest Inc. has provided an update of the status of winter field operations on its contiguous oil sands exploration lands in Saskatchewan and Alberta ...
Otto spuds first of 5 wells in Turkey gas drilling campaign Otto Energy and Incremental Petroleum announce the spudding of the first well in 2008 of the Edirne gas project in Western Turkey ...
Park Place announces under-balance drillers mobilize at Highpoint, Tennessee Park Place Energy Corp. has announced that the operator of the Morgan Highpoint # 4 Test Well has had Strata Energy Services Inc. and Weatherford Services mobilize and set up their under-balanced drilling equipment on the Morgan Highpoint # 4 Test Well ...
Park Place puts Morgan Highpoint # 3 "Discovery" Well on production Park Place Energy Corp. has been informed by the operator that they have completed the drilling, logging, and evaluation of the Morgan Highpoint # 3 "Discovery" Well ...
Pemberton to complete six drill stem tests in one well bore Pemberton Energy Ltd. has drilled its 10-15-82-3-W6M well to a total depth of 2395.5 m in the Precambrian basement ...
Pemberton to start drilling its second well Pemberton Energy Ltd. will start drill rig move to its 6-15-82-3 W6M (6-15) drill location on March 29 ...
Petromin to commence additional development drilling Petromin Resources Ltd. will commence additional development drilling on its lands in the Gilby area of Central Alberta ...
Portrush drilling at Scanio-Shelton # 10 underway Portrush Petroleum Corporation announced that drilling has begun on the Scanio/Sheldon No.10 well in the Mission River property in Texas ...
RWE Dea starts offshore gas field development in North Idku RWE Dea has signed a gas sales agreement with EGPC and EGAS for delivering natural gas to the Egyptian domestic market ...
Southern Star Energy commences operations on the Atkins Lincoln 17-1 Southern Star Energy Inc. spudded its 5th Cotton Valley well in its Sentell Field Development project, located in the Bossier Parish, Louisiana ...
St. Mary provides interim operational update St. Mary announces that its first operated horizontal Cotton Valley well at Carthage Field in East Texas was a success ...
StatoilHydro and Sonatrach make fourth discovery in Hassi Mouina StatoilHydro and partner Sonatrach have completed the drilling and testing of exploration well number four in the Hassi Mouina license, in the Sahara desert in Algeria ...
Stratic Energy announces first gas from Ayazli field offshore Turkey Stratic Energy Corporation announces that gas production commenced last Friday from its Ayazli gas field, in the Black Sea offshore Turkey ...
Tidelands Oil & Gas provides update on Burgos Hub Project Tidelands Oil & Gas Corporation has provided an update concerning the status of activities within Frontera Pipeline LLC and the Burgos Hub project in South Texas and Northern Mexico ...
Tri-Valley hooks up first Moffat well for natural gas sales Tri-Valley Corporation has hooked up its newly drilled Moffat Ranch East 48x-7 natural gas well and will begin continuous gas sales on March 17, 2008 ...
Two of Team Resources' Kansas wells hit oil and gas Team Resources, Inc. announced that its limited partnership Natural Gas & Oil Choice Development Fund I, L.P., will soon begin oil and gas production in Kansas ...
Unicorp announces plans to recomplete its initial well in its North Cayuga Prospect Unicorp, Inc. announced that it plans to recomplete its initial well in the Georgetown formation on its North Cayuga prospect located in Henderson County, Texas ...
November 2006
ATP records 144% production increase during first nine months of 2006 ATP Oil & Gas Corporation has placed six new wells on production during the first nine months of 2006 ... Basic Earth and partners reach casing point at Christmas Meadows well Basic Earth Science Systems, Inc. and its partner, Double Eagle Petroleum Company, has successfully set intermediate casing at 6,000 feet in its previously disclosed Table Top Unit #1 ... Basic Earth completes drilling operations on Rival Formation re-entry Basic Earth Science Systems, Inc. and its partners have completed drilling the third of three horizontal legs on the State #16-1H ... BHP Billiton makes hydrocarbon discovery at Ruby-1 offshore Trinidad BHP Billiton has announced the results of the Ruby-1 exploration well that was recently drilled offshore Trinidad ... Brigham Exploration announces drilling successes and provides operational update Brigham Exploration Company announced an apparently significant developmental success with the Sullivan C-33 in its Floyd Fault Block Field ... Dejour enters Noel Gas Project in Northern British Columbia The Dejour Energy (Alberta) Ltd. joint venture has purchased a 15% working interest in a high potential Noel area natural gas project ... Dune Energy places two new wells on production in South Texas Dune Energy, Inc. has completed and placed on production two wells on its Welder Ranch property ... Eldorado Exploration commences drilling in Texas Eldorado Exploration, Inc. announced that the Hardeman County, Texas well has started drilling as of November 2, 2006 ... Freestone Resources announces successful recompletion of Carroll Unit # 1 Freestone Resources, Inc. has announced the successful recompletion of the Carroll Unit # 1 ... Gulfport Energy Corporation updates West Cote Blanche Bay production Gulfport Energy Corporation announced that a portion of the company's production has been restored at the West Cote Blanche Bay field ... IAS Communications completes third gas well in Kentucky IAS Communications, Inc. has announced that the Clarence Bright #1 well in Laurel County, Kentucky is completed ... Knight Energy completes well in Stephens County, Texas Knight Energy Corp. has completed its Natural Gas Well A-7 on the company’s 160 acre property in Stephens County, Texas ... Patch drilling ahead of schedule on British Columbia Gas Play Patch International Inc. has reported that the drilling activity on the Company's natural gas project in northeastern British Columbia is currently proceeding ahead of schedule ... Shell announces the launch of the BC-10 development, in deepwater Brazil Shell has announced the first contracts for the development of the Ostra, Abalone and Argonauta fields of the BC-10 deepwater block offshore of Espirito Santo state, Brazil ... The well will test the Mississippian Chappel reef at 8700 feet. Potential reserves could exceed 400, Lions Petroleum Inc. has been advised by SunCoast Technical Services, Inc. that the two successful gas wells are now producing gas ... Trophy Resources announces drilling results Trophy Resources, Inc. announced that they have solid results from their initial well drilling project in Southwest Texas ... Trophy Resources sells initial oil production Trophy Resources, Inc. has sold the first commercial quantity of oil produced by their initial reworked well in Southwest Texas ... October 2006
Addax Petroleum provides update on the integration of its Gabon operations Addax Petroleum Corporation has provided an operational update regarding its portfolio of oil exploration and production properties in Gabon ... Anadarko starts production from new satellite facilities in Bohai Bay, China Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has commenced oil production from the unitized CFD 11-6/CFD 12-1S development project Atlantic Petroleum updates progress on Brugdan well Atlantic Petroleum has provided an update on the progress of the Brugdan well on Faroese Licence 006 ... Basic Earth and Partners drilling ahead at Christmas Meadows well Basic Earth Science Systems, Inc. is drilling ahead on its previously disclosed Table Top Unit #1 ... Basic Earth updates efforts on Christmas Meadows well Basic Earth Science Systems, Inc. is drilling ahead having set and cemented surface casing on its previously disclosed Table Top Unit #1 ... BMB Munai, Inc. commences drilling of Emir-6 well BMB Munai, Inc. announced its drilling contractor, KandyagashBurService LLP, has completed mobilization of a 175 ton drilling rig to the Emir oil field ... CNOOC brings fields on stream CNOOC Limited has announced that Caofeidian (CFD) 11-6/12-1S fields in Bohai Bay have come on stream successfully on schedule ... CNOOC Ltd announces the startup of Project QK 17-2 E CNOOC Limited has announced that Project Qi Kou (QK) 17-2E in Bohai Bay has come on stream successfully ... CNOOC Ltd. starts production from WZ 6-1 CNOOC Limited has successfully brought on stream Wei Zhou (WZ) 6-1, an independent oilfield in the Western South China Sea ... Contango makes exploration discovery at its Dutch Prospect Contango Oil & Gas Company has announced exploration discovery at its Dutch prospect (“Eugene Island 10”) ... Denbury Resources updates operations Denbury Resources Inc. has updated its operations ... Dune Energy announces record production levels Dune Energy, Inc. has placed nine wells on production since August 30, 2006 ... Exploration well Karlebo-1 progresses according to plan Tethys Oil AB has announced that Karlebo-1 drilling operations onshore Denmark are progressing according to plan ... Falcon Oil & Gas provides update on well completions Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd. has provided an update on its oil and gas exploration activities in Hungary ... Far East Energy achieves continuous gas flow from a second horizontal well Far East Energy Corporation has successfully achieved continuous gas flow in its third horizontal well, the FCC HZ03 ... Freestone Resources updates Carroll Unit #1 recompletion A ‘Basic Energy Solutions’ work over rig is now in place to begin the recompletion of the Carroll Unit #1 gas well ... FX Energy begins drilling Winna Gora well FX Energy, Inc. has begun drilling of the Winna Gora well in the Company's Fences II project area in western Poland ... FX Energy flowing gas from Zaniemysl well FX Energy, Inc. is producing and selling gas from the Zaniemysl well in western Poland ... Gastar commences Australian CBM drilling program Gastar Exploration Ltd. has announced that a ten well coal bed methane drilling program has been commenced on its 1.0 million gross acre Exploration License 4416 ... Gastar Exploration updates Bossier drilling and completion activity Gastar Exploration Ltd. has provided an operations update on its Deep Bossier drilling and completion activities ... Greater Sooner Holdings reports drilling success Greater Sooner Holdings, Inc. has announced that the Anthony 33-1 well has been drilled with several shows of hydrocarbon-bearing formations ... Greater Sooner Holdings to drill LOMT #1 during early November Greater Sooner Holdings, Inc. is to begin drilling of the LOMT #1 Sidetrack well ... Husky Energy celebrates its inaugural Oil Sands Project Husky Energy Inc. has announced the official opening of Husky's Tucker Oil Sands Project in a ribbon cutting ceremony at the facility site ... JED Oil Inc. provides drilling update JED Oil Inc has provided an update on its ongoing drilling activities and operations ... Kodiak Oil & Gas drilling Vermillion Basin well Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. has provided an update on its 2006 drilling program in the Vermillion Basin ... Landmark completes installation of new high pressure natural gas compressor Landmark 4, LLC has completed the installation of the new natural gas compressor in Catlin Oil and Gas Field in Jack County, Texas ... Lions completes two successful gas wells in Lavaca County, Texas Lions Petroleum Inc. announced that two wells in Lavaca County, Texas have been drilled, completed and are currently awaiting pipeline connection ... Magellan Petroleum announces weekly drilling report Kiana-2 Magellan Petroleum Corporation releases weekly drilling report on Kiana-2 ... Magellan Petroleum spuds Keeley-1 in Cooper Basin SA Magellan Petroleum Australia Limited advises that the Keeley-1 exploration well spudded in PEL 107 in the Cooper Basin of South Australia ... Magellan Petroleum spuds Kiana-2 in Cooper Basin SA Magellan Petroleum Corporation announced that Kiana-2 spudded on October 1 ... Marathon announces deepwater discovery on Angola Block 31 Marathon Oil Corporation has participated in a deepwater discovery on Block 31 offshore Angola ... Mariner Energy announces material discovery in the Gulf of Mexico Mariner Energy, Inc. has made a material conventional shelf discovery in the High Island (HI) 116 #5ST1 well ... Meridian reports recent and upcoming operational activities and test results of East Texas well The Meridian Resource Corporation has announced initial production test results on its Blackstone Minerals No. 1 well, located in Polk County, Texas ... Morgan Creek Energy launches wide scale leasing program Morgan Creek Energy Corp. has initiated a comprehensive leasing program in the State of Texas as the first stage of its detailed Ouachita gas exploration program ... Oriental successfully completes phase one exploration and appraisal drilling program Oriental Energy Resources Limited has successfully concluded its Phase One Appraisal and Exploratory Drilling Program for the Okwok Marginal Field ... Pangea Petroleum announces production from White County, Illinois well Pangea Petroleum Corporation has announced results from its drilling in White County, Illinois ... Patch successfully spuds prolific British Columbia gas play Patch International Inc. has successfully spudded the natural gas prospect located in northeast British Columbia by way of farm-in and option ... Phase I of the Orbit Petroleum Partnership Joint Venture nearing completion Orbit has almost completed Phase I of well activation for the Orbit Petroleum Partnership Joint Venture according to Mike Hughes ... Production begins from south end of UPDA’s Catlin Field Production was recently commenced from the south end of the Universal Property Development and Acquisition Corporation Catlin Oil and Gas Field in Jack County, Texas ... Progress continues on Catlin oil and gas field Ambient Wells Services, Inc. has been advised by Landmark 4, LLC that 2 more wells were completed last week ... RWE Dea announces first oil discovery in Libya RWE Dea has discovered oil in its first exploration
well in Libya ... Saha - 1 exploration well commences drilling TG World Energy Corp. announced that the Saha-1 Exploration Well has commenced drilling on its Tenere Concession, Niger ... Saxon Oil provides operations update Saxon Oil Company Ltd. is actively engaged in several oil and natural gas projects and prospects ... Serica Energy plc starts drilling second North Sea exploration well Serica Energy plc has commenced drilling the Columbus prospect in UK Block
23/16f ... Shell to develop in the ultra deepwater of the Gulf of Mexico Shell Offshore Inc. has announced that it will develop the Great White, Tobago and Silvertip Fields via a Perdido Regional Development host ... TAG Oil cases Cheal-B1 well TAG Oil Ltd. has announced that the Cheal-B1 well located in PMP 38156-01 New Zealand, has reached a total depth of 1863m ... Talisman confirms Duart and Galley Field development Talisman Energy (UK) Limited has announced its intention to develop the Duart field and redevelop the Galley field ... Talisman Energy (UK) makes discovery in Outer Moray Firth Talisman Energy (UK) Limited has made a new oil discovery in the UK Outer Moray Firth adjacent to the Buchan and Tweedsmuir Fields ... Talisman Energy drills prolific Foothills well Talisman Energy Inc. has drilled another prolific well in the Alberta Foothills ... Testing and adjustment continue at UPDA’s Catlin Field As production is reestablished at Universal Property Development and Acquisition Corporation subsidiary’s, Catlin Oil and Gas Field in Jack County, Texas, field service crews continue to test and adjust the on-site equipment ... Teton Energy announces initial results of Eastern D.J. Basin Pilot Project Teton Energy Corporation has announced the initial results of its pilot program in the Eastern Denver-Julesburg Basin ... Teton Energy provides Williston Basin update Teton Energy Corporation has provided an update on the first well in the Williston Basin on its Goliath leasehold of approximately 90,000 gross acres ... Toreador provides operational update Toreador Resources Corporation has provided an operational update on its joint venture with TPAO and Stratic Energy Corporation ... Torrent commences drilling program on Westport Project Area Torrent Energy Corporation has announced developments from its wholly owned operating subsidiary, Methane Energy Corp ... Trans Energy acquires wells and acreage, begins work-over program Trans Energy, Inc. completed the acquisition of the J.B. Dewhurst oil and gas lease on September 28, 2006 ... Triton American Energy provides target date of 2 weeks for production of well numbers 30 and 35 Triton American Energy Corp. is continuing to receive strong test results from well numbers 30 and 35 ... Triton American Energy remains on schedule for production of well numbers 30 and 35 Triton American Energy Corp. reports that they remain on schedule for production of well numbers 30 and 35 ... Trophy Resources first drilling project in is its final phase Trophy Resources, Inc. has announced that their first drilling project in is its final phase ... Trophy Resources spuds first new well Trophy Resources, Inc. has announced the drilling rig scheduled for their Southwestern Texas prospect arrived on time and drilling began ... Trophy Resources to drill its first new well Trophy Resources, Inc. will have a drill rig on their Southwester Texas prospect Monday, Oct 9th, and will spud their first new well ... Tullow Oil plc provices update on Kingfisher-1 exploration well Heritage Oil, the operator of the Kingfisher-1 exploration well in Uganda has issued an update on the progress of the well ... Unicorp announces successful drilling of its Walley prospect Unicorp, Inc. has successfully completed the drilling of its initial well to a total depth of approximately 6,900 feet in the Upper Tuscaloosa formation in Greene County, Mississippi ... Unicorp producing oil from its Lee Walley Estate Well #1 Unicorp, Inc. has started producing oil from its Lee Walley Estate Well #1 located in Greene County, Mississippi ... Unicorp provides an update on its North Edna Prospect Unicorp, Inc. has provided an update of current production and drilling of its North Edna Prospect located in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana ... Unicorp to begin drilling its Lake Alaska prospect Unicorp, Inc. has secured a rig and will begin drilling a 9,000 foot well to test the Oligocene Frio trend in Brazoria County, Texas ... Unicorp to start producing oil from its Walley Prospect in Mississippi Unicorp, Inc. will start producing oil from its Walley Prospect located in Greene County, Mississippi this week ... UPDA Canyon Creek subsidiary commences well work-over program Ambient Wells Services has retained VALA Resources to spearhead the workover of the various leases owned by Canyon Creek Oil and Gas ... UPDA discovers 6 additional wells Universal Property Development and Acquisition Corporation continues workover operations at Catlin Oil and Gas Field in Jack County, Texas ... September 2006
Abraxas provides operations update Abraxas Petroleum Corporation has provided an operational update on its current activity in West Texas ... American Oil & Gas commences drilling at Goliath Project American Oil & Gas, Inc. reports that drilling activity has commenced in its Goliath project with the spudding of the Evertson AOG Champion 1-25H well ... Basic Earth and partners spud Christmas Meadows well Basic Earth Science Systems, along with its partners, has commenced drilling operations on the previously disclosed Table Top Unit #1 ... Bend Arch Petroleum completes Nash-Murphy Unit #1 well American Energy Production Inc. announced that its wholly-owned portfolio company, Bend Arch Petroleum Inc., completed the Nash-Murphy Unit #1 well ... BPZ Energy spuds Corvina Gas Field well BPZ Energy, Inc. announced that their first well in the Corvina Field has been spudded and drilling operations are ongoing ... Brigham Exploration announces Cotten Land #1 producing 10.4 MMcfed Brigham Exploration Company has announced that the Cotten Land #1 had been hooked up to sales at a current rate of approximately 10.4 MMcfe per day ... Canyon Resources provides update on Reward and Briggs projects Canyon Resources Corporation has provided an update on the progress of its Reward Project, near Beatty, Nevada, and on its feasibility study work at the Briggs Mine in Inyo County, California ... Carson Energy announces S.W. Redfish Reef #1 well logged productive Carson Energy, Inc. announced that logging of the second intermediate section of the S.W. Redfish Reef Prospect located in the State Waters of Texas in Trinity Bay indicates that the well is productive ... Carson Energy releases drilling results of Dorado #2 3D well Carson Energy, Inc has announced that the Dorado #2 3D well located in the State Waters of Texas in Galveston Bay has reached a total depth of 9,900' TVD ... Catlin Oil and Gas brings 7 wells online Ambient Wells Services, Inc. announced during the first week of its workover project, has completed 7 oil and gas wells in the Catlin Oil and Gas Field ... ConocoPhillips confirms North Sea discovery ConocoPhillips has confirmed the discovery of a new gas condensate field in blocks 30/6 and 30/7 in the United Kingdom sector of the North Sea ... CREDO updates drilling activities CREDO Petroleum Corporation has provided an operational update on its drilling activities ... Crimson Exploration provides operational update Crimson Exploration Inc. has provided an update on recent operational activity ... Devon Energy announces positive results from production test of Jack well Devon Energy Corporation announced the successful completion of an extended production test on the Jack #2 well on Walker Ridge block 758 ... Dune Energy completes drilling of its Pitts #2 well Dune Energy, Inc. has announced that the Pitts #2 well, located in Wise County, Texas, has reached a total depth of 8,016 feet ... Dune Energy places Smith-East #1 well on production Dune Energy, Inc. has announced that the Smith-East #1 well, located in Denton County, Texas, was placed on production on September 5 ... Dune Energy places two new Barnett Shale wells on production Dune Energy, Inc. has commenced the sale of natural gas from its UNT #1 well, located in Denton County, Texas ... Dune Energy spuds its DCC #5 Barnett Shale well Dune Energy, Inc. has spudded a new well targeting the Barnett Shale formation ... Empire Petroleum commences well testing in Nevada Empire Petroleum Corporation announced that drilling operations were commenced September 14, 2006 on the Empire Cobble Cuesta 1-12-12N-34E ... ExxonMobil starts Sakhalin-1 exports Exxon Neftgas Limited, has commissioned the crude oil export system for the multiphase Sakhalin-1 project offshore Russia, bringing to eight the total of ExxonMobil-operated startups ... Foothills Resources commences natural gas production in California Foothills Resources, Inc. has commenced commercial production on the Foothills California Christiansen 3-15 well in the Grizzly Bluff natural gas field ... Freestone Resources obtains drilling permit for re-entry of Carroll Unit #1 Freestone Resources, Inc. has obtained a permit from the Texas Railroad Commission to re-enter the Carroll unit #1, located in the Cheneyboro Field, Freestone County, Texas ... FX Energy starts commercial production from Wilga well FX Energy, Inc. has reported that commercial production has started from the Wilga well ... Gastar Exploration announces Bossier completion results and drilling update Gastar Exploration Ltd. has concluded initial completion operations on the John Parker #1 well ... Highpine Oil & Gas Limited provides production and drilling update Highpine Oil & Gas Limited has provided an update on recent production and drilling activities in its core areas of Pembina and the West Central Alberta Gas Fairway ... Ignis Petroleum Group announces update on Sherburne Field well Ignis Petroleum Group, Inc. has reached total depth on the Louisiana Land Central No. l, their Sherburne Field development well ... Ignis Petroleum Group updates Sherburne Field well Ignis Petroleum Group, Inc. has reached total depth on the Louisiana Land Central No. l, their Sherburne Field development well ... Imperial Petroleum adds oil production Imperial Petroleum, Inc. has restored production in its North Louisiana fields damaged by hurricane Rita to about 45 barrels of oil per day ... KCP Innovative Services commences work on 118 well project Capital Reserve Canada Ltd. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, KCP Innovative Services Inc., is commencing a work program f 118 coal bed methane wells ... Lexington Resources announces new CBM drilling on H-9 Prospect Lexington Resources, Inc. announced the drilling of a new Coal Bed Methane gas well on its H-9 Prospect ... Lexington Resources announces South Lamar prospect drilling update Lexington Resources, Inc. has announced the early production of 310-350 MCF/Day from the Peyton 1-25 vertical gas well ... Lexington Resources updates progress on Barnett Shale drilling and completions Lexington Resources, Inc. reported that its Martin #1H horizontal Barnett Shale gas well in Parker County, TX flowed gas at the rate of 3.3 MMCF ... Lexington Resources updates progress on Paradise Park Barnett Shale well completion Lexington Resources, Inc. reports that the Paradise Park #1H horizontal gas well operated by Ray Richey Management Company, Inc. is nearing final completion ... Lions Petroleum Inc. provides drilling update on Bennett #1 & #2 wells Lions Petroleum Inc. has been informed by SunCoast Technical Services that two Bennett wells have been drilled ... Longtom 3 offshore well delivers strong results Australian-Canadian Oil Royalties has been informed by the operator of VIC/P54 that the final appraisal objective of the Longtom-3 well has been achieved with outstanding gas flows ... Mariner Energy recommences production on two deepwater projects in the Gulf of Mexico Mariner Energy, Inc. has recommenced production on its Ochre and Pluto deepwater Gulf of Mexico projects ... PA Resources confirms oil column and reservoir properties in Didon well PA Resources has completed the pilot hole of the first production well of the Didon Phase II development program ... Pacific Status spuds La Creciente-1 exploratory well Pacific Stratus Energy Ltd. has spudded its La Creciente-1 exploratory well in Colombia in prolific Lower Magdalena Basin ... Patch reports two successful oil and gas well discoveries in Alberta Patch International Inc. reports the Operator of the Lloydminster project has advised them that two recently drilled locations have been successfully completed as oil wells... Petrofac commeces production from the Cendor field Petrofac has announced the commencement of production from the Cendor field in Block PM304 offshore Malaysia ... Petrol Oil and Gas provides operational update Petrol Oil and Gas, Inc. has provided an update on development and production activities at its Neodesha and Coal Creek projects ... Pilgrim Petroleum updates operations at Waggoner lease Pilgrim Petroleum Corporation has put in line seven additional workovers in the Waggoner "AN" lease ... R&W #1 prospect begins one week ahead of schedule Trophy Resources, Inc. has announced that work on Phase 1 of the Southwest Texas prospect (R&W #1) began September 6 ... Riverdale Oil Corp. announces new development drilling program Riverdale Oil Corp. has announced a development drilling program on their 600 acre foster lease in Jim Wells Co., Texas ... Second development well to be drilled at LaSalle Parish Pryme Oil and Gas Limited will start drilling a second development well in the Routh Point field at the LaSalle Parish Project ... Source Petroleum spud high impact well at Woking, Alberta Source Petroleum Inc. has received notice of the commencement of drilling operations on its Woking, Alberta png property ... Superior Oil and Gas nearly complete with drilling of second Wilcox formation test well Superior Oil and Gas Company is nearly complete with the drilling of its Windy Vista No. 1 Well in Garfield County, Oklahoma ... Talisman Energy plans major new gas development Talisman Energy Inc. has acquired a significant land position in the Western
Canadian Basin along the "Outer Foothills" trend of the Rocky Mountains ... Tethys Oil provides operational update The drilling rig mobilization has commenced and the first out of 45 drilling rig loads has arrived to the drilling site in Karlebo, Denmark ... Tethys Oil spuds exploration well Karlebo-1 onshore Zealand Tethys Oil AB announces the spud of exploration well Karlebo-1, onshore Zealand, north of Copenhagen in Denmark ... Teton Energy spuds first well in the Williston Basin Teton Energy Corporation has spud its first well in the Williston Basin on its Goliath leasehold ... The Exploration Company updates current operations The Exploration Company has provided an operations update on its acreage in the Maverick and Marfa basins of Texas ... Triton reports progress on radial jet drilling Triton American Energy Corp. has initiated activities on the fourth well to be re-completed on the Blackwell Lease in Caldwell County, Texas ... Trophy Resources reworked well begins producing oil Trophy Resources, Inc. has announced that the first reworked well in Phase 1 of their Southwest Texas prospect (R&W #1) has begun producing oil ... Trophy Resources updates R&W #1 prospect production Trophy Resources, Inc. has announced that work on Phase 1 of their Southwest Texas prospect (R&W #1) continues ahead of schedule ... Unicorp begins drilling on its North Laurel Ridge prospect Unicorp, Inc. has announced that drilling has commenced on its North Laurel Ridge Prospect located in Iberville Parish, Louisiana ... Whittier Energy announces net production of 20 Mmcfed Whittier Energy Corporation announced that its current daily production has now reached 20 million cubic feet equivalent per day ... August 2006
Apache's Gnu-1 well, offshore Australia, tests 26 mmcf Gas, 61 bbls condensate per day Apache Corporation has reported that its Gnu-1 exploration/appraisal well in the Reindeer/Caribou Field located in the WA 209P permit off Australia's Northwest Shelf tested 26 million cubic feet (MMcf) of gas ... ATP drills 10 for 10 successful wells ATP Oil & Gas Corporation announced a summary of its 2006 operations where it is four for four on exploratory wells and six for six on development wells ... ATP estimates 585 Bcfe of new recoverable hydrocarbons ATP Oil & Gas Corporation has announced management's estimate of 585 Bcfe of recoverable hydrocarbons from reservoirs not included in ATP's year-end 2005 reserve reports ... Avalon Oil & Gas completes work-over on Chance # - 2 Avalon Oil & Gas, Inc. and KROG Partners have completed the workover the Chance #2 well ... Bayard Energy's initial drilling program yields promising results Bayard Energy Solutions Inc. has announced the successful drilling and completion of the Beulah No. 2 Well in southeastern Texas ... Black Dragon Resource continues to add wells to production Black Dragon Resource Companies, Inc. has updated the progress being made to bring into production properties previously acquired in the Hosston Field in Caddon Parish ... BP announces Gulf of Mexico discovery BP America Inc. has announced an oil discovery on an exploration well which tested the Kaskida prospect in the Gulf of Mexico ... BP to maintain production from Western Prudhoe Bay BP Exploration Alaska, Inc. will continue production of oil from the western side of the Prudhoe Bay oil field ... BPZ Energy provides operations update BPZ Energy, Inc. has provided an operations update on the scheduled drilling program for the Corvina gas field located offshore in northwest Peru ... Clayton Williams Energy provides update on operations Clayton Williams Energy, Inc. has provided an update on its exploration and development activities by area ... ConocoPhillips, Anadarko startup first Alpine satellite field ConocoPhillips and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation have announced the successful startup of the first Alpine satellite oil field, known as the Fiord field ... Daybreak initiates oil and gas sales in Texas Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc. has begun selling both oil and gas production from the Weil 8-C well in Corpus Christi, Texas ... Double Eagle Petroleum reports project update Double Eagle Petroleum Co. has reported progress on its South Fillmore Prospect and its Cow Creek Unit Deep #2 well ... Double Eagle Petroleum reports project update Double Eagle Petroleum Co. has reported progress at the Cow Creek Deep #2 well, the South Fillmore Prospect, and the Rattlesnake Prospect ... Dune Energy places Underwood #1 well on production Dune Energy, Inc. announced the Underwood #1 well, located in Denton County, Texas, was placed on production on August 28, 2006 ... Dune Energy spuds new Barnett Shale well Dune Energy, Inc. has spudded a new well targeting the Barnett Shale formation ... Eldorado to drill in New Mexico Eldorado Exploration will drill a 7000' well in Roosevelt County, New Mexico before the end of September 2006 ... Foothills Resources announces test results for Grizzly Bluff field well Foothills Resources, Inc. announced that production testing is underway on the Foothills California Christiansen 3-15 well in the Grizzly Bluff natural gas field ... Foothills Resources commences production testing at Grizzly Bluff field Foothills Resources, Inc. has announced that production testing has commenced on the Foothills California Vicenus 1-3 well in the Grizzly Bluff natural gas field ... Foothills Resources completes second well in Grizzly Bluff drilling program Foothills Resources, Inc. has announced that its second well in the Grizzly Bluff natural gas field has reached a total depth of 5,747 feet ... Forest Oil announces operatorship of the Katy Field and acceleration of Barnett Shale program Forest Oil Corporation announced two transactions which will comprise additional building blocks of Forest's 2007 capital program beyond the "Big Three" properties ... FX Energy reports Winna Gora drillsite under construction FX Energy, Inc. has announced that all required permits have been issued for the Winna Gora-1 well ... Gasco Energy drilling crews make hole in record time Gasco Energy, Inc. announced that its most recent two Blackhawk wells have reached total depth (TD) in record time, resulting in a combined savings of $400,000 ... Gastar Exploration announces successful Bossier drilling results Gastar Exploration Ltd. has drilled the John Parker #1 well located in Robertson County, Texas to a total depth of 17,522 feet ... Gastar Exploration has successful results from latest Bossier drilling activity Gastar Exploration Ltd. has drilled the Wildman Trust #2 well located in Leon County, Texas to a total depth of 19,500 feet ... Ignis Petroleum Group spuds Sherburne Field development well Ignis Petroleum Group, Inc. announced that its partner and operator, Rodessa Operating Company, commenced drilling operations in their Sherburne Field development well prospect ... Ignis Petroleum Group spuds Sherburne Field development well Ignis Petroleum Group, Inc. announced that its partner and operator, Rodessa Operating Company, commenced drilling operations in their Sherburne Field development well ... Island Oil & Gas announces significant gas discovery offshore Ireland Island Oil & Gas plc announces exploration well 49/23-1 has successfully encountered a Lower Cretaceous reservoir sequence with a gross 100 foot gas column ... Island Oil & gas commences drilling at Inishbeg, offshore Ireland Island Oil & Gas plc has announced that Lundin Petroleum AB has spudded well 13/12-1 on the Inishbeg Prospect ... JED Oil Inc. provides drilling update JED Oil Inc. has updated its drilling progress ... JED Oil Inc. provides drilling update JED Oil Inc. has provided an update on its ongoing drilling activities and operations ... Longtom 3 horizontal well drilling ahead Australian-Canadian Oil Royalties Ltd. has reported that the Longtom-3 H well was drilling ahead at a measured depth of approximately 13,386 feet ... Lundin Petroleum to start production of the L4G gas field Lundin Petroleum AB has announced that the L4G gas field, offshore Netherlands has been brought to stream by Total E&P ... New well to double West Isle energy production West Isle Energy Inc. has just completed and tested a natural gas well that will essentially double the company's current production ... Newfield Exploration announces results from Treasure Island exploration well Newfield Exploration Company has announced results from the Blackbeard West #1 exploration test, located at South Timbalier 168 ... Osage Energy provides oil production update Osage Energy Corp. owns 100 percent of the working interest and operates the Osage/Hopper field located in Osage County, Oklahoma ... Pryme to drill Mississippi exploration well with Belle Oil Pryme Oil and Gas Limited is to drill the first well in an exploration program with Belle Exploration Inc ... PYR Energy Corporation provides drilling update PYR Energy Corporation has provided a drilling update on the Mallard project # 1-30 Duck Federal well ... Shell welcomes first gas announcement from Pohokura Shell Exploration & Production welcomed the delivery of first gas from its Pohokura Project in Taranaki, New Zealand ... Superior Oil & Gas and HOCO Drilling to commence drilling in Oklahoma HOCO Drilling LLC is set to drill the first well in a four-well drilling program with Superior Oil and Gas Co ... Swift Energy reports Newport offset well tests over 8,000 barrels of oil per day Swift Energy Company has reported the Newport prospect in Lake Washington continues to yield excellent results ... Transeuro mobilises drilling rig to Beaver River Transeuro Energy Corp. has mobilised a drilling rig to the Beaver River field in
northeast British Columbia, to commence a drilling programme of up to six wells ... Triton American commences jet drilling activities on Blackwell lease Triton American Energy Corp. reports its subsidiary Triton American Well Service, LLC has commenced with jet drilling activities on the first of twelve wells ... Two new North Sea discoveries deliver strong oil & gas flows Dana Petroleum has reported the flow test results from its two latest North Sea exploration wells ... Unicorp now producing oil from its North Edna Prospect Unicorp, Inc. has started producing oil from its North Edna Prospect located in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana ... West Hawk signs drilling and development agreement West Hawk Development Corporation has formally entered into a Drilling and Development Agreement for a 5120 acre
property located in the center of the Piceance Basin, Colorado ... Westside Energy provides operational update Westside Energy Corporation has provided an interim operations update on the Barnett Shale play ... July 2006
ACOR announces 79% drilling success Australian-Canadian Oil Royalties Ltd. (ACOR) and JV partner of ATP-299 announce a 79% drilling success as 22 wells out of 28 are successful ... Alberta well encounters gas Habanero Resources Inc. has been informed that the Boyne Lake Prospect has encountered gas ... Avalon Oil & Gas to begin work-over on Chance # - 2 Avalon Oil & Gas, Inc. has announced that KROG Partners, LLC, operator of the E. A. Chance # - 2, has secured a work-over rig ... BMB Munai announces preliminary results on Kariman-1 well BMB Munai, Inc. has announced preliminary results of testing a portion of the Kariman-1 well ... BMB Munai re-enters well in Borly Field BMB Munai, Inc. announced that the Company's drilling contractor, Great Wall, has placed a 150 ton rig on site and commenced re-entry operations on Borly 2 well ... Cabot Oil & Gas provides operations update Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation announced that its drilling program continues to be highly effective, with a 97 percent success rate in the second quarter ... Chevron announces natural gas find in Australia Chevron Corporation has announced a natural gas find by one of its affiliates at its Chandon-1 exploration well ... Chevron announces results of Sidetrack at Big Foot Chevron Corporation has concluded operations on the sidetrack well at the Big Foot discovery on Walker Ridge 29 ... China North East Petroleum Holdings updates successful drilling results China North East Petroleum Holdings Limited has announced successful onshore exploration results for three significant wells drilled in the Company's Qian112 oil field ... ConocoPhillips, Anadarko announce new satellite discovery near Alpine ConocoPhillips, and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation have announced the discovery and test production from the Qannik accumulation ... Dune Energy announces Barnett Shale discovery Dune Energy, Inc. announced that its McPeek #2 well has reached a total depth of 9,044 feet, and encountered a significant Barnett Shale section ... Dune Energy spuds new Barnett Shale well Dune Energy, Inc. has spudded a new well targeting the Barnett Shale formation ... EGPI/Firecreek to increase the initial 5-well drilling program EGPI/Firecreek, Inc. announced plans to increase the initial 5-well drilling program ... Eldorado Exploration updates activity fromTexas well Eldorado Exploration Inc. has announced hat the 3 Sisters well in Glasscock County, Texas, has been plugged as a dry hole ... Falcon Oil & Gas logs deep well and runs casing Falcon Oil and Gas Ltd. has announced an operational update on its Mako-6 well in Hungary ... Fellows Energy doubles production at Carbon County from workover operations Fellows Energy Ltd. has doubled production as a result of its recently-completed preliminary workover operations on its Carbon County project ... Hess confirms Pony deepwater discovery in Gulf of Mexico Hess Corporation has announced drilling results for its Pony Prospect, on Green Canyon Block 468 ... Husky White Rose Project brings fifth production well on stream Husky Energy Inc. has successfully increased its production from a fifth well at the White Rose oil field ... Ignis Petroleum Group provides operations update Ignis Petroleum Group, Inc. has provided the following operations update ... Indigo-Energy Inc. successfully drills third W. Virginia well Indigo-Energy, Inc. successfully drilled their third oil and gas well in Monongalia County, West Virginia ... Island Oil & Gas commences drilling at Old Head of Kinsale Island Oil & Gas plc has spudded well 49/23-1 on Exploration Licence 4/05 (the Old Head of Kinsale) in the Celtic Sea ... JED oil update drilling results JED Oil Inc. has updated its drilling results to date on its recently announced drilling program and JMG Exploration, Inc. reiterated the extension of its warrants ... Kodiak Oil & Gas provides operational update Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. has provided an interim update on its drilling and completion activities ... Lexington Resources announces new gas production from Peyton 1-25 Well Lexington Resources, Inc. announces the commencement of new gas production from its 50% interest in the Peyton 1-25 vertical well ... Lexington Resources updates current drilling projects Lexington Resources, Inc. announces the following with respect to drilling project interests in progress ... Lundin Petroleum Oudna field to come on stream third quarter 2006 Lundin Petroleum and Atlantis Holding Norway AS announced that first production of oil from the Oudna field, offshore Tunisia, is scheduled for September 2006 ... Maverick Oil and Gas issues operational update Maverick Oil and Gas, Inc. has provided an update on its Fayetteville and Barnett Shale projects ... McMoRan Exploration Co updates Gulf of Mexico exploration and development activities McMoRan Exploration Co. has announced three successful exploratory wells during the second quarter ... Mesa Offshore Trust announces operational updates Mesa Offshore Trust has announced operational updates on certain Trust properties based on information provided by the working interest owners ... Miller Petroleum announces initial test results of the Koppers 38B Miller Petroleum, Inc. has announced the initial open flow test of 720,000 cubic feet of natural gas per day on the Koppers 38B ... Pangea Petroleum announces results from Brazoria County, Texas well Pangea Petroleum Corporation has announced results from its well in Brazoria County, Texas ... Petrol Oil and Gas provides update on Neodesha production and development activities Petrol Oil and Gas, Inc. has provided an update on activities at its Petrol-Neodesha coalbed methane project ... Pilgrim updates operations Pilgrim Petroleum Corporation has announced an update on operations ... Range production reaches record level Range Resources Corporation second quarter 2006 production volumes rose to 264 Mmcfe per day ... Scanio-Shelton # 7 reaches 7,600 feet Portrush Petroleum Corporation has provided n update regarding its continuing operations on the Scanio/Shelton No.7 well ... TAG Oil spuds Radnor-1A TAG Oil Ltd. announced that the Radnor-1A exploration well commenced sidetrack operations at 1:51 pm on July 24th, 2006 ... Terax Energy reports Barnett Shale initial production and operational update Terax Energy Inc. began completion of its fourth well, the Mitchell #4-H, on July 5, 2006, with an eight-stage fracture stimulation of the Barnett Shale formation ... Teryl Resources commences drilling of second gas well in Kentucky Teryl Resources Corp. has commenced the drilling of the Elvis Farris #2 well, located on the Farris Lease ... Testing to begin on Alberta Gas Well Habanero Resources Inc. has been informed by the operator of the Cardium Burnstick Prospect hat the rig is now on site and the testing of the well will commence ... TexCom completes 5th Frio well and continues drilling TexCom, Inc. announced that its natural gas operating subsidiary TexCom Partners, LLC has completed its 5th well, the McCan T-6 ... The Exploration Company provides operations update The Exploration Company has provided estimated oil and gas sales volumes for the second quarter and first half of 2006 ... Toreador provides update on operations offshore Turkey Toreador Resources Corporation has provided an operational update on its joint venture with TPAO and Stratic Energy Corporation in the South Akcakoca Sub-basin project ... Trans Energy completes three new Lyon Lease wells Trans Energy, Inc. has completed drilling three new wells in Doddridge County, WV ... UK Department of Trade and Industry approves Ettrick Field development plan The UK Department of Trade and Industry has approved the development plan for the
Ettrick oil field, which is located in blocks 20/2a and 20/3a in the North Sea ... VAALCO Energy announces arrival of Avouma production platform VAALCO Energy, Inc. has announced that the production platform has arrived at its Avouma field off the coast of Gabon in West Africa ... West Isle Energy Inc. updates operations West Isle Energy Inc. announces the casing of its second Drayton Valley Belly River test at "West Isle Pembina 5-19-48-8 W5M" as a potential gas well ... June 2006
Abraxas provides drilling activity update Abraxas Petroleum Corporation has provided an operational update on four wells in Texas ... Allied Energy Group prepares for Pring-Allied #2 completion operations Allied Energy Group, partnered with Halliburton Operating Company, is tentatively scheduled to engage in final completion operations for the Pring-Allied #2 well ... Atlantic and Cromarty fields commence production Hess Corporation and BG Group have announced the commencement of gas production from their jointly developed Atlantic and Cromarty fields ... Austral Pacific to Test Douglas Wildcat Austral Pacific Energy Ltd. has determined to flow-test its wildcat exploration well Douglas-1 located in PPL 235 in Papua New Guinea ... BHP Billiton to develop Shenzi Oil And Gas field BHP Billiton has announced that the Shenzi oil and gas field in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico has been approved for development ... Black Dragon Resource Companies completes three wells Black Dragon Resource Companies, Inc. has announced that three wells on Caddo Lake have been put back on pump, and the fourth is currently being worked on ... Black Dragon Resource Companies puts two more Paluxy wells back on production Black Dragon Resource Companies, Inc. has announced that rework operations on Caddo Lake are proceeding on schedule ... Black Dragon Resource Companies restores 52 Wells in Hosston and 19 in Caddo Lake to production Black Dragon Resource Companies, Inc. has announced the completion of the first phase of restoring production to the 70 wells in Hosston, Louisiana ... Black Dragon Resource releases completed reserve analysis Black Dragon Resource Companies Inc. has released a reserve analysis of its Caddo Lake properties just completed by Wexco, Inc ... BPI Energy announces swift progress at Northern Illinois Basin Project BPI Energy has announced several recent and forthcoming developments at its Northern Illinois Basin Project ... Brigham Exploration announces successful South Louisiana completion and other apparent discoveries Brigham Exploration Company has announced the successful completion of the Cotten Land #1 in Iberia Parish, Louisiana ... Cabot Oil & Gas provides mid-quarter operations update Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation has announced its year-to-date operations and drilling program are on track to meet or exceed expectations ... Cano Petroleum provides an operational update After the closing of its latest acquisition in the Panhandle Field announced on May 1, 2006, Cano stated that its current production is approximately 1,550 net barrels of oil ... Chevron announces first oil production from Lobito Field Chevron Corporation announced its subsidiary Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Ltd. commenced oil production from the Lobito Field, in deepwater Block 14 ... CNOOC Ltd. to startup SES Gas Project Phase I CNOOC Limited has announced that Phase I of Southeast Sumatra (SES) Gas Project was successfully brought on stream ... CompuPrint, Inc. spuds well in Nevada CompuPrint, Inc. has initiated drilling of a well in Nevada ... Culane announces flowing oil well at Nelson Culane Energy Corp. announced that horizontal well Culane Nelson 10-26-45-25 W4M was flowing oil and natural gas to surface at a
combined rate of 1,030 barrels of oil equivalent ... Daybreak enters Into production Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc. has entered into production by successfully completing their "F1" well in NE Louisiana ... Dune Energy spuds new Barnett Shale well Dune Energy, Inc. has spudded a new well targeting the Barnett Shale formation ... Eldorado Exploration commences drilling its Three Sisters well Eldorado Exploration Inc. has announced that its Three Sisters well has commenced drilling in Glasscock County, Texas ... Endeavour 11 cased and suspended as a new oil production well Australian-Canadian Oil Royalties Ltd. reports that the JV partner of ATP-299 announced that Endeavour 11 has been cased and suspended ... Energas to drill new well in Parkway Project Energas Resources, Inc. has announced the current strategy for the Parkway Project in eastern Kentucky ... Enterra reports the Oklahoma Drilling Program now underway Enterra Energy Trust reports that drilling has begun on its recently acquired Oklahoma assets ... EPL announces discovery on its second Gulf of Mexico deepwater well Energy Partners, Ltd. has announced success on the Raton prospect, its second deepwater well in the Gulf of Mexico ... Fellows Energy mobilizes for workover on second and third Carbon County wells Fellows Energy Ltd. has completed preparations and has mobilized equipment to perform workovers on the second and third wells in the 5,953-acre Carbon County project in Utah ... First wells drilled in Miller Petroleum's Koppers South Program are commercial gas wells Miller Petroleum Inc. has announced the successful drilling of the first commercial gas wells in the Koppers South program through its joint venture Wind Mill Oil & Gas, LLC ... Foothills Resources commences Grizzly Bluff Drilling Program Foothills Resources, Inc. has commenced the drilling of the Christiansen 3-15 well in the Grizzly Bluff natural gas field ... Frontera Resources provides update on drilling operations Frontera Resources Corporation has updated its drilling operations and completion of an extensive 3D seismic survey ... Galaxy Energy provides operations update Galaxy Energy Corporation has provided an update on its activities in both the Piceance Basin in Colorado and the Glantal Project in Germany ... Gastar Exploration announces latest Bossier completion results Gastar Exploration Ltd. has announced the following results from completion operations on its East Texas deep Bossier play ... Husky Energy announces further discovery in the White Rose oil field extension Husky Energy Inc. has made a hydrocarbon discovery at the White Rose O-28 delineation well in the western section of the White Rose oil field ... Husky Energy announces significant gas discovery in South China Sea Husky Oil China Ltd. has made a significant hydrocarbon discovery at Liwan 3-1-1, Block 29/26, in the South China Sea ... Infinity reports continued strong results from recent drilling activity in Texas Infinity Energy Resources, Inc. has provided an update for its operations in the Fort Worth Basin of north central Texas ... Island Oil & Gas continues testing Well 48/23-3 at Seven Heads West Island Oil & Gas plc has announced that the testing of Well 48/23-3 at Seven Heads West in the Celtic Sea is continuing ... Islands first Celtic Sea well reaches target depth and encounters gas Island Oil & Gas plc announed that the first well of its 2006 and 2007 drilling programmes offshore Ireland, Well 48/23-3 at Seven Heads West in the Celtic Sea, has been drilled to target depth ... JED Oil Inc updates drilling program JED Oil Inc. has reiterated its drilling program through to the end of the first quarter of 2007 ... Lexington Resources updates drilling activity Lexington Resources, Inc. announces the following with respect to drilling project interests in progress ... Lucas Energy acquires Mahlmann lease Lucas Energy, Inc. has acquired 100.86 acres of the Mahlmann Lease Prospect ... Lucas Energy reports successful revitalization of Gonzales Kuntschik No. 2 Well Lucas Energy, Inc. has announced the successful revitalization of Kuntschik No. 2 well which as of Sunday, June 25, 2006 is now producing 58 barrels of oil per day ... McMoRan Exploration Co. updates exploration and development activities McMoRan Exploration Co. has updated its exploration activities including results of successful production tests at the Liberty Canal and King of the Hill discovery wells ... Methane Energy updates coalbed natural gas pilot production Methane Energy Corp. has provided an update regarding its coalbed natural gas pilot production operations in Coos County, Oregon ... Micron Enviro testing on Alberta well expected shortly Micron Enviro Systems, Inc. has been informed by the operator on the Boyne Lake Prospect in Alberta, Canada, that testing of this well has not been completed ... Miller Petroleum announc |