Mergers & Acquisitions

With the industry continuing to consolidate at an incredible rate, our Mergers & Acquisitions section gives you the latest updates on who's taking over who in the oil and gas industry.

November 2008

Ashland completes acquisition of Hercules
Ashland Inc. completed its acquisition of Hercules Incorporated, creating a leading specialty chemicals company serving many of the world's most essential needs and industries ...

Chesapeake Energy to form joint venture with StatoilHydro
Chesapeake Energy Corporation has announced the execution of an agreement for a joint venture with StatoilHydro for the acquisition of 32.5% interest in Chesapeake’s Marcellus Shale assets ...

Devon Energy completes asset exchange with Chevron
Devon Energy Corporation has completed a transaction to acquire an interest in the Drunkard's Wash coalbed natural gas field in east-central Utah ...

GE Unit & TriTex to acquire reserves in New Mexico
GE Energy Financial Services has formed a partnership with TriTex Energy, LLC to acquire proved oil and gas reserves in southeastern New Mexico for $31 million ...

Total acquires interest in Blocks OPL 279 and 285 in deep offshore Nigeria
Total has signed an agreement to acquire interests of 25.67% in deep offshore license OPL 285 and 14.5% in deep offshore license OPL 279 ... 

October 2008

Addax Petroleum acquires interest in Kurdistan region of Iraq
Addax Petroleum Corporation has acquired a 33.33 per cent interest in the Sangaw North Production Sharing Contract  ...

ATP advances asset monetization
ATP Oil & Gas Corporation announced that its asset monetization process resulted in multiple bids, and ATP is negotiating with potential purchasers for selected properties ...

ATP signs agreement to sell portion of North Sea assets
ATP Oil & Gas (UK) Limited has entered into a sale and purchase agreement for £265 million or approximately $430 million with EDF Production UK Limited ...

Basic Earth acquires interest in 2nd horizontal Bakken well
Basic Earth Science Systems, Inc. recently acquired a 1.5625% working interest (1.250% net revenue interest) in a second Dunn County, horizontal Bakken well operated by Marathon Oil Company ...

Blugrass announces LOI for acquisition
Blugrass Energy Inc. has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire proven reserves of approximately 500,000Bbls of oil and approximately 1 Bcf of natural gas in Eastern Kentucky ...

Bristow announces purchase of 100% of Norsk Helikopter
Bristow Helicopters entered into an agreement to acquire the remaining 51% of Norsk Helikopter, taking its ownership to 100% ...

Cameron acquires Guiberson® Well Service Systems
Cameron has acquired Guiberson Well Service System from Weatherford International Ltd. ...

Halliburton closes acquisition of Pinnacle Technologies
Halliburton has closed the acquisition of Pinnacle Technologies, the industry’s leading provider of real time tiltmeter and microseismic mapping and reservoir monitoring services ...

KBR acquires Wabi Development Corporation
KBR has acquired Wabi Development Corporation (Wabi) for approximately US$19.5 million ...

Marathon completes sale of its interests in Heimdal area offshore Norway
Marathon Oil Corporation has announced the completion of the sale of its non-operated interests in the Heimdal infrastructure, related producing fields and associated undeveloped acreage offshore Norway ...

September 2008

Aker Solutions takes full control over Aker Marine Contractors
Aker Solutions ASA has acquired an additional 30% share in Aker Marine Contractors from Taubåtkompaniet AS ...

Chesapeake Energy and BP America announce Fayetteville Shale joint venture
Chesapeake Energy Corporation and BP America announced the execution of a Letter of Intent for a joint venture whereby BP will acquire a 25% interest in Chesapeake’s Fayetteville Shale assets in Arkansas ...

Denbury exercises option to acquire Hastings Field
Denbury Resources Inc. has exercised its option to purchase from a subsidiary of Venoco, Inc. the Hastings Field near Houston, Texas ...

Precision Drilling Trust and Grey Wolf merger receives first round of approval
Precision Drilling Trust and Grey Wolf, Inc. announced that the Federal Trade Commission has completed its review of the proposed acquisition by Precision of Grey Wolf ...

Sasol to explore for hydrocarbons in Papua New Guinea
Sasol Petroleum International (SPI) has obtained a 51% working interest in four hydrocarbon prospecting licenses covering a land area of 37 000 square kilometers ...

Total acquires Goal Petroleum in the Netherlands
Total has just entered into an agreement with Talisman Energy to purchase the shares of its Dutch subsidiary, Goal Petroleum (Netherlands) B.V. ...

Williams completes acquisition of Barnett Shale natural gas reserves
Williams has completed the purchase of certain interests in the Barnett Shale for approximately $147 million from privately held Aspect Abundant Shale ...

XTO Energy completes merger of Hunt Petroleum
XTO Energy Inc. has completed its previously announced merger of privately-held Hunt Petroleum Corporation and other associated entities ...

July 2008

Aker Solutions takes full control over Aker Marine Contractors
Aker Solutions ASA has acquired an additional 30% share in Aker Marine Contractors from Taubåtkompaniet AS ...

Allis-Chalmers and Bronco Drilling terminate merger agreement
Allis-Chalmers Energy Inc. and Bronco Drilling Company, Inc. have terminated their Agreement and Plan of Merger relating to the proposed acquisition of Bronco by Allis-Chalmers ...

ATP acquires majority interest and operatorship at deepwater development
ATP Oil & Gas Corporation has acquired a 55% working interest in Green Canyon Blocks 299 and 300, collectively known as “Clipper” ...

Bonanza Oil & Gas announces Westerly Exploration strategic alliance
Bonanza Oil and Gas, Inc. has announced the strategic alliance between Bonanza Oil and Gas, Inc. and Westerly Exploration, Inc. ...

Bonanza Oil & Gas to acquire Black Pearl Energy, Inc.
Bonanza Oil and Gas, Inc. has announced the merger between Bonanza Oil and Gas, Inc. and Black Pearl Energy, Inc. ...

Cameron acquires DynaTorque
Cameron has acquired the DynaTorque line of products and services from Hines Corporation ...

Chesapeake and BP announce Arkoma Basin Woodford Shale transaction
BP has agreed to acquire all of Chesapeake's interests in approximately 90,000 net acres of leasehold and producing natural gas properties in the Arkoma Basin Woodford Shale ...

Chesapeake completes Arkoma Basin Woodford Shale transaction
Chesapeake Energy Corporation has closed the sale of its Arkoma Basin Woodford Shale assets to BP America Inc. for approximately $1.7 billion in cash ...

DNV acquires Jardine Technology
DNV has acquired Jardine Technology Limited (JTL) adding this company's market-leading performance forecasting and optimisation products to DNV's software portfolio ...

Dynamic Offshore Resources acquires Northstar Exploration and Production
Dynamic Offshore Resources, LLC has acquired 100 percent of the stock of Northstar Exploration and Production, Inc. and its wholly owned operating subsidiary Northstar GOM, LLC for $235 million ...

Earth Search to acquire General Synfuels International
Earth Search Sciences, Inc. has announced the acquisition of General Synfuels International, Inc. (GSI) and its patented technology to recover hydrocarbons through an environmentally-conscientious gasification process ...

EXCO Resources acquires natural gas properties in East Texas
EXCO Resources, Inc. has closed an acquisition of producing oil and natural gas properties, acreage and other assets in Gregg, Rusk, and Upshur Counties, Texas for approximately $252 million ...

Forest Oil to acquire assets in greater Buffalo Wallow and East Texas areas
Forest Oil Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement with Cordillera Texas, L.P. to acquire producing assets including approximately 118,000 gross acres ...

Halliburton acquires 100 percent of WellDynamics
Halliburton has closed the previously announced acquisition of the 49 percent equity of Shell Technology Ventures Fund 1 B.V. in WellDynamics B.V. ...

IHS acquires log assets of Reservoir Visualization, Inc.
IHS Inc. has acquired the current inventory of digital log and raster image assets of Reservoir Visualization, Inc., an exploration and reservoir management consultancy specializing in the creation of stratigraphic framework used in oil and gas prospecting ...

Ivanhoe Energy completes acquisition of Athabasca oilsands assets
Ivanhoe Energy Inc. has completed its previously announced acquisition of Talisman Energy Canada's 100% working interests in two leases (Leases 10 and 6) located in the heart of the Athabasca oilsands region  ...

Marathon signs agreement to sell interest in Heimdal area offshore Norway
Marathon Oil Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement with Centrica plc under which Centrica will purchase Marathon's non-operated interests in the Heimdal infrastructure ...

MarkWest acquires gathering assets from Petroquest Energy
MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. completed the acquisition of gathering assets primarily located in Pittsburg County in Southeast Oklahoma from Petroquest Energy, LLC for $41.3 million ...

Park Place Energy acquires major shale gas property within Montney Area
Park Place Energy Corp. has acquired 100% interest in approximately 1280 acres of land in the Alberta Landsales on July 16, 2008 ...

Pemberton to purchase production
Pemberton Energy Ltd. has signed a letter of intent and provided required deposit on a purchase of three producing wells ...

Penn Virginia Resource Partners announces pipeline asset acquisition
Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P. announced the acquisition of pipeline assets in the Anadarko Basin of Oklahoma and Texas from a private seller for $29.7 million ...

Pinnacle Energy acquires six oil & gas producing wells
Pinnacle Energy Corp. has acquired working interests in six wells located in Pawnee County, Oklahoma, USA ...

ProConcept in negotiations to purchase oil and gas wells and leases from SJI Enterprises
ProConcept Marketing Group Inc. is in negotiations to purchase between 80 and 100 oil and gas wells leases from SJI Enterprises Inc. ...

Providence announces partnership for its Val Verde prospect
Providence Resources, Inc. has entered into prospect participation and joint operating agreement with Elm Ridge Exploration Company, LLC  for the first two wells to be drilled to the Ellenberger formation ...

Superior Well Services acquires Nuex Wireline
Superior Well Services, Inc. purchased substantially all of the operating assets of Nuex Wireline, Inc. approximately $6.0 million in cash ...

Swift Energy to acquire South Texas properties for $47 million
Swift Energy Company has signed an agreement to purchase from Crimson Energy Partners, L.P. oil and natural gas interests in Dimmit County in South Texas for $47 million ...

Swire Oilfield Services expand down under folloing multi-million pound acquisition
Swire Oilfield Services, has announced the acquisition of Australia based Maritime Products & Services (MPS) ...

Technip acquires Eurodim
Technip has acquired Eurodim, an engineering and consulting company with solid technological expertise, notably in the offshore oil and fluid transfer sectors ...

TECHNIP announces the acquisition of EPG
Technip has announced the acquisition of EPG (BV Ingenieursbureau EPG), a specialized engineering company with strong positions notably in the oil and gas and petrochemical sectors ...

Titan Oil and Gas acquires producing oil and gas project with 61 wells
Titan Oil and Gas Inc. has made the first of its planned acquisitions with the Crows Run Project (CRP) in Western Pennsylvania ...

Vanguard Natural Resources to acquire oil and gas properties in South Texas
Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC has signed a definitive agreement to acquire natural gas properties in South Texas for $53.4 million from an affiliate of the Lewis Energy Group ...

Weatherford International to acquire International Logging, Inc.
Carlyle/Riverstone Global Energy and Power Fund III has sold its interest in International Logging, Inc. (“ILI”) to Weatherford International Ltd ...

Williams signs $166 million deal for Barnett Shale natural gas reserves
Williams has agreed to purchase privately held Aspect Abundant Shale LP's and other parties' interests in north Texas' Barnett Shale for approximately $166 million cash ...

XTO Energy acquires Barnett Shale producing properties
XTO Energy Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 12,900 net acres adjacent to XTO's existing operations in the Barnett Shale ...

June 2008

Allis-Chalmers and Bronco Drilling set record dates for meetings on pending merger
Allis-Chalmers Energy Inc. and Bronco Drilling Company, Inc. have set record dates for their respective special meetings of stockholders relating to the amended merger agreement ...

Allis-Chalmers Energy and Bronco Drilling Company amend terms of merger agreement
Allis-Chalmers Energy Inc. and Bronco Drilling Company, Inc. have amended the terms of their previously announced definitive merger agreement providing for the acquisition of Bronco Drilling Company ...

Arena Resources completes New Mexico acquisition
Arena Resources, Inc. has finalized the acquisition of a property located in Lea County, New Mexico for a purchase price of $10,265,000 ...

Avalon Oil & Gas acquires interest in Grace #2
Avalon Oil & Gas, Inc. has acquired a 2.5% working interest and 1.875% net revenue interest in the Grace #2 Well, Lincoln County, Oklahoma ...

Berry Petroleum to purchase East Texas Cotton Valley natural gas assets for $620 million
Berry Petroleum Company has entered into an agreement with a consortium of private sellers to acquire their interests in natural gas producing properties on 4,500 net acres in Limestone and Harrison Counties ...

Crown Oil and Gas to acquire oil and gas assets in Russia
Crown Oil and Gas Inc. has signed a letter of intent with Langford Worldwide Corp to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of Covenlina Holdings Ltd. and Bandberg Holdings Ltd. ...

Deep Down acquires Flotation Technologies
Flotation Technologies, Inc. has been acquired by Houston-based Deep Down, Inc ...

GE unit and GeoResources investing up to $91 million in Oklahoma oil and gas reserves
GE Energy Financial Services and GeoResources, Inc. are investing up to $90.5 million to acquire and develop proven producing oil and gas reserves in Oklahoma ...

Goodrich Petroleum and Chesapeake Energy announce joint venture in Haynesville Shale
Goodrich Petroleum Corporation and Chesapeake Energy Corporation have entered into a joint venture to develop Goodrich’s Haynesville Shale acreage in the Bethany-Longstreet and Longwood fields ...

Grey Wolf receives unsolicited proposal from Precision Drilling Trust
Grey Wolf, Inc. received a letter from the board of trustees of Precision Drilling Trust making an unsolicited proposal to acquire Grey Wolf ...

Halliburton enters into agreement to acquire WellDynamics
Halliburton has entered into a definitive agreement with Shell Technology Ventures Fund 1 B.V., to acquire its 49 percent equity interest in WellDynamics B.V. ...

Key Energy Services acquires Hydra-Walk, Inc.
Key Energy Services, Inc. has acquired Hydra-Walk, Inc. for approximately $10 million in cash and a performance earn-out potential of up to $2.0 million ...

Lundin Petroleum to enter Block 9, Kenya
Lundin Kenya B.V. has executed an agreement with CNOOC Africa  to acquire an interest in Block 9, Kenya ...

Petrosearch Energy signs agreement to sell Barnett Shale project
Petrosearch Energy Corporation has agreed to sell its 5.54455% limited partnership interest in DDJET Limited LLP to Cinco County Barnett Shale LLC  ...

Royalite acquires working interest in Westlake Boudreaux Field, Louisiana
Royalite Petroleum Company Inc. has acquired a 27.5% working interest (19.8% net revenue interest) in oil and gas leases totaling 698.62 acres in the Westlake Boudreaux Field ...

Schlumberger acquires Extreme Engineering
Schlumberger has acquired the business of Extreme Engineering Limited, a Calgary-based supplier of unmanned measurement-while-drilling (MWD) systems ...

Schlumberger acquires Integrated Exploration Systems
Schlumberger has acquired IES Integrated Exploration Systems, the Aachen, Germany-based supplier of advanced petroleum systems modeling software and services for the exploration and production (E&P) industry ...

SemGroup Energy Partners acquires 2.0 million barrels of new crude oil storage
SemGroup Energy Partners, L.P. has completed the previously announced acquisition of eight recently constructed crude oil storage tanks located at the Cushing Interchange ...

Swift Energy closes New Zealand sale
Swift Energy Company closed the previously announced disposition of certain of Swift Energy’s New Zealand assets with subsidiaries of Origin Energy Limited ...

W-H Energy Services and Smith International to merge
W-H Energy Services, Inc. and Smith International, Inc. have announced a strategic combination that will broaden Smith’s capabilities across key drilling and completion product and service offerings ...

Whiting Petroleum closes acquisition of Flat Rock Field properties
Whiting Petroleum Corporation has completed its acquisition from Chicago Energy Associates, LLC of interests in producing gas wells and development acreage in the Flat Rock field ...

May 2008

Aker Solutions acquires fabrication business
Aker Solutions has acquired a fabrication business in the north-east of Scotland in a strategic move to augment its services to local clients ...

Crimson Exploration to acquire South Texas assets for $65 million
Crimson Exploration Inc. has entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with a private company to acquire interests in four producing gas fields ...

Enhanced Oil Resources to acquire producing oil field
Enhanced Oil Resources, Inc. has signed of a binding Purchase and Sales Agreement to purchase a producing oil field in New Mexico for $4.5 million ...

EV Energy Partners closes Atascosa County, Texas acquisition
EV Energy Partners, L.P. has closed its previously announced acquisition of oil properties in South Central Texas for an adjusted purchase price of $17.8 million ...

Forest Oil completes acquisition of Ark-La-Tex assets
Forest Oil Corporation completed its previously announced acquisition of producing assets, including approximately 69,000 gross acres (47,000 net acres), located primarily in its Ark-La-Tex core areas ...

Frontier Energy to acquire two leases in Archer County, Texas
Frontier Energy Corporation has entered into a letter of intent to purchase two leases in Archer County, Texas ...

Ivanhoe Energy to acquire oil sands assets from Talisman Energy
Ivanhoe Energy Inc. signed a preliminary agreement with Talisman Energy Canada to acquire all of Talisman's interests in three leases located in the heart of the Athabasca oil sands ...

KBR announces plans to acquire BE&K, Inc
KBR has signed a definitive agreement that allows the company to proceed with plans to acquire 100% ownership of BE&K, Inc ...

Rock Energy Resources acquires acreage in South Texas near Garwood Field prospect
Rock Energy Resources, Inc. has acquired certain additional working interests in the prolific Wilcox trend in Colorado County, Texas ...

Samson Oil & Gas acquires acreage adjacent to State GC Oil Field, New Mexico
Samson has acquired a 100% working interest in the 320 acre half section immediately west of the producing State GC Oil Field operated by Penroc Oil Company ...

Subsea 7 acquires Skandi Navica pipelay vessel

Subsea 7 Inc has acquired the Skandi Navica pipelay and construction vessel for approximately USD 62 million ...

Superior Oil and Gas signs gas purchase agreement
Superior Oil and Gas Co. has executed three agreements with PVR Midstream, LLC for it to purchase the natural gas production from three wells in the Eddington Field ...

Total acquires interests in three offshore licenses in the North West Shelf
Total announces the acquisition in the latest Australian bidding round of a 50% participation in two offshore permits in the Vulcan basin ...

April 2008

Ace, Dynasty, Texas Hot Shot and Venture to combine
Ace Transportation, Dynasty Transportation, Texas Hot Shot, and Venture Transport Logistics have agreed to combine and become the leading provider of land transportation services to the U.S. energy industry ...

Atlas Copco acquires manufacturer of boosters and compressors for the oil and gas industries
Atlas Copco North America LLC, USA, has signed an agreement with Grimmer Industries Inc., USA, to acquire its Hurricane™ booster and GrimmerSchmidt™ portable compressor business ...

Atlas Copco acquires service company in Indonesia
Atlas Copco (South-East Asia) Pte. Ltd. has acquired 100% ownership of PT Fluidcon Jaya, Indonesia, and its parent company Fluidcon Service Pte Ltd, Singapore ...

Baker Hughes acquires reservoir consulting firms
Baker Hughes Incorporated has acquired two reservoir consulting firms - Gaffney, Cline & Associates (GCA) and GeoMechanics International (GMI)  ...

Basic Earth acquires new interest in horizontal Bakken well
Basic Earth Science Systems, Inc. recently acquired a 1.2469% working interest (0.9975% net revenue interest) in a Dunn County, horizontal Bakken well, the Paulson 14-9H ...

Callon Petroleum closes sale of interest in Entrada Field
Callon Petroleum Company has completed the sale of a 50% working interest in the Entrada Field, located in the Deepwater Region of the Gulf of Mexico, to CIECO Energy (US) Limited ...

Champions Pipe & Supply and Mitsui Tubular Products to merge
Champions Pipe & Supply, Inc. and Mitsui Tubular Products, LLC. announced that they will merge, effective April 1, 2008 ...

Deep Down to acquire Flotation Technologies
Deep Down, Inc. has executed a Stock Purchase Agreement to purchase all of the outstanding capital stock of Flotation Technologies, Inc ...

EnCore farms out interest in UKCS Block 9/27a
EnCore Oil plc has entered into a farm-out agreement with Fairfield Acer Limited whereby Fairfield will acquire a 25 per cent. interest and operatorship of UKCS Block 9/27a ...

EnergyQuest II, LLC acquires South Louisiana assets
EnergyQuest II, LLC has announced the acquisition of certain South Louisiana properties from Clayton Williams Energy, Inc ...

EPL completes sale of two shelf properties
Energy Partners, Ltd. announced that on March 27, 2008 it had completed its previously announced sale of two Gulf of Mexico Shelf properties ...

EV Energy Partners to acquire oil properties in Atascosa County, Texas
EV Energy Partners, L.P. has signed an agreement to acquire oil properties in South Central Texas for $18 million ...

GE completes acquisition of Hydril Pressure Control Business
GE’s Oil & Gas business has announced the successful completion of its acquisition of Hydril Pressure Control from Tenaris ...

GE Unit and Union Gas to acquire East Texas and Gulf Coast oil and gas reserves
GE Energy Financial Services has formed a partnership with a Union Gas Corporation subsidiary to acquire oil and gas reserves from two fields in East Texas and the Texas Gulf Coast for $115 million ...

Grey Wolf and Basic Energy Services agree to combine in "Merger of Equals" transaction
Grey Wolf, Inc. and Basic Energy Services, Inc. announced that their Boards of Directors have approved a definitive agreement to combine the two businesses in a “merger of equals” ...

Helix sells interest in deepwater fields
Energy Resource Technology GOM, Inc. has agreed to sell a 30% working interest in its Danny Noonan discoveries (Garden Banks Blocks 463, 506 and 507) and other Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas properties ...

National Oilwell Varco announces successful acquisition of Grant Prideco
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. announced the approval by the stockholders of Grant Prideco, Inc. of the previously announced merger agreement ...

Osage Exploration and Development acquires producing field and pipeline assets
Osage Exploration and Development, Inc. has acquired 100% of Cimarrona LLC which owns a 9.4% interest in the producing Guaduas oil field in Colombia ...

Parker Drilling announces sale of interest in Saudi Arabian joint venture
Parker Drilling Company has executed an agreement to sell its 50 percent interest in its Saudi Arabian joint venture, Al-Rushaid Parker Drilling Company Ltd. ...

Platina Energy Group acquires Enhanced Oil Recovery
Platina Energy Group, Inc. has acquired Enhanced Oil Recovery, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of UTEK, in a stock transaction ...

Stone Energy Corporation acquires Bois d'Arc Energy, Inc.
Stone Energy Corporation and Bois d'Arc Energy, Inc. have entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which Stone will acquire Bois d'Arc ...

Tanner Companies acquires oilfield construction assets
Tanner Companies has acquired oilfield construction assets located in Southern Louisiana and Southeast Texas from Basic Energy Services ...

Teryl Resources aquires increased interest in three producing gas wells in Kentucky
Teryl Resources Corp. has agreed to purchase, from IAS Energy, Inc., an additional 40% working interest (24% Net Revenue Interest “NRI”) in three producing gas wells ...

Total sells 20% of Taoudenni permits in Mauritania to Qatar Petroleum International
Total has sold a 20% stake in the Taoudenni Ta7 and Ta8 permits in Mauritania to Qatar Petroleum International ...

TSC offshore acquisitions expand its product lines and enhance its global service capabilities
TSC Offshore Group Ltd. has recently completed the acquisitions of Global Marine Energy plc  ...

Varel acquires Downhole Products Plc
Varel International has acquired Aberdeen-based, Downhole Products Plc (DHP), a leader in high-end centralizers and reamer shoes ... 

Vopak and First Reserve Corp announce completion of BORCO Oil Storage Terminal acquisition
Vopak and First Reserve Corporation have announced the completion of the acquisition of the Bahamas Oil Refining Company (BORCO) oil storage terminal in Freeport, Bahamas ...

WorleyParsons to acquire INTEC Engineering from Heerema Group
The Heerema Group and WorleyParsons have announced an agreement for WorleyParsons to acquire Heerema's INTEC Engineering B.V. division

XTO Energy announces Fayetteville Shale leasehold acquisition
XTO Energy Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire producing properties, leasehold acreage and gathering infrastructure from Southwestern Energy Company ...

XTO Energy announces Marcellus Shale acquisition
XTO Energy Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire producing properties, leasehold acreage and infrastructure from Linn Energy, LLC ...

March 2008

BJ Services moves to acquire Innicor Subsurface Technologies

BJ Services Company has signed a pre-acquisition agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Innicor Subsurface Technologies Inc ...

Dynamic Offshore Resources completes acquisition of SPN Resources
Dynamic Offshore Resources LLC and its affiliate, Moreno Group Holdings, LLC, have together closed the previously announced transaction to purchase a combined 75 percent interest in SPN Resources LLC ...

Dynamic Positioning Services joins Global Subsea Technology Group
Aberdeen-based Dynamic Positioning Services Ltd (DPS) has been acquired by Triton Group Holdings for an undisclosed sum ...

IHC Merwede acquires The Engineering Business
IHC Merwede acquired specialist design, engineering and construction company The Engineering Business (EB) on 7 March 2008 ...

Oceaneering acquires GTO Subsea AS
Oceaneering International, Inc. has acquired GTO Subsea AS (GTO) for approximately $45 million ...

Royal Energy obtains 5% overriding royalty interest in Weston County Wyoming oil & gas lease
Royal Energy Resources, Inc. now owns 5% overriding royalty interest in Weston County, Wyoming ...

Total enters into new promising exploration acreage in Alaska
Total announces that its wholly owned subsidiary Total E&P USA, Inc. has acquired a 30% working interest from Chevron in several onshore Alaskan exploration blocks ...

November 2006

Anadarko reaches agreement with Statoil on Gulf of Mexico assets
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has signed an agreement whereby Statoil will pay Anadarko $901 million and acquire Anadarko’s interests in and around two deepwater Gulf of Mexico discoveries ...

South Texas Oil Company to acquire additional acreage
South Texas Oil Company has signed a Letter of Intent for the purchase of at least 50% and up to 75% working interest in approximately 20,000 acres in the DJ basin ...

Texola Energy Enters into Negotiations with Private Oil & Gas Company
Texola Energy Corp. has entered into negotiations with a private Calgary-based Oil and Gas Company to acquire its ongoing operations and producing assets ...

October 2006

Addax Petroleum acquires major interest in exploration block offshore Nigeria
Addax Petroleum Corporation has entered into a farm-out agreement with Starcrest Nigeria Energy Limited ...

Allis-Chalmers acquires Petro Rentals, Inc.
Allis-Chalmers Energy Inc. has acquired Petro Rentals, Inc., based in Broussard, Louisiana ...

Black Dragon acquires additional 77 wells in Caddo Pine Island Field
Black Dragon Resource Companies, Inc. has acquired 77 wells on 11 leases comprising approximately 300 acres in the Caddo Pine Island Field of Caddo Parish Louisiana ...

DCP Midstream Partners announces acquisitions from Duke Energy Field Services
DCP Midstream Partners, LP and Duke Energy Field Services will acquire Gas Supply Resources (GSR) from DEFS for approximately $77 million ...

Energen Resources and Chesapeake Energy partner to explore and develop Alabama Shales
Energen Resources has sold a 50 percent interest in its lease position in various shale plays in Alabama to Chesapeake for cash and a carried drilling interest ...

Energy Spectrum to sell Oklahoma and Texas producing properties
JOC Operating and D.B. Lenhart have exclusively engaged Energy Spectrum Advisors Inc. to provide sales advisory services ...

Enventure Global Technology acquires Triad Pipe & Steel Co.
Enventure Global Technology has acquired Houston-based Triad Pipe & Steel Company, a leading supplier of specialty oil country tubular goods ...

EPL terminates merger agreement with Stone Energy
Energy Partners, Ltd. and Stone Energy Corporation have agreed to terminate their June 22, 2006 merger agreement ...

Granite Energy completes New Mexico acquisition
Granite Energy, Inc. has acquired The Escavada, an exploration prospect located in San Juan County, New Mexico ...

Halliburton to sell oil & gas assets in Bangladesh
Halliburton has signed a definitive agreement for the intended sale of its working interests in oil and gas assets in Bangladesh ...

Ivanhoe Energy agrees to sell interest in LAK Ranch Project
Ivanhoe Energy Inc. intends to sell its interest in the LAK Ranch field in Weston County, Wyoming to its partner Derek Oil & Gas Corporation ...

Morgan Creek Energy to acquire additional lease acreage
Morgan Creek Energy Corp. has entered into an agreement to acquire a further 385 acres of oil and gas targeted development leases in the Little Cedar Creek Field ...

NAEG acquires Mason Oil Lease in former Exxon Field
Native American Energy Group has announced that it has acquired the Mason Oil Lease, located on the Poplar Field in northeast Montana ...

National Oilwell Varco make bid to acquire NQL Energy Services
NQL Energy Services Inc. and National Oilwell Varco, Inc. have entered into a pre-acquisition agreement ...

Petroleum Development Corporation to acquire Unioil
Petroleum Development Corporation has reached an agreement with Unioil to which PDC will make a cash tender offer ...

Quest completes strategic acquisition in 1,082 acres in the Cherokee Basin
Quest Oil Corporation has successfully acquired the Shinkle Lease, comprised of five oil and gas zones ...

Saxon Oil acquires Heatherwood Prospect in Central Texas
Saxon Oil Company Ltd. has acquired the “Heatherwood” prospect in Central Texas consisting of 1,000 acres ...

SemGroup acquires Dornick Hills assets in Texas
SemGroup has purchased a natural gas gathering system and processing plant from Dornick Hills Midstream ...

Star Energy closes purchase of Volga-Neft
Star Energy has acquired Volga-Neft, a Russian oil and gas producer ...

Superior Well Services acquires Patterson Wireline assets
Superior Well Services, Inc. has purchased substantially all of the operating assets of Patterson Wireline, L.L.C. for approximately $8.7 million in cash ...

Swift Energy closes South Louisiana acquisition
Swift Energy Company closed the vast majority of the property interests of the previously announced acquisition from BP America Production Company ...

Teekay acquires 50.3% of Petrojarl ASA
Teekay Shipping Corporation has acquired 50.3% of the shares of Petrojarl ASA ...

Tenaris to complete acquisition of Maverick Tube Corporation
Tenaris S.A., following the vote by a majority of Maverick Tube Corporation’s stockholders in favor of the proposed acquisition by Tenaris, announced the acquisition should be completed on October 5 ...

September 2006

3i sells stake in Rovtech to Fugro
Fugro N.V. has acquired Rovtech Ltd of Aberdeen for a total amount of £34.5 million ...

Abraxas closes sale non-core assets in South Texas
Abraxas Petroleum Corp. has closed on the sale of certain non-core assets located in South Texas for a total consideration of $12 million ...

Addax Petroleum completes acquisition of Pan-Ocean Energy
Addax Petroleum Corporation has completed the previously announced acquisition of substantially all of the assets and operations of Pan-Ocean Energy Corporation Limited ...

Aggreko plc Agrees to acquire GE Energy Rentals for US$212 million
Aggreko plc has entered into a definitive agreement with General Electric Company to acquire substantially all the activities, other than those relating to large gas turbines, of GE Energy Rentals ...

Airgas completes acquisition of Aeriform
Airgas, Inc. has completed the planned acquisition of the assets and operations of Houston, TX-based Aeriform Corporation ...

Anadarko to sell Canadian subsidiary
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has agreed to sell its wholly owned subsidiary, Anadarko Canada Corporation, to Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. ...

Brighton Oil to acquire oil & gas mineral rights in New Mexico and Arizona
Brighton Oil has entered into a lease agreement to acquire a fifty percent working interest in 951,230.64 acres of oil and gas mineral rights ...

Brighton to acquire Castle Oil and Gas
National Healthcare Technology, Inc. soon to be named Brighton Oil Inc. has entered into a purchase and sale agreement to acquire 100% of Castle Oil and Gas LLC ...

Brighton to acquire South Liberty oil field lease
Brighton Oil Inc. has entered into a contract to acquire The South Liberty Oil Prospect, in Liberty County, Texas ...

CGG and Veritas DGC enter into definitive merger agreement
Compagnie Générale de Géophysique (CGG) and Veritas DGC Inc. have entered into a definitive merger agreement whereby CGG will acquire Veritas in a part cash, part stock transaction ...

Dominion sells Louisiana storage project
Dominion has announced the sale of 150 acres containing three salt caverns in Cameron Parish, Louisiana ...

DONG Energy A/S acquires Storrun Vindkraft AB
DONG Energy has signed a share purchase agreement under which DONG Energy will buy 100% of the shares in the project company Storrun Vindkraft AB ...

Energy Transfer Partners to acquire Transwestern Pipeline
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. has entered into agreements with GE Energy Financial Services and Southern Union Company to acquire the Transwestern Pipeline ...

FMC Technologies acquires assets of Galaxy Oilfield Service Ltd
FMC Technologies has acquired certain assets of Galaxy Oilfield Service Ltd., based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada ...

Geotrace acquires Tigress Geosciences
Geotrace has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tigress Geosciences based in Marlow, England ...

Gulf Petroleum GFPE enters exclusive option to purchase Bodin Oil
Gulf Petroleum Exchange, Inc. has signed and entered an exclusive option agreement to purchase Bodin Oil Recovery ...

Hemi Energy Group closes acquisition of additional 45 oil wells
Hemi Energy Group Inc. recently consummated the purchase of an additional 45 oil wells and 2 injection wells on the Orth-Reno, Orth-Silvey and Bennett Leases ...

Ignis Petroleum Group to purchase interests in Barnett Shale acreage
Ignis Petroleum Group, Inc. has agreed to acquire 45% of the acreage, producing properties and natural gas gathering and treating system currently held by W. B. Osborn Oil & Gas Operations ...

Intertek acquires Polychemlab from DSM
Intertek Group Plc has acquired from Chemelot BV the Polychemlab operations based in Geleen, Netherlands ...

JED Oil closes asset swap with Enterra Energy Trust
JED Oil Inc. has reported that its property swap with Enterra Energy Trust has been consummated ...

JED Oil enters definitive asset swap agreement with Enterra Energy Trust
JED Oil Inc. has signed a definitive agreement with Enterra Energy Trust regarding the previously announced property swap ...

JK Acquisition enters into agreement and plan of merger with Multi-Shot
JK Acquisition Corp has entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which it will merge with privately held Multi-Shot, LLC ...

Lions Petroleum signs letter of intent for acreage & pipeline acquisition
Lions Petroleum Inc. has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI)for the acquisition of 26,635 acres of oil & gas leases located in SE Kansas ...

Lundin Petroleum acquires exploration assets in UK, North Sea
Lundin Petroleum AB has acquired working interests in seven exploration licences in the United Kingdom North Sea ...

Morgan Creek Energy acquires Cedar Creek lease acreage in Conecuh County, Alabama
Morgan Creek Energy Corp. has executed an agreement to acquire an aggregate of 103 acres of oil and gas targeted development leases in the Cedar Creek Field ...

Morgan Creek Energy expands land position on the Cedar Creek oil and gas prospect
Morgan Creek Energy Corp. has acquired an additional 150 acres in the Cedar Creek field in Conecuh County, Alabama ...

Nabors to acquire Moncla Companies
Nabors Industries Ltd. has entered into a Letter of Intent to acquire the Moncla Companies for an undisclosed price ...

NAEG acquires historic Shell Oil ``Discovery'' well
Native American Energy Group, Inc. has acquired the Beery oil lease initially drilled by Shell Oil ...

Plains All American Pipeline and Pacific Energy receive regulatory approvals for proposed merger
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. and Pacific Energy Partners, L.P. announced that they have received the requisite approvals for their proposed merger ...

PXP executes agreement to sell two deepwater Gulf of Mexico discoveries and one exploration prospect
Plains Exploration & Production Company has entered into an agreement with a subsidiary of Statoil ASA whereby such subsidiary will pay PXP $700 million to acquire PXP's working interests in two deepwater Gulf of Mexico discoveries ...

Sola Communications plans merger with PetroCom
Sola Communications has announced its plans to merge with PetroCom ...

Sondex acquires Ultima Labs Inc
Sondex plc has acquired Houston-based Ultima Labs Inc. ...

Sondex moves to acquire Innicor Subsurface Technologies
Sondex plc has entered into a pre-acquisition agreement with Canadian-based Innicor Subsurface Technologies Inc ..

Source Petroleum closes acquisition of of Source Projects
Source Petroleum Inc. has completed its previously announced agreement to acquire 100% of Source Projects Inc ...

Teekay acquires stake in Petrojarl ASA
Teekay Shipping Corporation has acquired over 40% of the shares of Petrojarl ASA ...

Tenaris to sell participation in Dalmine Energie to E.ON
Tenaris S.A. has signed a letter of intent with E.ON Sales and Trading GmbH for the sale to E.ON of a 75% interest in Dalmine Energie, Tenaris's Italian energy supply business ...

Triton American Energy completes acquisition of additional shares of Triton Well Service
Triton American Energy Corp. has purchased two separate 5% shareholders of Triton American Well Services, LLC for stock and other consideration ...

Triton American Well Service completes acquisition of Instar Field Services
Triton American Energy Corp. has completed the acquisition of Instar Field Services, Inc ...

Valero to purchase Koch Supply & Trading's St. James crude oil facility
Valero L.P. has signed a definitive purchase and sale agreement to acquire the St. James crude oil facility located in Louisiana ...

Warrior Energy Services to be acquired by Superior Energy Services
Warrior Energy Services Corporation has entered into a merger agreement to be acquired by Superior Energy Services, Inc. ...

Whiting Petroleum acquires 15% working interest in Central Utah Hingeline play
Whiting Petroleum Corporation has acquired a 15% working interest in approximately 170,000 leased acres in the central Utah Hingeline play from a privately held independent oil company ...

Worldwide Energy acquires two oil and gas leases
Worldwide Energy Corp.has acquired two oil and gas leases - the Thrash and the Thacker ...

Worldwide Energy announces negotiations to acquire more oil leases
Worldwide Energy Corp. has announced plans to acquire additional leases ...

August 2006

3i sells stake in SPS to M-I Swaco
3i is to sell its stake in Specialised Petroleum Services Group to M-I Swaco ...

Allied Energy Corp to enter into Powder River Basin oil/gas fields
Allied Energy Corporation, Inc. is in advanced negotiations to acquire a substantial interest in oil and gas properties located within the Powder River Basin ...

Allis-Chalmers closes acquisition of DLS Drilling Logistics & Services Company
Allis-Chalmers Energy Inc. has closed its acquisition of DLS Drilling Logistics and Services Corporation, from Bridas International Holdings Limited ...

Anadarko achieves antitrust clearance for Kerr-McGee acquisition
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation announced that its proposed acquisition of Kerr-McGee Corporation has achieved U.S. antitrust clearance ...

Anadarko achieves antitrust clearance for Western Gas Resources acquisition
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation announced that its proposed acquisition of Western Gas Resources, Inc. has achieved U.S. antitrust clearance ...

Anadarko completes Gulf of Mexico Shelf divestiture
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has completed the divestiture of its Gulf of Mexico shelf subsidiary to W&T Offshore, Inc. ...

Anadarko completes Kerr-McGee acquisition
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has completed the acquisition of Kerr-McGee Corporation ...

Anadarko completes Western Gas Resources acquisition
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has completed the acquisition of Western Gas Resources, Inc ...

Apache completes sale of oil production interest in China
Apache Corporation has completed the previously announced sale of its 24.5 percent interest in China's producing Zhao Dong block ...

ATS Inc commences tender offer for shares of Energy Partners, Ltd.
ATS Inc. has commenced its all-cash US$23.00 per share tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Energy Partners, Ltd. ...

Avatar Systems acquires Questa Software Systems for $2.2 million
Avatar Systems, Inc. has completed the acquisition of Questa Software Systems, Inc ...

Baker Petrolite acquires DBM Oil Chemicals B.V.
Baker Petrolite has acquired DBM Oil Chemicals B.V., based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands ...

Basic Energy Services closes three acquisitions
Basic Energy Services, Inc. has recently acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Hennessey Rental Tools, Inc ...

Black Dragon acquires 19 oil and gas wells
Black Dragon Resource Companies, Inc. has acquired six oil and gas leases comprising 914 acres of mineral rights and 19 existing oil wells in the Hosston Field, Caddo Parish, Louisiana ...

Black Dragon acquires working interest in Spider Field
Black Dragon Resource Companies, Inc. has acquired a net revenue interest of 22.2% in the 1275 acre Hunter-Mannning lease of the Spider Field, located in Desoto Parish, Louisiana ...

Black Hills Corporation completes Colorado oil and gas acquisition
Black Hills Corporation has announced the completion of the acquisition of additional ownership interests and leasehold in the Piceance Basin of Colorado ...

Blast Energy Services acquires land rig drilling company
Blast Energy Services has completed the acquisition of Eagle Domestic Drilling Operations, LLC ...

CH4 sold toVenture
3i announced the sale of its portfolio company CH4 Energy Limited to Venture Production plc for €224m (£153m) ...

Clayton Williams Energy, GE Energy Financial Services acquire oil and gas properties
Clayton Williams Energy, Inc. and GE Energy Financial Services has acquired certain producing oil and gas assets in California and Texas for $58 million ...

Gasco Energy acquires additional Uinta Basin assets
Gasco Energy, Inc. has acquired certain gathering assets and producing properties associated with the Riverbend Project in Utah's Uinta Basin ...

Granby Oil and Gas to acquire a 50% interest in block 49/29b in the UK Southern North Sea
Granby Oil and Gas plc has reached agreement with ExxonMobil affiliates to acquire a 50% interest in block 49/29b in the UK Southern North Sea ...

Halliburton to sell non-core assets to Hercules Offshore
Two Halliburton subsidiaries have entered into an agreement to sell certain non-core assets to Hercules Offshore, Inc ...

Helix Energy Solutions subsidiary acquires the Typhoon Oil Field
Energy Resource Technology, Inc. has acquired a 100% working interest in the Typhoon oil field (Green Canyon Blocks 236/237), the Boris oil field (Green Canyon Block 282) and the Little Burn oil field (Green Canyon Block 238) ...

Hercules Offshore to acquire Halliburton's West African liftboat assets
Hercules Offshore, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement with Halliburton West Africa Limited and Halliburton Energy Services Nigeria Limited to purchase eight liftboats ...

Ikon Science acquires GeoPressure Technology Ltd
Ikon Science a developer of software for the oil and gas industry has announced the acquisition of Durham-based GeoPressure Technology Ltd ...

Lundin Petroleum completes acquisition of Valkyries Petroleum
Lundin Petroleum AB has completed the acquisition of Valkyries previously announced on 29 May 2006 ...

M-I SWACO acquires Specialised Petroleum Services Group Limited
M-I SWACO has acquired Specialised Petroleum Services Group Limited of Aberdeen, Scotland ...

Mariner Energy announces acquisition in the Gulf of Mexico
Mariner Energy, Inc. has acquired the interest of BP Exploration & Production Inc. in West Cameron Block 110 and the SE/4 of West Cameron Block 111 ...

Paradigm completes acquisition of Earth Decision
Paradigm has successfully completed its acquisition of Earth Decision, a provider of shared-earth modeling software ...

Patriot Exploration purchases 18,000 acres from Anadarko
Patriot Exploration Co., Inc. has purchased 18,000 acres from Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in the central Big Horn Basin in Wyoming ...

PetroQuest Resources acquires 82 miles of natural gas gathering system
PetroQuest Resources, Inc. acquired approximately 82 miles of natural gas pipeline, gathering, transportation system, rights of way, and meter site sales points ...

PetroQuest Resources acquires working interest in 16 oil and gas wells in Ohio
PetroQuest Resources, Inc. recently acquired 100 percent of the working interest in 16 gas and oil wells in Vinton County, Ohio ...

Regency Energy Partners completes acquisition of TexStar Field Services
Regency Energy Partners LP has completed its previously announced acquisition of TexStar Field Services ...

Rio Vista Energy Partners close sale of LPG-related assets
Rio Vista Energy Partners L.P. completed the sale of certain liquefied petroleum gas assets to TransMontaigne Product Services Inc ...

Smarts Oil & Gas purchases Gamm leases
Smarts Oil & Gas has acquired several Gamm Leases in the Caddo Pine Island Field, North Caddo Parish, Louisiana ...

Storm Cat Energy completes Powder River Basin acquisition
Storm Cat Energy Corporation has successfully closed the purchase of approximately 25,200 gross acres in the Powder River Basin for approximately U.S.$30.7 million ...

Sunoco Logistics Partners closes acquisition of 55.3 percent interest in Mid-Valley Pipeline
Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. has completed the previously announced acquisition of a 100 percent interest in Sun Pipe Line Company of Delaware LLC ...

Swift Energy to acquire South Louisiana properties
Swift Energy Company has signed an agreement with BP America Production Company to purchase for $175 million interests in five primary onshore South Louisiana properties ...

Teledyne to acquire majority stake in Ocean Design, Inc.
Teledyne Technologies Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority interest in Ocean Design, Inc. for approximately $30 million ...

The Oilgear Company to be acquired by an affiliate of Mason Wells
The Oilgear Company has signed a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by Mason Wells Buyout Fund II, Limited Partnership, an affiliate of the Milwaukee-based private equity firm Mason Wells ...

TX Holdings completes acquisition of Louie Williams leases
TX Holdings, Inc. has acquired the Louie Williams Leases in Callahan County, TX ...

Viking Supply Ships acquires SBS Marine
Viking Supply Ships AS has acquired a Scottish-based platform supply vessel company in a move to augment its fleet portfolio ...

Ziebel AS acquires Axon Instruments Ltd.
Ziebel AS has completed the acquisition of Axon Instruments Ltd ...

July 2006

Acteon completes acquisition of Trident Offshore Limited
Acteon has completed the acquisition of Trident Offshore Limited, mooring design and installation contractors, based in Aberdeen, UK ...

Acteon purchases Aquatic Engineering and Construction
Acteon has enhanced its offshore engineering portfolio with the acquisition of flexible pipelay and retrieval specialists, Aquatic Engineering and Construction Limited ...

Addax Petroleum to acquire the business of Pan-Ocean Energy
Addax Petroleum Corporation agreed to acquire two subsidiaries of Pan-Ocean Energy Corporation Limited for CDN $1.605 billion ...

Atlas Copco acquires Swedish compressed air distributor
Atlas Copco has acquired BEMT Tryckluft AB, Sweden, and its subsidiary companies in Lithuania and Latvia ...

ATP increases strategic presence in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico
ATP Oil & Gas Corporation has acquired a 100% interest in one block, added a 25% interest in two currently owned blocks and is now the 100% owner and operator of four strategically located blocks in the Mississippi Canyon/Atwater Valley ...

Avalon Oil & Gas closes on Lacey leasehold
Avalon Oil & Gas, Inc. has completed the acquisition of the Lacey Leasehold from C & M Exploration, LLC ...

Baker Petrolite acquires DBM Oil Chemicals B.V.
Baker Petrolite has acquired DBM Oil Chemicals B.V., based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands ...

Enterprise acquires natural gas gathering assets in South Texas
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. has acquired certain natural gas gathering systems and related gathering and processing contracts from Cerrito Gathering Company, Ltd ...

Evolution Petroleum increases royalty ownership in the Delhi Field EOR Project
Evolution Petroleum Corporation has completed multiple purchases of additional royalty and overriding royalty interests aggregating 2.59% in the Holt Bryant Unit of the Delhi Field ...

EXCO Resources to acquire Winchester Energy Company
EXCO Resources, Inc., through a wholly-owned subsidiary, announced an agreement to acquire Winchester Energy Company, Ltd. and its affiliated entities ...

GEOCAN Energy Inc. acquires Columbus Exploration Ltd.
GEOCAN Energy Inc. announced that approximately 95.09% of the issued and outstanding common shares of Columbus Exploration Ltd. have been tendered ...

Harvest Oil and Gas acquires Hess near offshore properties
Harvest Oil and Gas, LLC has entered into a transaction to buy all of Hess Corporation's oil and gas producing properties in Plaquemines and St. Bernard Parishes ...

Hemi Energy to acquire an additional 104 wells
Hemi Energy is finalizing the acquisition of approximately 104 additional wells ...

Husky Energy acquires additional oil sands lease at Saleski
Husky Energy Inc. has acquired a 14,560 acre oil sands lease adjacent to its Saleski property ...

Husky Energy acquires additional oil sands lease at Saleski
Husky Energy Inc. has acquired a 14,560 acre oil sands lease adjacent to its Saleski property ...

Magellan Petroleum completes MPAL acquisition
Magellan Petroleum Corporation has acquired the remaining shares of Magellan Petroleum Australia Limited ...

Marathon acquires position in Colorado's Piceance Basin
Marathon Oil Corporation has completed a leasehold acquisition in the Piceance Basin of Colorado totaling approximately 8,700 net acres ...

Matheson Tri-Gas agrees to acquire Linweld, Inc.
Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. has successfully completed an agreement to purchase Linweld, Inc. of Lincoln Nebraska ...

MDU Resources to acquire Cascade Natural Gas
MDU Resources Group, Inc. entered into a definitive merger agreement on July 8 to acquire Cascade Natural Gas Corp ...

Morgan Creek Energy to acquire oil and gas targeted Barnett Shale lease
Morgan Creek Energy Corp. has reached an agreement with Pathways Investments, LLC to acquire a 122.35 acre Barnett Shale oil and gas exploration lease ...

Noble Energy closes on sale of Gulf of Mexico assets
Noble Energy, Inc. has closed on the previously announced $625 million sale of its Gulf of Mexico shelf assets to Coldren Resources LP ...

Paradigm to acquire Earth Decision
Paradigm has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Earth Decision, a provider of fully integrated shared-earth modeling for asset teams ...

Petris acquires Maurer drilling software suite
Petris Technology, Inc. has acquired the software and support assets of the Maurer Technology software owned by Noble Technology Services ...

Petrohawk Energy completes KCS merger
Petrohawk Energy Corporation and KCS Energy, Inc. each approved the agreement and plan of merger that provides for the merger of KCS and Petrohawk ...

PetroSun acquires ETC Energy
PetroSun Drilling Inc. has acquired ETC Energy, LLC. The terms of the transaction include a purchase price of 250,000 shares ...

Pilgrim Petroleum to acquire acreage in Clay County, Texas
Pilgrim Petroleum Corporation has acquired approximately 15,700 total acres in Clay County near the Barnett Shale, the best play in the country ...

Qserv acquires Weatherford Group’s coil tubing business
Qserv has acquired the Weatherford Group’s coil tubing business, with effect from 30th June, 2006 ...

Schlumberger acquires geomechanics leader TerraTek, Inc.
Schlumberger has acquired TerraTek, Inc., a global leader in geomechanics measurements and analysis ...

Sondex acquires Bluestar Tools
Sondex plc has acquired Bluestar Tools, a Canadian-based business designing, manufacturing and supplying instrumentation and tools for drilling operations ...

Stone Energy Corporation completes acquisition of working interests
Stone Energy Corporation has announced the preferential rights acquisition of additional working interests to depths of 20,000 feet in Mississippi Canyon Blocks 108 and 109 ...

Triton Austin Chaulk completes $1.5 million lease acquisition agreement
Triton Austin Chaulk EOR has completed a $1.5 million lease acquisition agreement with Rheochem plc ...

TX Holdings completes acquisition of Contract Area #1 leases
TX Holdings, Inc. has acquired a sixty percent working interest in the oil and gas leases known as Contract Area #1(C/A 1) in Eastland County, Texas ...

UTEK completes technology transfer with Avalon Oil and Gas
Avalon Oil and Gas, Inc. has acquired Ultrasonic Mitigation Technologies, Inc. (UMTI), a wholly owned subsidiary of UTEK ...

XTO Energy completes the Barnett Shale acquisition of Peak Energy Resources
XTO Energy Inc. has closed its previously announced acquisition of Energy Resources, Inc., a Barnett Shale producer, for equity consideration of 2.555 million shares ...

June 2006

Addax Petroleum completes acquisition of Okwok interest
Addax Petroleum Corporation has acquired from Oriental Energy Resources Limited a 40 per cent participating interest in the Okwok field ...

Anadarko to acquire Kerr-McGee Corporation & Western Gas Resources
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has agreed to acquire Kerr-McGee Corporation and Western Gas Resources, Inc. in separate all-cash transactions ...

Apache closes on acquisition of BP's Gulf of Mexico Shelf assets
Apache Corporation has closed or is in the process of closing on the previously announced acquisition of BP's remaining producing properties on the Outer Continental Shelf ...

Avalon Oil & Gas completes working interest acquisition in two Texas oil properties
Avalon Oil & Gas, Inc. has completed the purchase and acquisition of two oil properties from KROG Partners, LLC ...

Avalon Oil & Gas to acquire 25% working interest in the Lacey Field
Avalon Oil & Gas, Inc. has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire from C & M Exploration, LLC a twenty five percent (25%) working interest in East Half of Section Twenty-Four ...

Basic Energy Services completes acquisition of Globe Well Service
Basic Energy Services, Inc. has closed on its previously announced acquisition of Globe Well Service, Inc. ...

Canadian Oil Sands to acquire Canada Southern Petroleum
Canadian Oil Sands Limited has agreed to make an offer to purchase all of the outstanding common shares of Canada Southern Petroleum Ltd. ...

Chesapeake Energy announces Barnett Shale acquisitions
Chesapeake Energy Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire from Four Sevens Oil Co. Ltd. and its equal equity partner, Sinclair Oil Corporation ...

Daybreak acquires North Shuteston Project
Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc. has acquired a 50% working interest in the North Shuteston Project in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana ...

EnergyQuest completes multiple acquisitions
EnergyQuest Resources, LP and EnergyQuest Management, LLC completed multiple acquisitions in Washington, Nowata, and Rogers counties of northeastern Oklahoma ...

EnerNorth acquires private Alberta oil and gas production company
EnerNorth Industries Inc. has acquired from two (2) arm's length parties a 100% interest in a private Alberta corporation ...

EPL to acquire Stone Energy in $2.2 billion transaction
Energy Partners, Ltd. and Stone Energy Corporation have approved and entered into a definitive merger agreement to combine the two companies ...

Fennel Resources acquires oil and gas properties
Fennel Resources, Inc. has completed its acquisition of Basic Minerals and Land Ltd ...

First Reserve sells Power Well Services to Expro International Group
First Reserve Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to sell Power Well Services Inc. to Expro International Group PLC ...

Foothills Resources to acquire producing oil fields in Texas
Foothills Resources, Inc. has entered into an agreement with TARH E&P Holdings to acquire TARH's interests in four oil fields in southeastern Texas ...

Gastar Exploration to acquire brown coal assets in Victoria, Australia
Gastar Exploration Ltd. has executed a Letter of Intent to acquire up to a 50% interest in rights attaching to brown coal discoveries within the area of Exploration License 4416 ...

Greater Sooner Holdings acquires Clayton Field assets
Greater Sooner Holdings, Inc. has acquired the Clayton Field assets in Live Oak County, Texas ...

Hercules Offshore completes acquisition of liftboat fleet from Laborde Marine Lifts
Hercules Offshore, Inc. has completed the previously disclosed acquisition of a fleet of five liftboats from Laborde Marine Lifts, Inc. for US$49.3 million ...

Houston Exploration completes sale of Louisiana offshore assets
The Houston Exploration Company has completed the previously announced sale of substantially all of the Louisiana portion of its Gulf of Mexico assets ...

IHS Inc. completes two acquisitions
IHS has completed two separate acquisition transactions: GeoPLUS Corporation and Construction Research Communications (CRC) Limited ...

Lucas Energy acquired by Panorama Investments
Panorama Investments Corp. has entered into a Share Exchange & Acquisition Agreement with Lucas Energy, Inc ...

Lundin Petroleum to increase Singa Field interest
Lundin Petroleum AB has signed an agreement with Serica Energy plc to acquire Serica's 10 percent interest in the Lematang block ...

Marathon completes sale of Russian businesses to LUKOIL
Marathon Oil Corporation has completed the sale of its Russian oil exploration and production businesses in the Khanty-Mansiysk Region of Western Siberia to OAO LUKOIL ...

OMNI to acquire Rig Tools, Inc.
OMNI Energy Services Corp. has executed a letter of intent for the acquisition of Rig Tools, Inc., a leading Gulf Coast lessor of oilfield equipment ...

Patch adds new core area
Patch International Inc. has entered into an Agreement with Highview Resources Ltd. of Calgary, Alberta, in a gas prospect ...

Petrohawk and KCS to hold stockholder meetings to vote on merger
Petrohawk Energy Corporation and KCS Energy, Inc. will hold separate stockholders meetings on Wednesday, July 12, 2006, related to the proposed merger of the two companies ...

Petroplus completes purchase of European Petroleum Holdings
Petroplus International B.V. has completed the purchase of European Petroleum Holdings N.V. (EPH) including the Belgian Refining Corporation ...

PetroSun acquires interest in Bengal Drilling
PetroSun Drilling Inc. has acquired an 80% equity interest in Bengal Drilling Inc ...

Pilgrim Petroleum completes acquisition of Daniels Well Service
Pilgrim Petroleum Corporation has closed on its previously announced acquisition of Daniels Well Service, located in Saginaw and Olney, Texas ...

Pilgrim Petroleum in negotiations to acquire production and acreage in the Texas Barnett Shale
Pilgrim Petroleum Corporation announced negotiations to acquire production and acreage of approximately 7300 total acres in Johnson and Wise county in the Texas Barnett Shale ...

Pilgrim Petroleum to acquire Well Service provider
Pilgrim Petroleum Corporation has announced negotiations to acquire a Well Service Provider located in Saginaw, Texas ...

Proprietary Industries & Loon Energy receives approval for acquisition of oil and gas interests
Proprietary Industries Inc. and Loon Energy Inc. has received final approval from the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources to seven assignments of working interests in six Exploration Licences and one Development and Production Lease ...

Range completes Stroud acquisition
Range Resources Corp. has completed the previously announced acquisition of Stroud Energy, Inc ...

Saxon Energy Services to acquire Canadian drilling rig business
Saxon Energy Services Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase all of the assets of Kinnell Drilling Ltd. and Kinnell Resource Consultants Ltd. ...

Schlumberger acquires key technology for production volumes management from Quorum
Schlumberger Information Solutions has acquired the rights to the Quorum Volume Management (QVM) software ...

TAG Oil adds Cheal Oil Field and 22,222 gross acres
TAG Oil Ltd. has completed the acquisition of 100% of Cheal Petroleum Limited, PEP 38757 Ltd. and PEP 38758 Ltd. from parent company South Pacific Lease Operations ...

TAG Oil Ltd. completes acquisition of Cheal oil field
TAG Oil Ltd. has completed the acquisition of 100% of Cheal Petroleum Limited, PEP 38757 Ltd. and PEP 38758 Ltd. ...

Tenaris to acquire Maverick Tube Corporation
Tenaris S.A. and Maverick Tube Corporation have entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which Tenaris will acquire Maverick for US$65 per share in cash ...

Texas Energy, Inc. completes largest acquisition to date
Texas Energy, Inc. closed on its acquisition of the Catlin Oil and Gas Field in Jack County, Texas ...

Veritas DGC enters into letter of intent to sell land seismic acquisition business
Veritas DGC Inc. has entered into a letter of intent with Matco Capital Ltd. (Matco) to sell its land seismic acquisition business for an undisclosed consideration ...

Whittier closes Westhoff Ranch acquisition
Whittier Energy Corporation has completed the previously disclosed acquisition of a 75% operated working interest in the Westhoff Ranch Field ...

May 2006

AGR of Norway acquires The Peak Group
The Ability Group (AGR) of Norway has entered into an agreement to acquire The Peak Group ...

ATP acquires three properties in Mississippi Canyon
ATP Oil & Gas Corporation has acquired interests in three offshore leases at Mississippi Canyon ...

Baker Hughes completes sale of interest in WesternGeco
Baker Hughes Incorporated has completed the sale of its 30% minority interest in WesternGeco ...

Cano Petroleum announces $24 million Panhandle acquisition
Cano Petroleum, Inc. has closed an acquisition of producing oil and gas properties in the Texas Panhandle Field ...

Denbury Resources to acquire additional potential tertiary oil property
Denbury Resources Inc. has entered into an agreement with Natural Gas Systems Inc. to acquire the Delhi Holt-Bryant Unit ...

EnCana closes first phase of natural gas storage sale
EnCana Corporation and certain affiliates have closed the first phase of the sale of their natural gas storage business interests ...

ENGlobal Corporation acquires WRC Corporation
ENGlobal Corporation has completed the acquisition of WRC Corporation ...

EPL signs confidentiality agreement with Stone Energy
Energy Partners, Ltd. entered into a confidentiality agreement with Stone Energy Corporation to begin due diligence in conjunction with its proposed acquisition of Stone ...

EXCO Resources acquires East Texas Cotton Valley Properties
EXCO Resources, Inc. has acquired certain producing and undeveloped oil and natural gas properties in the Cotton Valley trend in East Texas ...

Gray Energy Service acquires Oilfield Pro-Log Services, Inc
Gray Wireline Service, Inc. has completed the acquisition of Oilfield Pro-Log Services, Inc. ...

Halliburton to acquire Rotary Vacuum Dryer technology
Halliburton Fluid Systems has acquired all patents, intellectual property, current assets and existing business associated with the unique Rotary Vacuum Dryer (RVD) technology ...

HB Rentals acquires Wyoming-based Oilfield Rental Company
HB Rentals, a Superior Energy Services company, has acquired Riverton, Wyo.-based Riverview Rentals ...

KBR completes sale of Aberdeen-based Production Services business
KBR has completed an agreement announced in March 2006 to sell the Production Services group ...

O’Rourke acquires Commercial Lubricants Dallas Division
O'Rourke Petroleum has acquired the Dallas division of Commercial Lubricants ...

PAA to acquire crude oil pipeline systems
Plains Pipeline L.P. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire interests in certain Gulf Coast crude oil pipeline systems from BP Oil Pipeline Company ...

Pogo acquires stake in Bakken Shale Play in North Dakota
Pogo Producing Company has acquired approximately 46,000 net leasehold acres in the Bakken Shale play ...

Schlumberger acquires Ødegaard A/S
Schlumberger Limited has acquired Ødegaard A/S, the Copenhagen-based supplier of advanced surface seismic data inversion software ...

SeaMobile(TM) acquires Maritime Telecommunications Network
SeaMobile Inc. has acquired Maritime Telecommunications Network Inc. ...

Shell Canada to make bid to acquire BlackRock Ventures
Royal Dutch Shell plc welcomes Shell Canada Limited's bid to acquire of BlackRock Ventures Inc ...

Stallion adds oilfield construction to Ft. Worth Basin market
Stallion Oilfield Services Ltd. has completed the acquisition of Bowie Dozer Service, Inc ...

Stroud Energy to be acquired by Range Resources
Stroud Energy, Inc. has agreed to be acquired by Range Resources Corporation ...

TAG Oil acquires three New Zealand companies
TAG Oil Ltd. has signed a conditional Purchase and Sale Agreement to acquire 100% of Cheal Petroleum Limited, PEP 38757 Ltd. and PEP 38758 Ltd. ...

Technip and Subsea 7 confirm their permanent joint venture in Asia Pacific
Technip and Subsea 7 have signed the final agreement for the formation of a jointly operated company for subsea offshore activities in the Asia Pacific ...

Training Division acquires Sakhalin Training Business
Petrofac Training has expanded its capability by acquiring from the PPS Group ...

Wichita Clutch adds company, capabilities
Wichita Clutch has acquired additional disc brake technology with the purchase of U.K.-based Twiflex Limited ...

April 2006

Aabar takes next step in its acquisition of Pearl Energy
Aabar Petroleum Investments Company PJSC despatched its offer document to acquire all ordinary shares of Singapore-based Pearl Energy Limited ...

Allis-Chalmers Energy acquires Rogers Oil Tool Services
Allis-Chalmers Energy Inc. has completed the acquisition of Rogers Oil Tool Services, Inc. for a total consideration of approximately $13.7 million ...

Allis-Chalmers Energy to acquire DLS Drilling Logistics
Allis-Chalmers Energy Inc. announced today the execution of a stock purchase agreement to acquire all of the outstanding capital stock of DLS Drilling Logistics and Services Corporation ...

American Oil & Gas receives $11.5 million from sale of Big Sky Project
American Oil & Gas, Inc. has closed on the sale of its ownership interest in its Big Sky Project, for cash of $11.5 million ...

Apache to acquire BP's remaining Gulf of Mexico Shelf producing properties
Apache Corporation has finalized an agreement to acquire BP's remaining producing properties on the Outer Continental Shelf of the Gulf of Mexico ...

Avalon Oil & Gas acquires 50% working interest in lease in Starr County, Texas
Avalon Oil & Gas, Inc. has closed its agreement to acquire a fifty percent (50%) working interest in a 266.73-acre oil and gas lease in Starr County, Texas, from Canyon Creek Oil and Gas ...

Baker Hughes to sell interest in WesternGeco for $2.4 billion
Baker Hughes Incorporated has signed an agreement to sell its 30% minority interest in WesternGeco to Schlumberger for $2.4 billion in cash ...

Bifold Fluidpower acquires Marshalsea Hydraulics
Biofold Fluidpower Ltd has acquired Marshalsea Hydraulics Ltd, a manufacturer of specialist pumps and products ...

Bill Barrett Corporation to acquire properties in Powder River Basin
Bill Barrett Corporation has entered into an agreement to purchase CH4 Corporation for $80 million ...

Eagle Rock Energy to purchase Texas and Louisiana Gas Gathering and Processing Assets
Eagle Rock Energy has acquired certain natural gas gathering and processing assets in Texas and Louisiana from Denver-based Duke Energy Field Services ...

EMS Group acquires Cypress Creek Pipeline Maintenance
Energy Maintenance Services Group I, LLC acquired Cypress Creek Pipeline Maintenance, Inc.; Advanced GIS Technology, LLC; Celtic Controls, Inc.; and the operating assets of Energy Services, S.A. De C.V. ...

Energy Finders acquires additional acreage for Mega West Project
Energy Finders, Inc. announced the Company's Joint Venture Manager, International TME Resources, Inc. has advised that an additional 2,885 acres of oil and gas leases have been acquired ...

Energy Transfer Partners to acquire Titan Propane
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. has signed an agreement to acquire all of the propane operations of Titan Energy Partners LP and Titan Energy GP LLC ...

Forest Oil completes acquisition of East Texas Cotton Valley assets
Forest Oil Corporation has completed its previously announced acquisition of producing assets including approximately 26,000 net acres (14,000 net undeveloped) ...

Habanero acquires three new Athabasca Oil Sands Leases
Habanero Resources Inc. has acquired three new Athabasca Oil Sands leases in Alberta, Canada ...

Healthbridge completes acquisition of 12,832 acres of oil and gas leases
Healthbridge, Inc. has announced the completion of the acquisition of 12,832 acres of oil and gas leases located in Val Verde County, Texas ...

Johnson Matthey acquires Process Diagnostics Division of Quest TruTec
Johnson Matthey Plc has acquired the Process Diagnostics Division of Quest TruTec, LP ...

Micron evaluating additional Alberta Oil Sands Prospects
Micron Enviro Systems, Inc. is currently evaluating acquiring interests in additional Alberta Oil Sands prospects ...

Pogo Producing to acquire Latigo Petroleum
Pogo Producing Company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Latigo Petroleum, Inc. ...

Stone Energy to be acquired by Plains Exploration and Production
Stone Energy Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Plains Exploration and Production Company ...

Swift Energy sells Brookeland Processing Plant
Swift Energy Company has sold for $20.3 million its minority interest in the natural gas processing plant and related infrastructure that serves the Brookeland field in Newton and Jasper counties, Texas ...

TAG Oil acquires substantial new interests in New Zealand
TAG Oil has acquired a new production mining license in the proven Taranaki Basin, and two petroleum exploration permits ...

TBX Resources to acquire oil and gas leases and producing wells
TBX Resources, Inc has executed a Letter of Intent to acquire approximately 33 oil and gas leases involving approximately 4,402 acres located in the Barnett Shale ...

Trans Energy closes sale of Arvilla Oilfield Services
Trans Energy, Inc. has completed the previously announced sale of Arvilla Oilfield Services, its wholly owned well servicing and maintenance subsidiary ...

Unit Corporation signs agreement for acquisition
Unit Petroleum Company has signed a purchase and sale agreement to acquire certain oil and natural gas properties from a group of private entities for approximately $32.4 million ...

United Heritage to issue dividend in conjunction with merger
United Heritage Corporation have amended the Merger Agreement and Plan of Reorganization that was executed by them on February 22, 2006 ...

March 2006

Aabar offers to buy all shares of Singapore-based Pearl Energy
Aabar Petroleum Investments Company announced a cash offer to acquire all of the ordinary shares of Pearl Energy Limited ...

Addax Petroleum acquires equity position in highly prospective exploration block
Addax Petroleum Corporation has signed a Production Sharing Contract with the Nigeria/Sao Tome Joint Development Authority relating to Block 2 ...

Basic Energy acquires Arkla Cementing
Basic Energy Services, Inc. has acquired substantially all of the operating assets of Arkla Cementing ...

Black Dragon acquires eight additional wells
Black Dragon Resource Companies, Inc. has announced the acquisition of a new 80 acre field contiguous with its Pine-Island properties ...

Black Dragon completes acquisition of 70 additional oil and gas wells
Black Dragon Resource Companies, Inc. has completed the acquisition of 70 additional oil and gas wells, 36 of which are currently in production ...

Black Hills Corporation to acquire additional Colorado oil & gas assets
Black Hills Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to acquire certain oil and gas assets of Koch Exploration Company ...

Boots & Coots closes Hydraulic Well Control acquisition
Boots & Coots International Well Control, Inc. has closed the acquisition of hydraulic well control business (HWC) of Oil States International on March 3, 2006 ...

Boots & Coots receives shareholder approval for Oil States acquisition
Boots & Coots International Well Control, Inc. announced its stockholders had approved all proposals relating to its previously announced acquisition of the hydraulic well control business (HWC) of Oil States International ...

Burlington Resources merger with ConocoPhillips approved
Burlington Resources announced that the proposed merger with ConocoPhillips was approved at the special meeting of stockholders held today in Houston, Texas. The merger is expected to close tomorrow ...

Chaparral Resources and Lukoil enter into a definitive agreement to merge
Chaparral Resources, Inc has entered into a definitive agreement with LUKOIL Overseas Holding to effect a merger into a wholly owned subsidiary of Lukoil ...

Chevron acquires five heavy oil leases
Chevron Corporation has acquired five heavy oil leases in the Athabasca region of northern Alberta ...

Daybreak leases interest on 28,000 acres in Louisiana
Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc has entered into an agreement to lease a 50% interest on 28,000 acres in Louisiana ...

Emerson acquires Bristol Babcock
Emerson has acquired Bristol Babcock from FKI plc for $121 million ...

Forest Oil and Mariner Energy complete spin-off and merger
Forest Oil Corporation and Mariner Energy, Inc. have completed the spin-off of Forest's subsidiary, Forest Energy Resources, Inc. ...

Integra Group acquires First National Drilling Company
Integra Group has acquired First National Drilling Company for USD $23 million ...

Iroc Systems to acquire oil & gas services rental business
Iroc Systems Corp. has entered into a Letter of Intent to purchase all the issued and outstanding shares of Blowout Control Tools Inc ...

KBR to sell Aberdeen-based Production Services Business
KBR has reached an agreement to sell the Production Services group, part of the company's Energy and Chemicals division ...

Mustang Engineering acquires Global Performance Holdings
Mustang Engineering, L.P. has acquired Global Performance Holdings, Inc. ...

National Oilwell Varco completes Waste Management acquisition
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. has announced that it has acquired 100% of the outstanding shares of Soil Recovery A/S

NGAS acquires gas gathering assets from Duke Energy
NGAS Resources, Inc. has closed on the previously announced acquisition of a 116-mile gas gathering system from Duke Energy Gas Services ...

Noble Energy closes U.S. Exploration purchase
Noble Energy, Inc. closed its previously announced purchase of United States Exploration ...

PetroWorld Corp. and NuCoastal to merge Thailand Assets
PetroWorld Corp. and NuCoastal Ltd have signed today a Letter of Intent to merge both companies’ assets in Thailand ...

Pioneer closes sale of deepwater Gulf of Mexico assets
Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. has closed the sale of certain deepwater Gulf of Mexico assets to Marubeni Offshore Production (USA) Inc. ...

Southern Union Company completes Sid Richardson acquisition
Southern Union Company has completed the previously announced acquisition of the Sid Richardson Energy Services business ...

Stallion enters heavy hauling market
Stallion Oilfield Services Ltd. has completed the acquisition of Oilfield Heavy Haulers LLC, a trucking company based in Louisiana ...

Stallion enters oilfield construction market
Stallion Oilfield Services Ltd. has completed the acquisition of BLR Construction Companies, L.L.C. ...

TETRA Technologies acquires Epic Divers & Marine
TETRA Technologies, Inc. has acquired the assets and business of Epic Divers, Inc., and associated affiliates ...

TETRA Technologies expands its production testing business unit
TETRA Technologies, Inc. has acquired Beacon Resources, L.L.C., an onshore production testing company with headquarters in Denton, Texas ...

Texola Energy acquires 102,000 acres of oil and gas leases in Nevada
Texola Energy Corp. has acquired approximately 102,000 acres of oil and gas leases know as the "Maverick Spring Prospect" ...

Unicorp exercises option to acquire 100% working interest in Ohio County, Kentucky
Unicorp, Inc. has elected to exercise its option to acquire a 100% working interest in 7,500 acres in Ohio County, Kentucky ...

Vp plc acquires oilfield services division of Bukom
Specialist equipment rental group Vp plc has announced the acquisition of the oilfield services division of Bukom ...

February 2006

AlMansoori acquires Alpine Oil Services Egypt
AlMansoori Specialized Engineering has announced its expansion into the Egyptian oil and gas market with the acquisition of Alpine Oil Services Egypt ...

Arcapita completes largest European corporate transaction
Arcapita Limited has announced its affiliates, together with existing management, have completed the acquisition of a 100% interest in Roxar AS ...

Avondale Resources acquires Creek County Oil and Gas lease
Avondale Resources Corporation has acquired oil and gas lease acreage approximating 800 acres in Creek County, Oklahoma ...

Avondale Resources acquires Kansas oil and gas leases
Avondale Resources Corporation has acquired oil and gas leases in Montgomery County, Kansas, previously owned by Midcontinent Investments Corporation ...

Avondale Resources closes on Oklahoma oil and gas leases
Avondale Resources Corporation has acquired the oil and gas leases in Pottawatomie County ...

Avondale Resources to acquire oil and gas lease acreage Kingfisher County
Avondale Resources Corporation are making plans to acquire oil and gas lease acreage in Kingfisher and Canadian Counties ...

Baker Hughes acquires Nova Technology
Baker Hughes Inc. has acquired Nova Technology Corp. of Broussard, La., for approximately $70 million in cash and assumed debt ...

Baker Hughes acquires Nova Technology Corporation
Baker Hughes Inc. has acquired Nova Technology Corporation of Broussard, Louisiana for approximately $70 million in cash ...

Black Gold Gas & Oil to acquire four oil & gas properties In Midwest
Black Gold Gas & Oil, Inc. has signed a letter of intent with Jones & Buck Development for the acquisition of approximately 41 gas and oil leases in Kansas ...

Calibre Energy acquires unconventional gas shale accumulations
Calibre Energy, Inc. has completed the acquisition of 4,395 net leasehold acres, and participated in the drilling of 19 horizontal wells ...

Central Petroleum completes acquisition of companies controlling Amadeus Basin
Central Petroleum Limited had completed transactions to acquire 100% of the issued capital of Helium Australia Pty Ltd, Ordiv Petroleum Pty Ltd and Frontier Oil and Gas Pty Ltd ...

Epcon sold to M-I Swaco
3i has announced the sale of its stake in Epcon Offshore AS to M-I Swaco ...

GE Energy acquires Altair Filter Technology Grup
GE Energy has completed its acquisition of Altair Filter Technology Group Limited ...

Highpine Oil & Gas closes acquisition of White Fire Energy
Highpine Oil & Gas Limited and White Fire Energy Ltd. have announced that the previously announced Plan of Arrangement involving Highpine and White Fire has been completed ...

HSR waiting period expires in ConocoPhillips' acquisition of Burlington Resources
ConocoPhillips and Burlington Resources have announced the expiration of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act ...

Intergraph acquires Alias Ltd
Intergraph Corporation has acquired Alias Ltd., a global provider of piping design automation software ...

JED Oil Inc to acquire JMG Exploration
JED Oil Inc. and JMG Exploration, Inc. have signed a letter of intent to pursue a possible acquisition of JMG by JED ...

Kennedy Oil sales properties in Powder River and Green River Basins
Kennedy Oil has entered into definitive agreements to sell all of its assets in the Johnson, Sweetwater and Converse counties of Wyoming in three separate transactions ...

Petrofac acquires interest in part of Block 211/18a
Petrofac has completed the acquisition of a 40 percent interest in part of Block 211/18a in the UK North Sea

Petrohawk Energy Corp completes $262 million acquisition
Petrohawk Energy Corporation has closed the previously announced acquisition of North Louisiana gas properties for approximately $262 million ...

Pioneer sells deepwater Gulf of Mexico assets
Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. has entered into a purchase and sale agreement through which Marubeni Offshore Production will acquire certain deepwater Gulf of Mexico assets ...

SBS acquires the assets and business of Seaforth Maritime
SBS Logistics Ltd has acquired as a going concern, the business and assets of Seaforth Maritime for an undisclosed sum ...

Stallion expands Solid Controls capability with Pioneer acquisition
Separation Services, Inc. has acquired the business operations and assets of Pioneer RSC, LP ...

Sunoco Logistics Partners acquires Texas crude oil pipeline
Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. has signed a definitive agreement to purchase a Texas crude oil pipeline system from Alon USA Energy, Inc ...

TAG Oil acquires Australian firm's Onshore Taranaki Basin assets
TAG Oil has acquired new properties in the proven Taranaki Basin, New Zealand ...

Tenaris completes acquisition of Acindar Welded Pipe Plant
Tenaris S.A. has completed the acquisition of the welded pipe assets and facilities of Acindar Industria Argentina de Aceros S.A. ...

TX Holdings acquires exclusive option on 14.5M barrel reserve
TX Holdings, Inc. has purchased an exclusive option to buy the "Williams" leases situated in Callahan County, Texas ...

XTO Energy acquires producing properties from Total E&P USA
XTO Energy Inc. has agreed to purchase producing properties from Total E&P USA, Inc. with an effective date of January 1, 2006 ...

January 2006

Allenergy continues eleven well drilling campaign
Allenergy, Inc. has acquired more than 1,000 acres in Montgomery and Chautaugua counties, Kansas ...

Apache, Amerada Hess complete transactions in Egypt, Permian Basin
Apache Corporation has completed the sale of its 55 percent interest in the deepwater section of Egypt's West Mediterranean Concession to Amerada Hess ...

Avondale Resources plans to acquire Kansas oil and gas leases
Avondale Resources Corporation has entered into plans to acquire oil and gas leases in Montgomery County Kansas ...

Avondale Resources to acquire Oklahoma drilling locations
Avondale Resources Corporation is making plans to acquire 11 drilling locations in Canadian and Kingfisher Counties ...

Avondale Resources to acquire Oklahoma wells
Avondale Resources Corporation is making plans to acquire certain wells in Canadian, Kingfisher, Major and Blaine counties ...

Avondale Resources to purchase Oklahoma oil and gas leases
Avondale Resources Corporation plans to acquire oil and gas leases in Pottawatomie County currently owned by CDS Oil Company ...

Basic Energy Services announces asset purchase
Basic Energy Services, Inc. has signed a letter of intent to purchase substantially all of the assets of G & L Tool, Ltd ...

Berry Petroleum to acquire interest in Piceance Basin
Berry Petroleum Company has entered into an agreement to acquire a 50% working interest in natural gas assets in the Piceance Basin of western Colorado ...

Bridon enters offshore & marine specialist fibre rope market
Bridon has completed the acquisition of the Offshore and Commercial Marine related assets of Marlow Ropes ...

CNOOC Limited acquires 45 % stake in Offshore Nigerian Oil Mining License 130
CNOOC Limited signed a definitive agreement with South Atlantic Petroleum Limited to acquire a 45 % working interest in an offshore oil mining license "OML 130" in Nigeria ...

Healthbridge completes financing for Providence oil and gas leases
Healthbridge, Inc. has completed a USD 5,200,000 convertible debt and equity financing to fund the purchase of a ninety percent working interest in 6,272.5 acres ...

Houston American Energy acquires well
Houston American Energy Corp. has acquired a 50% Working Interest and a 40% Net Revenue Interest in the Allar #2 well in Victoria County, Texas ...

Husky increases holdings in Jeanne d'Arc Basin
Husky Energy Inc. has expanded its holdings in the Jeanne d'Arc Basin with the acquisition of exploration rights ...

Ignis Petroleum purchases working interest in three-well development in Barnett Shale
Ignis Petroleum Group, Inc. has purchased a 10% working interest participation in a three-well development program in the Barnett Shale play ...

Lexington Resources acquires prime Barnett Shale lease
Lexington Resources, Inc. is acquiring a Barnett Shale lease located in a prime gas target area of Tarrant County ...

M-I Production Chemicals acquires ENERCHEM International
M-I Production Chemicals has acquired the Specialty Chemicals Operations of Canada’s Enerchem International Inc ...

Pioneer to sale Argentina operations for $675 million
Pioneer Natural Resources Company has entered into a purchase and sale agreement with Apache Corporation to sell all of Pioneer's operations in Argentina ...

Seacore takes full control of Lankelma Seacore Offshore
Seacore Ltd has acquired from Lankelma CPT Ltd its 50% share holding in Lankelma Seacore Offshore ...

Stallion expands existing footprint in Mid-Continent
Stallion Oilfield Services acquired the assets of Trail Blazer Hot Shot, Inc. on January 9, 2006 ...

Sunoco Logistics Partners acquires Texas crude oil pipeline
Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. has signed a definitive agreement to purchase a Texas crude oil pipeline system from affiliates of Black Hills Energy, Inc ...

Tandem Energy Holdings enters merger discussions
Tandem Energy Holdings Inc. has entered into discussions with a third party to dispose of 100% of the outstanding stock of its wholly owned subsidiary, Tandem Energy Corporation ...

Tandem Energy Holdings to merge with Platinum Energy Resources
Tandem Energy Holdings, Inc. has signed a definitive merger agreement with Platinum Energy Resources, Inc. ...

TGS-NOPEC concludes acquisition of Aceca Limited
TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA has successfully concluded its acquisition of privately held Aceca Limited ...

TransAmerican completes South Texas joint venture
TransAmerican Energy, Inc. has finalized agreements and has closed financially to begin drilling and exploring for natural gas and oil in South Texas ...

Triangle acquires first acreage in Barnett Shale Project
Triangle USA, Kerogen Resources Inc. and two other partners has acquired its first acreage position in the Barnett Shale Project ...

Triton Austin Chalk completes acquisition of 4,995 acres
Triton Austin Chalk, Inc. has completed their acquisition of 4,995 acres comprising 434 oil and gas wells ...

W&T Offshore to merge with Kerr-McGee subsidiary
W&T Offshore, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to merge a wholly-owned subsidiary of W&T with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas ...

Wentworth Energy acquires producing Permian Basin oil and gas leases
Wentworth Energy Inc. has acquired a 63.75% working interest in producing West Texas Permian Basin oil and gas leases with possible reserves of 2.5 BCFG ...

Wentworth Energy acquires Upper Gulf Coast oil and gas prospect
Wentworth Energy, Inc. has acquired the rights to exploit a 40-acre oil and gas lease on the Upper Gulf Coast ...

December 2005

Allis-Chalmers Energy to acquire Specialty Rental Tools
Allis-Chalmers Energy Inc. has entered into a definitive sales/purchase agreement to acquire Specialty Rental Tools, Inc for approximately $90.0 million in cash, subject to satisfactory financing ...

Apollo Resources acquires oil and n atural gas producer
Apollo Resources International, Inc. has acquired Mountain States Petroleum Corporation ...

Baker Hughes acquires Zeroth Technology Limited
Baker Hughes Incorporated has acquired all of the outstanding share capital of Zeroth Technology Limited ...

Baker Hughes adds Pipeline Data Management Solutions with acquisition
Baker Hughes Incorporated has acquired Baseline Technologies Inco