The Jurassic shales of southern England's Weald basin could hold between 2.2 billion and 8.5 billion barrels of oil resource but no gas, the UK government said Friday in a new report. The Department of Energy and Climate Change also ...
Tags: Shale Oil, offshore production
Whitecap Resources Inc. ("Whitecap") (TSX: WCP) is pleased to announce that Whitecap has completed the previously announced acquisition of a private company ("PrivateCo") pursuant to a plan of arrangement (the "Arrangement") under the ...
Tags: Whitecap, acquisition, PrivateCo, Business Corporations Act
Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TSX: PRE) (BVC: PREC) (BOVESPA: PREB) announced today the successful results of the first production tests in the CPE-6-1X exploration well and the CPE-6-H2 appraisal well, two new wells drilled during ...
Tags: exploration, oil
Senex Energy Limited (Senex, ASX: SXY) has quantified a significant contingent oil resource within the Murta Formation of South Australia's southern Cooper-Eromanga Basin that represents a material opportunity to deliver oil production from ...
Tags: Oil Resource, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, oil
Shell remains cautious regarding the potential of two onshore oil exploration blocks in Albania despite increasing its stake in the blocks from 50% to 75%, the company said Tuesday. The deal leaves operator, Canada's Petromanas Energy, ...
Tags: Oil Potential, Block Stake Hike
Faced with "risk-adverse" South Korean investors, Calgary-based mid-size producer Bellatrix Exploration abandoned a C$300 million (US$289 million) joint-venture but is confident it can have a new partnership in place within two months, ...
Tags: Canada, Bellatrix, Cardium Oil
Ghana's presidential candidates have been outlining plans for the oil and gas sector, as the nation gears up for a decisive presidential election on December 7. The People's National Convention candidate, Hassan Ayraiga, said he would ...
Tags: oil, gas, presidential election