Antech completes final phase of coiled tubing drilling program in Kansas Niobrara EXETER, England  – AnTech Ltd, a directional drilling and design engineering services company serving the upstream oil and gas industries, announced that it has successfully completed the drilling

Abakan enters the massive Canadian oil sands market DALLAS, Texas Due to the prevalent favorable conditions to set up operations in Alberta, Canada, Abakan Inc.’s Board of Directors has decided to locate a collaborative research and development center for wear

Aramco official outlines shale E&P challenges DHAHRAN An official at Saudi Aramco has explained that developing shale gas in the Kindom will be “a challenge”, according to a Bloomberg report. Adnan Kanaan, general supervisor for gas reservoir management at Aramco,

Alberta's oil sands operations to increase workforce by over 70% CALGARY Alberta's oil sands, which employed just over 20,000 workers in 2011, is projected to grow its workforce by a staggering 73 per cent by 2021, according to a new

Aker Solutions awarded wellhead contract in Bahrain STAVANGER Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Enerserv W.L.L to deliver 600 sets of surface wellheads and trees to the Awali Oilfield in Bahrain. This is the first surface wellhead contract

Americans still believe the benefits of natural gas outweigh the risk Harris Poll NEW YORK In a year of intense media scrutiny on hydraulic fracturing, the manner in which most oil and natural gas companies access natural gas, two thirds

Anadarko reaches resolution with Algeria's Sonatrach BY ANGEL GONZALEZ HOUSTON Anadarko Petroleum Corp. said that it reached an amicable resolution in its long standing dispute with Algerian state oil company Sonatrach. The agreement, which must be ratified by the Algerian

Algerian shale gas potential equal to that of U.S. Algerian Energy Minister Youcef Yousfi revealed that his country's reserves of shale gas are equal to that of the USA, Algerian Press Service (APS) has reported. “The initial results of the

Americas Petrogas reaches TD at Argentina well Americas Petrogas announced that its Los Toldos Este vertical well has reached total depth ("TD") of approximately 3,250 meters. The well was cored during drilling and extensive logging operations are currently underway. Americas

Alberta Finance Minister Need to look for other customers for oil sands NEW YORK (Dow Jones) The finance minister of Alberta said Monday the Canadian province needs to seek out other customers for its oil, saying it is too reliant

American Petro Hunter drills ahead in third horizontal oil well American Petro Hunter announced that the 3rd Horizontal well to be drilled at the North Oklahoma Project Mississippi Lime Play is currently at a depth of about 4,200 feet and

Apache to acquire 254,000 acres in Anadarko basin for $2.85 billion HOUSTON  Apache Corporation announced that it has agreed to acquire Cordillera Energy Partners III LLC, a privately held company with substantial operations that include approximately 254,000 net acres in

Alberta regulators give green light to MacKay River project CALGARY Alberta regulators have approved the MacKay River oil sands project, a planned 150,000 barrel a day project in the northern part of the province jointly owned by Canada's Athabasca Oil

Anadarko reports 1.5 billion bbl find at Niobrara prospect HOUSTON, TX Anadarko Petroleum Corporation provided an update on its Horizontal Niobrara and Codell drilling program in the Wattenberg field (Wattenberg HZ) of northeastern Colorado. To date, the company is producing

Anadarko sees horizontal drilling potential in liquids rich Wattenberg field By PRAMOD KULKARNI DENVER – Activity in the Bakken and Eagle Ford is booming as operators apply shale horizontal drilling and multi stage fracturing techniques to produce the lucrative oil

Americas Petrogas makes three new conventional oil discoveries in the Neuquen basin of Argentina Americas Petrogas announced three conventional oil discoveries from the recently completed exploration drilling program on the Rinconada Norte block (96 sq.km. or 37 sections) located in

 Additional storage contracts awarded for Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has completed the acquisition of commercial storage services for the 1 million bbl Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve (NEHHOR). Two awards totaling 350,000 bbl

Antrim reports successful well stimulations in Tierra Del Fuego Antrim Energy Inc. announced the successful fracture stimulation conducted by the Company and its partners on two of its wells in the Los Flamencos field in the Tierra Del Fuego (TdF)

Apache makes two new oil discoveries in Egypt Apache reported two new oil discoveries in its Faghur Basin play of Egypt's Western Desert oil and gas province. A test of the Jurassic Safa sand in the Faghur Deep 1X flowed

Anadarko to resume exploration, drilling in North Slope foothills According to the Alaska Journal of Commerce, Anadarko Petroleum Corp. will test its Chandler No. 1 gas discovery made in 2009 in the foothills region of the southern North Slope, the

American Petro Hunter to drill 11 horizontal wells in N. Oklahoma project American Petro Hunter has announced updated plans regarding the Company's continued participation in a proposed field development horizontal drilling program of the Mississippi formation at the North Oklahoma

Aker establishes new solids control sales and services company Aker Solutions is strengthening its capacity in the solids control and drilling waste management services market by establishing a new entity, which aims to offer a full range of services to

Apache Canada calls off New Brunswick shale opportunity Corridor Resources has received notification that Apache Canada has elected not to proceed with the second phase of the farm out program with Corridor in respect of the potential shale gas resource

Americas Petrogas increases stake in Apache's Huacalera block Americas Petrogas has completed the acquisition of Energicon S.A. as initially announced on June 3, 2011. As a result of this acquisition, the Company now holds a 39% working interest in the

Aminex’s Alta Loma well flowing at 8.1 MMcfd Aminex provided a further update on progress at the Sunny Ernst 2 well ('SE 2') on its Alta Loma property, Galveston County, Texas. Enhanced treatment facilities have now been successfully installed and

American Petro Hunter begins multi stage surge frack American Petro Hunter, Inc. announced Wednesday the commencement of a "multi stage surge frack" regarded as the final event in the completion process at the NOS227 well prior to the onset of

Aquatech’s shale gas wastewater mobile distillation unit ready for field deployment Aquatech has announced the start of deployment for its MoVap unit at a field location in Western Pennsylvania.  The MoVap unit is a solution specifically designed for the wastewater

ADNOC, KNOC to explore undeveloped Abu Dhabi blocks The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and the Korean National Oil Company (KNOC) signed on March 13, 2011 a separate Heads of Terms Agreement related to the further exploration and potential

American Eagle Energy, partner to acquire acreage in Alberta Bakken American Eagle Energy announced that, together with its partner, Big Sky Operating, the Company has entered into a purchase and sale agreement with a private company to acquire 49,900 net

Albanian govt gives San Leon approval for Durresi license The Albanian Council of Ministers has approved Beach Energy Limited's plan to commence exploratory drilling on the Durresi Block along the Adriatic coast. The Durresi Block covers an area of 1