US Natural Gas Corp acquires mineral rights in West Virginia

US Natural Gas Corp, an energy exploration company with operations in the Appalachian Basin, has acquired 120 acres of mineral rights in Wayne County, West Virginia. ...

Published: 02-Sep-2010

Tullow Oil to buy 50% interest in six licenses in Kenya, Ethiopia

Tullow Oil will acquire a 50% operated interest in six adjacent licenses covering the East African Rift Basins of Kenya and Ethiopia, an area of 97,000sqkm. ...

Published: 02-Sep-2010

Husky Energy to buy natural gas properties in Alberta

Canada-based Husky Energy has signed an agreement to acquire natural gas properties in west central Alberta. ...

Published: 01-Sep-2010

Eagle Ford Oil & Gas divests interest in South Texas property

Eagle Ford Oil & Gas has reached an agreement to divest its working interest in the Wilson Field in Nueces County, Texas, to a Houston-based oil and gas company. ...

Published: 01-Sep-2010

Rex Energy to sell Marcellus Shale assets in Pennsylvania

Rex Energy, a US based oil and gas company, has entered into a joint venture agreement with a unit of Japanese trading firm Sumitomo to sell and transfer interests in its Marcellus Shale assets in Pen...

Published: 01-Sep-2010

Lucas closes third part of Eagle Ford JV With Hilcorp Energy I

Lucas Energy, an independent oil and gas company based in Houston, Texas, has closed the third part of its Eagle Ford joint venture with Hilcorp Energy Company affiliate Hilcorp Energy I. ...

Published: 01-Sep-2010

Endeavour to sell Cygnus asset in UK North Sea

Endeavour International, an oil and gas exploration and production company, has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Cygnus asset in the Southern Gas Basin of the UK North Sea to Bayerngas UK for...

Published: 31-Aug-2010

Kazakhstan to extend exploration period of Max Petroleum blocks

The Ministry of Oil and Gas of the Republic of Kazakhstan will extend the exploration period of Max Petroleum's blocks A and E exploration and production license for two years until March 2013. ...

Published: 31-Aug-2010

ShaMaran subsidiary buys interest in General Exploration

ShaMaran Petroleum said that its subsidiary ShaMaran Ventures has acquired a one third stake in General Exploration Partners (GEP), a wholly owned subsidiary of Aspect. ...

Published: 31-Aug-2010

Gran Tierra to acquire 70% working interest in four Brazilian blocks

Gran Tierra Energy has signed an agreement with Alvorada Petroleo to acquire a 70% working interest in four Brazilian blocks in the onshore Reconcavo Basin. ...

Published: 30-Aug-2010

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