| Mexico to Cancel Feb Auctions for Oil, Gas Blocks including 1st Shale Areas | |
| Mexico’s energy secretary Rocio Nahle said that President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s newly installed administration would cancel two February bidding rounds for oil and gas blocks, including Mexico... | |
 12/9/2018 - Shale Gas - Mexico | |
| YPF & Petronas Begin $2.3B Development Plan in Neuquen | |
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YPF and Petronas ratified the start of the massive development phase of the shale oil project that they are carrying out in the La Amarga Chica block, Neuquen province. ... |
| 12/4/2018 - Oil Shale - Argentina | |
| Innovative Methods of Tight Gas Development win Top Science and Technology Prize | |
| The award ceremony for the 2018 edition of Gazprom’s Science and Technology Prize took place at the meeting of the Company’s Management Committee. The paper entitled “Creating and adopting innovative ... | |
| 11/29/2018 - Tight Gas - Russia | |
| Board of Directors Reviews Prospects of Shale Gas & LNG Sectors | |
| The Gazprom Board of Directors took note of the information about the prospects of the shale gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) sectors around the world, as well as the opportunities and threats faci... | |
| 11/21/2018 - Shale Gas - Russia | |
| Hydraulic Fracturing to Go Ahead at Shale Gas Exploration Site in Lancashire | |
| Cuadrilla confirms that it plans to go ahead tomorrow (13 October) with the start of hydraulic fracturing operations at its Preston New Road shale gas exploration site in Lancashire. At the High Court... | |
| 10/12/2018 - Shale Gas - United Kingdom | |
| Cuadrilla to Start Hydraulic Fracturing in Lancashire | |
| Cuadrilla expects to start hydraulically fracturing the shale rock around the first of its two horizontal shale gas exploration wells at its Preston New Road site in Lancashire in the next week. ... | |
| 10/5/2018 - Shale Gas - United Kingdom | |
| Cuadrilla Granted Hydraulic Fracturing Consent for 2nd Horizontal Shale Gas Well | |
| Cuadrilla has received hydraulic fracturing consent from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) for its second horizontal shale exploration well at its Preston New Road site ... | |
| 9/19/2018 - Shale Gas - United Kingdom | |
| Adnoc Commissions Specialised Coker Unit | |
| ADNOC Refining, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has successfully completed the commissioning of a specialized coker unit, as part of its Carbon Black and Coker Project. With... | |
| 9/2/2018 - Heavy Oil - United Arab Emirates | |
| Total Sells its Interest in the Joslyn Oil Sands Project to CNRL | |
| Total, together with its partners, has agreed to sell the Joslyn oil sands project in Alberta, Canada, to Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL) for an overall consideration of 225 million Canadian... | |
| 8/31/2018 - Oil Sands - Canada | |
| Essar Signs GSPA with GAIL for Offtake of Entire Production from Raniganj East CBM Block | |
| Essar Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Ltd (EOGEPL) has signed a Gas Sale and Purchase Agreement (GSPA) with GAIL (Gas Authority of India Limited). The GSPA entails a 15-year gas supply contract whe... | |
| 8/9/2018 - Coalbed Methane - India | |
| Tlou Energy Re-tenders for CBM Fuelled Power Plants in Botswana | |
| Earlier this year the Company received confirmation that Botswana's Ministry of Mineral Resources Green Technology and Energy Security has requested that the Request for Proposal (RFP) for Development... | |
| 7/27/2018 - Coalbed Methane - Botswana | |
| Cuadrilla Granted Final Hydraulic Fracturing Consent | |
| Cuadrilla has received final hydraulic fracture consent from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) for its first horizontal shale gas exploration well at its Preston New Roa... | |
| 7/24/2018 - Shale Gas - United Kingdom | |
| Cuadrilla Completes UK’S Second Shale Gas Horizontal Well | |
| Cuadrilla has successfully completed drilling the UK’s second horizontal shale gas well at its exploration site at Preston New Road in Lancashire. This second horizontal well, drilled through the Uppe... | |
| 7/17/2018 - Shale Gas - United Kingdom | |
| Cuadrilla Awarded High Court Injunction | |
| At the High Court in Manchester on 1st June 2018, Judge Pelling QC awarded Cuadrilla and local farmers an interim injunction covering its shale gas exploration operations at Preston New Road (PNR), La... | |
| 6/1/2018 - Shale Gas - United Kingdom | |
| Department of Energy Announces $7M for Unconventional Oil & Gas | |
| The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy has announced an award for a project to receive approximately $7 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development in un... | |
| 5/30/2018 - Unconventional Resources - United States | |
| Algeria's Sonatrach Hopes for Exxon Mobil Deal on Shale Gas | |
| Algerian state energy firm Sonatrach is seeking cooperation with Exxon Mobil Corp on shale gas “and more”, Sonatrach’s chief executive said. ... | |
| 5/24/2018 - Shale Gas - Algeria | |
| Union Jack Oil Welcomes Government Statement on Shale Development | |
| Union Jack Oil plc, a UK-focused onshore hydrocarbon production, development and exploration company welcomes the Government's support and commitment to our industry as laid out in the Written Ministe... | |
| 5/18/2018 - Shale Gas - United Kingdom | |
| Exxon, Qatar in Talks for Potential U.S. Shale Gas Deal | |
| Exxon Mobil Corp is in talks with Qatar over a possible deal that could see the country investing in the company’s U.S. shale gas resources, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar wi... | |
| 4/10/2018 - Shale Gas - United States | |
| SM Energy Announces Agreements to Sell Non-Core Assets for $292M | |
| SM Energy Company (SM) announced that it has entered into two definitive agreements, one for the sale of the Company's remaining assets in the Williston Basin located in Divide County, North Dakota, a... | |
| 4/4/2018 - Oil Shale - United States | |
| Bahrain's largest Oil Find Estimated at 80 Billion Barrels | |
| A new discovery off the coast of Bahrain is estimated to contain at least 80 billion barrels of tight oil, the kingdom’s biggest ever find, its oil minister said. ... | |
| 4/4/2018 - Tight Oil - Bahrain | |
| Bahrain Makes Biggest Oil Discovery Since 1932 | |
| Bahrain said it had discovered the country’s largest oilfield in decades, located off the west coast of the kingdom, according to state news agency BNA. ... | |
| 4/1/2018 - Tight Oil - Bahrain | |
| Marubeni Sells a Portion of its Shale Oil and Gas Assets in US | |
| Marubeni Corporation announces that Marubeni, through its subsidiaries, has reached agreements with two independent oil and gas companies in the U.S.A. to sell a part of Marubeni’s interests in the Ea... | |
| 3/26/2018 - Shale Gas - United States | |
| Pemex & Lewis Energy Sign a Contract for Shale Gas | |
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Petroleos Mexicanos and Lewis Energy Mexico signed the first Integrated Exploration and Extraction Contract (Acronym in Spanish: CSIEE) for the Olmos field, which is located in the state of Coahuila. ... |
| 3/26/2018 - Shale Gas - Mexico | |
| G3 Exploration Provides Update GGZ Block in Guizhou Province | |
| G3 Exploration, an independent specialist in the exploration and development of coal bed methane gas (CBM), with roots in China and a focus on international expansion, has provided a progress update o... | |
| 2/27/2018 - Coalbed Methane - China | |
| Mexico Regulator Hopes for First Shale Auction by End 2018 | |
| Mexico hopes to hold its first shale oil and gas auction by the end of 2018, the head of the country’s oil regulator told Reuters, potentially opening up one of the world’s top reserves of unconventio... | |
| 1/31/2018 - Oil Shale - Mexico | |
| Japex To Book C$750 Mln Impairment Loss On Its Shale Gas Project For Q3 | |
| Japan Petroleum Exploration Co Ltd (Japex) said on Friday it would book an impairment loss of C$750 million ($608 million) on its shale gas project in Canada in the October-December quarter. The loss ... | |
| 1/26/2018 - Shale Gas - Canada | |
| Indonesia CBM Reserves Certification for Tanjung Enim PSC Initial POD | |
| NuEnergy Gas Limited (NuEnergy) is pleased to announce that it has received the coal bed methane (CBM) reserves certification from the Indonesia Research and Development Center for Oil and Gas Technol... | |
| 1/15/2018 - Coalbed Methane - Indonesia | |
| Penn Virginia Announces Accretive Acquisition in Core Area | |
| Penn Virginia Corporation (PVAC) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire assets in the Eagle Ford Shale, primarily in Gonzales and Lavaca Counties, from Hunt Oil Company f... | |
| 1/2/2018 - Oil Shale - United States | |
| SIMMONS EDECO Awarded a Drilling Services Contract in Mexico | |
| SIMMONS EDECO announced that it has been awarded a contract by Weatherford de Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V., a subsidiary of Weatherford International, to provide drilling services to Canadian-based Renai... | |
| 12/18/2017 - Oil Shale - Mexico | |
| INEOS to Deliver the First Ever US Ethane from Shale Gas to China in 2019 | |
| INEOS has announced a long-term supply agreement with SP Chemicals to deliver ethane from US shale gas to China. The agreement, which will see US ethane from shale gas shipped to China for the first t... | |
| 11/20/2017 - Shale Gas - China | |
| Earthstone Energy Announces Sale of Bakken Assets | |
| Earthstone Energy, Inc. (ESTE) (Earthstone), announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Bakken assets for approximately $27 million in cash to an unaffiliated party. The tra... | |
| 11/20/2017 - Oil Shale - United States | |
| Tlou Secures New Botswana Based Cornerstone Investor | |
| Tlou Energy Limited, the AIM and ASX listed company focused on delivering power in Botswana and Southern Africa through the development of coal bed methane ("CBM") projects, is pleased to announce tha... | |
| 11/20/2017 - Coalbed Methane - Botswana | |
| Argentina to Extend Gas Production Subsidies to Austral Basin | |
| Argentina will extend subsidies for unconventional natural gas production to the Austral basin in the south of the country, the Energy Ministry said in a resolution published in the official gazette. ... | |
| 11/17/2017 - Shale Gas - Argentina | |
| Tlou Provides Core-hole Drilling and Seismic Survey Update | |
| Tlou Energy Limited, the AIM and ASX listed company focused on delivering power in Botswana and southern Africa through the development of coal bed methane ("CBM"), is pleased to provide an update on ... | |
| 11/7/2017 - Coalbed Methane - Botswana | |
| Thailand's PTTEP Puts Canadian Oil Sands Project on Hold | |
| Thailand’s PTT has put off plans to develop its Mariana oil sands project in Canada due to weak oil prices, and booked its third impairment on the project in three years, taking total writedowns on it... | |
| 10/20/2017 - Oil Sands - Canada | |
| Tlou Energy Commences Seismic Survey at Lesedi Project | |
| Tlou Energy Limited, the AIM and ASX listed company focused on delivering power in Botswana and southern Africa through the development of coal bed methane (CBM), is pleased to announce that work has ... | |
| 10/9/2017 - Coalbed Methane - Botswana | |
| Carrizo Oil & Gas to Sell its Marcellus Shale Assets | |
| Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. entered into an agreement to sell its assets in the Marcellus Shale to a subsidiary of Kalnin Ventures LLC for $84 million in cash, subject to customary closing terms and condi... | |
| 10/6/2017 - Shale Gas - United States | |
| Green Dragon Executes Another 3 Supplementary Agreements on CBM Blocks with CNOOC | |
| Green Dragon Gas, one of the largest independent companies involved in the production and sale of coal bed methane (CBM) gas in China, has announced its wholly owned subsidiary Greka Energy (Internati... | |
| 10/4/2017 - Coalbed Methane - China | |
| South Africa Karoo Shale Gas Deposits Seen Less Than Earlier Estimates | |
| South Africa’s Karoo basin probably has a 30th of the shale gas deposits that some estimates had suggested, deflating expectations of an energy bonanza, a study published on Thursday said. The finding... | |
| 9/28/2017 - Shale Gas - South Africa | |
| NuEnergy Gas Executes Gas Supply MOU for Tanjung Enim PSC | |
| NuEnergy Gas Limited (NGY)(“NuEnergy”) is pleased to announce it has executed a Memorandum Of Understanding (“MOU”) with PT Pertamina Gas (“Pertamina Gas”) to investigate the supply of coal bed methan... | |
| 9/28/2017 - Coalbed Methane - Indonesia | |
| Saudi Aramco to Finish First Shale Gas Project Soon | |
| State oil giant Saudi Aramco is expected to finish building facilities soon in the north of the kingdom that will allow it to produce shale gas for the first time, industry sources said. ... | |
| 9/27/2017 - Shale Gas - Saudi Arabia | |
| Shale Support & Tidewater Logistics Partner to Increase Access to Shale Basins | |
| Shale Support Holdings, LLC, a leading provider of frac-sands and logistical solutions to the oil and gas proppant market, announced its partnership with Tidewater Logistics. The agreement increases S... | |
| 9/26/2017 - Shale Gas - United States | |
| Green Dragon Gas & CNPC Get Development Approval for Greka Chengzhuang CBM Block | |
| Green Dragon Gas, one of the largest independent companies involved in the production and sale of coal bed methane (CBM) gas in China, has announced that the China National Development and Reform Comm... | |
| 9/15/2017 - Coalbed Methane - China | |
| Carrizo Oil & Gas Sells Utica Shale Assets for US$62 Million | |
| Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. provided an update on its operations following Hurricane Harvey as well as announced an agreement to sell its assets in the Utica Shale. ... | |
| 9/5/2017 - Shale Gas - United States | |
| Statoil Evacuates Eagle Ford Shale Staff Ahead of Hurricane Harvey | |
| Statoil ASA is evacuating staff from the Eagle Ford shale region as Hurricane Harvey moves closer to the Texas coast. The Norway-based oil producer is securing its two drilling rigs in the shale regio... | |
| 8/24/2017 - Shale Gas - United States | |
| Quantum Energy Partners Acquires Acres in Eagle Ford Shale | |
| Quantum Energy Partners, a leading energy private equity firm, is pleased to announce the formation of Vitruvian Exploration IV with industry veterans Richard Lane, John Thaeler and Brian Rickmers. Su... | |
| 8/24/2017 - Shale Gas - United States | |
| Alberta Energy Regulator Amends Joint Review Panel Agreement | |
| The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Jim Ellis, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Alberta Energy Regulator, announced an amendment to the Joint R... | |
| 8/24/2017 - Oil Sands - Canada | |
| BHP to Quit US Shale Business as Annual Profit Surges | |
| BHP Billiton, the world's largest miner, reported a surge in underlying full-year profits and said it would exit its underperforming U.S. shale oil and gas business, pleasing disgruntled shareholders ... | |
| 8/22/2017 - Shale Gas - United States | |
| Tlou Energy Wins Mining Licence for Lesedi CBM Project | |
| Tlou Energy Limited, the AIM and ASX listed company focused on delivering power in Botswana and southern Africa through the development of coal bed methane (CBM), has been advised that a Mining Licenc... | |
| 8/21/2017 - Coalbed Methane - Botswana | |
| Sanchez Energy to Sell Javelina Asset for $105 Million | |
| Sanchez Energy Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Javelina asset in the Eagle Ford Shale for approximately $105 million in cash. The transaction is subject to customary te... | |
| 8/17/2017 - Shale Gas - United States | |
| Greka Drilling Awarded Two New Contracts by PetroChina CNPC | |
| AIM-listed Greka Drilling, the largest independent and specialized unconventional oil & gas driller in Asia, has been awarded two new drilling contracts with PetroChina Huabei Oilfield (a subsidiary o... | |
| 8/16/2017 - Coalbed Methane - China | |
| China to Build New Shale Gas Bases & Offer More Oil & Gas Block Tenders | |
| China is likely to build two shale gas bases in the south of the country and open up tenders for more oil and gas exploration blocks in the world's biggest energy producer, the Ministry of Land Resour... | |
| 8/15/2017 - Shale Gas - China | |
| Shell Launches Methane Detection Pilot | |
| Shell has launched a methane detector pilot at one of its shale gas sites near Rocky Mountain House in Alberta, Canada. The pilot test is part of a wider multi-stakeholder initiative called the Methan... | |
| 8/9/2017 - Methane Clathrate - Canada | |
| BP Makes Mancos Shale Gas Discovery in New Mexico | |
| BP has brought online a highly productive natural gas well in the Mancos Shale, highlighting the potential of the New Mexico field to be a significant new source of U.S. natural gas supply. ... | |
| 8/7/2017 - Shale Gas - United States | |
| Tlou Energy Applies for Mining Licence for Lesedi CBM Project | |
| Tlou Energy Limited, the AIM and ASX listed company focused on delivering power in Botswana and southern Africa through the development of coal bed methane (CBM), has lodged a Mining Licence Applicati... | |
| 7/3/2017 - Coalbed Methane - Botswana | |
| Sanchez Energy to Sell Non-Core Marquis Asset in Eagle Ford Shale | |
| Sanchez Energy Corporation (Sanchez Energy) has sold its non-core Marquis asset in the Eagle Ford Shale to Lonestar Resources US, Inc. (Lonestar) for approximately $50 million of cash, subject to the ... | |
| 6/16/2017 - Shale Gas - United States | |
| Canada Invites Chinese Investment in Oil Sands | |
| The Canadian government is inviting Chinese investment in its oil sands sector, Canada Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr said on Thursday, following a torrid six months in which $22.5 billion in for... | |
| 6/9/2017 - Oil Sands - Canada | |
| Apache Sells Canadian Oil Assets to Cardinal for C$330 Million | |
| U.S. oil and gas producer Apache Corp is selling Canadian light oil assets to Canada's Cardinal Energy Ltd so it can focus on high-growth areas like the Permian basin shale play, an Apache spokesman s... | |
| 6/1/2017 - Oil Shale - Canada | |
| Shell Completes Divestment of Oil Sands Interests in Canada | |
| Royal Dutch Shell plc announces the completion of two previously announced agreements by Shell Canada Energy, Shell Canada Limited and Shell Canada Resources (Shell) that will see Shell sell all its i... | |
| 5/31/2017 - Oil Sands - Canada | |
| S.Korea's SK Innovation Sees Oil Prices Staying Low, Eyes US Crude | |
| South Korea's SK Innovation , which owns South Korea's top refiner SK Energy, said on Tuesday it expects U.S. shale output to keep oil prices low, and is looking for opportunities to bring in U.S. cru... | |
| 5/30/2017 - Shale Gas - South Korea | |
| Freedom initiates the drilling of its first horizontal Eagle Ford Shale | |
| Freedom Oil and Gas Ltd (FDMQF) announced that it has commenced the drilling of the first well on its Dimmit County, Texas acreage targeting the Eagle Ford Shale. The well, Wilson BE #1, is the first ... | |
| 5/23/2017 - Shale Gas - United States | |
| Indonesia Offers 15 Oil Blocks Amid Thin Industry Interest | |
| Indonesia is offering 15 conventional and unconventional oil and gas blocks to potential bidders, government officials said on Friday, hoping more flexible terms will help reverse flagging interest in... | |
| 5/21/2017 - Shale Gas - Indonesia | |
| ConocoPhillips Completes Sale of FCCL Partnership Interest | |
| ConocoPhillips completed its previously announced transaction with Cenovus to sell its 50 percent nonoperated interest in the Foster Creek Christina Lake (FCCL) oil sands partnership, as well as the m... | |
| 5/17/2017 - Oil Sands - Canada | |
| South Africa to Award 1st Shale Gas Exploration Licences by End-Sept | |
| South Africa's government may award its first shale gas exploration licences by the end of September, after environmental objections delayed the process, a senior government official said. The five li... | |
| 5/16/2017 - Shale Gas - South Africa | |
| Questerre Acquires Minority Interest in Red Leaf | |
| Questerre Energy Corporation (Questerre) has made a strategic investment in Red Leaf Resources, Inc. (Red Leaf). Through an agreement with one of the vendors, Whitehorn Resources Inc. (Whitehorn), Que... | |
| 5/11/2017 - Oil Shale - Jordan | |
| Wintershall Starts First Pilot Well in Argentina | |
| Wintershall has launched its second operated shale oil pilot project in Argentina (100% working interest). The company has spud the first of three horizontal pilot wells in the Bandurria Norte block, ... | |
| 5/11/2017 - Oil Shale - Argentina | |
| Suncor to Apply to Build New Oil Sands Project in Northern Alberta | |
| Suncor Energy, Canada's largest oil and gas producer, said on Monday it plans to submit an application to regulators for a new thermal oil sands project later this year, which could eventually produce... | |
| 5/9/2017 - Oil Sands - Canada | |
| OGA and EEEGR to Host Tight Gas Hackathon | |
| The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA), in conjunction with the East of England Energy Group (EEEGR), will host its second hackathon event in Norwich to bring operators and the supply chain together to focus... | |
| 5/8/2017 - Tight Gas - United Kingdom | |
| BHP Investor Tribeca Calls for Sale of US Shale Assets | |
| A second BHP Billiton Ltd shareholder has made a public push for changes at the world's largest miner, with Sydney-based Tribeca Investment Partners pressing the company to sell its U.S. shale assets ... | |
| 5/5/2017 - Shale Gas - United States | |
| Questerre Provides Update on its Jordan Oil Shale Project | |
| Questerre Energy Corporation (Questerre) reported on an essential test of mechanical rock properties for its oil shale in Jordan. ... | |
| 5/1/2017 - Oil Shale - Jordan | |
| Total Sanctions the Development of Vaca Muerta Shale Resources | |
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Total has sanctioned the development of the first phase of the operated Aguada Pichana Este license in the giant Vaca Muerta shale play in Argentina. Moreover, the Group will also increase its interes... |
| 4/27/2017 - Shale Gas - Argentina | |
| Suncor Evaluates Potential Oil-Sand Deals as Global Majors Exit | |
| Suncor Energy Inc , Canada's largest energy producer, is still evaluating opportunities for oil sands acquisitions in northern Alberta as foreign oil majors exit the high-cost region, Chief Executive ... | |
| 4/27/2017 - Oil Sands - Canada | |
| BHP Billiton Puts US Shale Gas Assets on the Block Again | |
| BHP Billiton has put its Fayetteville shale gas assets in the United States back on the block, the world's largest miner said, as it seeks to focus on more lucrative opportunities in oil. BHP first tr... | |
| 4/26/2017 - Shale Gas - United States | |
| China's CNOOC Tenders 10 Coal Bed Methane Blocks | |
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China National Offshore Oil Company, or CNOOC, issued a tender offering domestic and foreign companies to bid for 10 coal bed methane blocks in the country, the company said on Thursday. ... |
| 4/23/2017 - Coalbed Methane - China | |
| BP Considering Sale of Stakes in Canadian Oil Sands Assets | |
| BP Plc is considering the sale of its stakes in three Canadian oil sands projects, people familiar with the matter told Reuters this week, as part of the British oil company's strategy of retreating f... | |
| 4/20/2017 - Oil Sands - Canada | |
| CNPC Approves Chengzhuang CBM Block Development Plan | |
| Green Dragon Gas , one of the largest independent companies involved in the production and sale of Coal Bed Methane (CBM) gas in China, has announced that the Qinshui Basin Chengzhuang Cooperative CBM... | |
| 4/20/2017 - Coalbed Methane - Chile | |
| Shell Opens Treatment Plant in Argentina Shale Play | |
| Royal Dutch Shell PLC inaugurated a treatment plant for shale oil and gas in Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale play, one of the world's largest. ... | |
| 4/18/2017 - Shale Gas - Argentina | |
| Chevron Exploring Sale of Canada Oil Sands Stake for $2.5b | |
| Chevron Corp, the second-largest U.S.-based oil producer, is exploring the sale of its 20 percent stake in Canada's Athabasca Oil Sands project, which could fetch about $2.5 billion, according to peop... | |
| 4/13/2017 - Oil Sands - Canada | |
| YPF & Schlumberger Signed Agreement to Invest $390M in Vaca Muerta | |
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Schlumberger President of Operations, Patrick Schorn, and YPF Chairman, Miguel Angel Gutierrez, signed an agreement to start a shale oil pilot project in Bandurria Sur Block in Vaca Muerta, Neuquen. ... |
| 4/12/2017 - Oil Shale - Argentina | |
| Japan to Conduct Second Test to Produce Gas from Methane Hydrate | |
| Japan's trade ministry said it has begun preparations for a second production test to extract methane gas from methane hydrate deposits offshore Japan's central coast. The test is the first since Japa... | |
| 4/10/2017 - Methane Clathrate - Japan | |
| Nexen Joins ConocoPhillips in Cutting Oil Sands Output | |
| Two oil sands producers in northern Alberta have cut production at their facilities due to a shortage of synthetic crude, market sources said, causing Canadian and U.S. crude prices to surge to multi-... | |
| 4/6/2017 - Oil Sands - Canada | |
| ConocoPhillips to Sell Assets in Canada for $13.3 Billion | |
| ConocoPhillips has signed a definitive agreement with Cenovus to sell its 50 percent nonoperated interest in the Foster Creek Christina Lake (FCCL) oil sands partnership, as well as the majority of it... | |
| 3/29/2017 - Oil Sands - Canada | |
| Tecpetrol Launches the Development Plan of Fortin de Piedra | |
| Tecpetrol launches the development plan of Fortin de Piedra, in Vaca Muerta. It will require an investment of US $ 2.3 billion in the first phase until 2019. It provides for the drilling of 150 wells ... | |
| 3/23/2017 - Shale Gas - Argentina | |
| IGas Energy Granted Approval to Drill for Shale Gas at Tinker Lane in Nottinghamshire | |
| IGas, a leading UK onshore oil and gas explorer and producer, says it welcomes Nottinghamshire County Council's Planning and Licensing Committee decision to grant planning consent for the application ... | |
| 3/21/2017 - Shale Gas - United Kingdom | |
| Drilling of Vaca Muerta Oil Resource Play | |
| Madalena Energy Inc. (MDLNF) is pleased to announce the commencement of the first horizontal multi-frac re-entry (the Re-entry Program) in the Vaca Muerta shale formation at Coiron Amargo Sur Este (CA... | |
| 3/17/2017 - Oil Shale - Argentina | |
| Statoil & Rosneft Move Forward with Samara Region Tight Oil Cooperation | |
| The document was signed by Rosneft president Igor Sechin and Statoil CEO Helge Lund. This is another significant step forward following the heads of agreement for tight oil cooperation signed in June ... | |
| 3/9/2017 - Tight Oil - Russia | |
| Shell Divests Oil Sands Interests in Canada for $7.25 Billion | |
| Royal Dutch Shell plc announces the signing of two agreements by Shell Canada Energy, Shell Canada Limited and Shell Canada Resources (Shell) — which are detailed in this announcement — that will see ... | |
| 3/9/2017 - Oil Sands - Canada | |
| Rosneft Buys Egyptian Crude for First Time in Tender | |
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The trading arm of Russia's state oil firm Rosneft bought three cargoes of Egypt's heavy sour Ras Gharib grade, the first time the company has bought Egyptian crude. Geneva-based Rosneft Trading won t... |
| 3/8/2017 - Heavy Oil - Egypt | |
| Wintershall Abandons Plans to Carry Out Scientific Research into Shale Gas | |
| Wintershall, Germany’s biggest crude oil and natural gas producer, has abandoned plans to carry out further scientific research into shale gas in the “Rheinland” and “Ruhr” approved fields in North Rh... | |
| 3/1/2017 - Shale Gas - Germany | |
| Iran Finds 2 bln Barrels Shale Oil Reserves in Western Province | |
| Iran has discovered major reserves of shale oil in the western parts of the country with a top official saying that the reserves are the first that have a feasible potential for production. ... | |
| 2/28/2017 - Unconventional Resources - Iran | |
| YPF & Shell Agree on a Project Development in Argentina | |
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Shell Argentina President Teofilo Lacroze and YPF President Miguel Angel Gutierrez signed an agreement on preliminary terms and conditions for the development of non-conventional hydrocarbons in Vaca ... |
| 2/23/2017 - Oil Shale - Argentina | |
| ConocoPhillips Revises Down over 1 bln bbls of Oil Sands Reserves | |
| ConocoPhillips has revised down over a billion barrels of oil sands reserves because of low global crude prices, a company filing showed on Tuesday, the latest sign that some of Canada's vast hydrocar... | |
| 2/22/2017 - Oil Sands - Canada | |
| Iran Finds 2 bln Barrels Shale Oil Reserves in Western Province | |
| Iran has discovered major reserves of shale oil in the western parts of the country with a top official saying that the reserves are the first that have a feasible potential for production. ... | |
| 2/20/2017 - Shale Gas - Iran | |
| Iran Finds 2 Billion Barrels Shale Oil Reserves in Western Province | |
| Iran has found shale oil reserves of 2 billion barrels of light crude in its western Lorestan province, a senior official at the state-run National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) was quoted as saying on S... | |
| 2/19/2017 - Shale Gas - Iran | |
| S. Korea's KOGAS Says Interested In US Shale Gas Projects | |
| Korea Gas Corp (KOGAS), the world's No.2 buyer of liquefied naturalgas (LNG), would be "interested" in participating in U.S. shale gas projects, with such investment curbing any potential trade pressu... | |
| 2/10/2017 - Shale Gas - United States | |
| The W74 Platform of Yanchuannan CBM Field | |
| Up to February 8 Yanchuannan CBM field, Sinopec’ first CBM field, has supplied over 100 million cubic meters of CBM to Shanxi province since its construction in 2015. ... | |
| 2/10/2017 - Coalbed Methane - China | |
| EV Energy Partners Acquires $59 Million Eagle Ford | |
| EV Energy Partners, L.P. announced that on January 31, 2017, it closed on an acquisition of Eagle Ford oil and natural gas properties in Karnes County, TX for $58.7 million (before post-closing purcha... | |
| 2/1/2017 - Shale Gas - United States | |
| Statoil Completes the Sale of its Oil Sands Business | |
| Statoil and Athabasca Oil Corporation have completed their previously announced transaction, whereby Statoil has sold its entire oil sands operations in the Canadian province of Alberta to Athabasca. ... | |
| 1/31/2017 - Oil Sands - Canada | |
| PetroChina Aims to Meet a Third of China's Shale Gas Target by 2020 | |
| China's biggest energy giant PetroChina plans to step up shale gas development in Sichuan province this year, aiming to meet a third of a 2020 government target for the unconventional resource, accord... | |
| 1/27/2017 - Shale Gas - China | |
| EP Energy Announces Permian Drilling Joint Venture | |
| EP Energy Corporation (EPE) announced it has, through a subsidiary, entered into a drilling joint venture with private capital investor, Wolfcamp Drillco Operating L.P. (Investor), to fund future oil ... | |
| 1/26/2017 - Oil Shale - United States | |
