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Petroteq Positions Itself as a Provider of Clean Technology
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Petroteq Energy Inc. released its management’s vision of what gives the Company a unique advantage in the market as it positions itself as a provider of a clean technology for the recovery of oil from... |
 10/14/2020 - Oil Sands - United States |
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Peregrine Continues Royalty Acquisitions in PA and WV
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Peregrine Energy Partners has announced the closing of producing royalty properties in the Marcellus Shale from multiple private sellers. The natural gas acquisitions in Tyler County, WV under Antero ... |
| 10/13/2020 - Shale Gas - United States |
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Carpentaria-1 Well Liquids Rich Gas Intersected
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Empire Energy Group Limited (“Empire”) is pleased to provide shareholders with an operational update on its 100% owned and operated Carpentaria-1 exploration well in EP187, located on
the eastern sid... |
| 10/12/2020 - Shale Gas - Australia |
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Devon Energy Completes Sale of Barnett Shale Assets
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Devon Energy Corp. has completed the sale of its assets in the Barnett Shale to Banpu Kalnin Ventures (BKV). Devon received a cash payment of $320 million from BKV at closing, after adjusting for a $1... |
| 10/1/2020 - Shale Gas - United States |
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TomCo Energy Provides Greenfield Update
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TomCo Energy plc, the US operating oil development group focused on using innovative technology to unlock unconventional hydrocarbon resources, is pleased to provide an update in respect of Greenfield... |
| 9/24/2020 - Oil Sands - United States |
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U.S. Energy Announces $8.5M Co-Development in the Permian Shale
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U.S. Energy Development Corporation (U.S. Energy), an exploration & production (E&P) firm which provides direct investments in energy, announces the firm has acquired an interest in a horizontal well ... |
| 9/16/2020 - Unconventional Resources - United States |
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Closing of Asset Sale in Marcellus Shale Project
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Sumitomo Corporation (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer: Masayuki Hyodo) announced that on Sep 4th, it closed a transaction to sell Marcell... |
| 9/7/2020 - Shale Gas - United States |
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Imperial Provides Kearl Operational Update
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Imperial is undertaking a controlled ramp down at its Kearl oil sands operation due to an ongoing outage on a third-party diluent pipeline related to a release that was detected on August 29, 2020. Al... |
| 9/2/2020 - Oil Sands - Canada |
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Ovintiv Ends JV with PetroChina & Becomes 100% Owner
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Ovintiv Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Ovintiv Canada ULC, has closed an agreement with PetroChina Canada Ltd. (PCC) to terminate the parties' joint venture and transfer the ownership and operati... |
| 9/1/2020 - Oil Shale - Canada |
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Alta Resources to Optimize Well Production with Ambyint
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Ambyint, the leader in well lifecycle production optimization, announced Alta Resources has selected Ambyint InfinityPL™ and SmartStream™ to provide advanced well optimization capabilities. Alta is a ... |
| 8/31/2020 - Oil Shale - United States |
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TomCo Energy Provides Greenfield Update
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TomCo Energy plc, the US operating oil development group focused on using innovative technology to unlock unconventional hydrocarbon resources, is pleased to note the announcement earlier by Petroteq ... |
| 8/26/2020 - Oil Sands - United States |
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Lonestar Announces Second Quarter 2020 Results
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Lonestar Resources US Inc. reported financial and operating results for the three months ended June 30, 2020.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Lonestar responded to a collapse in crude oil prices during... |
| 8/16/2020 - Oil Shale - United States |
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Callon Petroleum Announces 2nd Quarter Results
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Callon Petroleum Company reported results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020.
Recent Highlights
- Delivered production of approximately 108.7 Mboe/d (65% ... |
| 8/4/2020 - Unconventional Resources - United States |
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Cenovus Reports Second Quarter 2020 Results
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Cenovus Energy Inc. remained focused on financial resilience in the second quarter of 2020 and used the
flexibility of its assets and marketing strategy to adapt quickly to the changing external envi... |
| 7/23/2020 - Oil Sands - Canada |
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Elixir Energy Provides Operations Update
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Elixir Energy Limited is pleased to provide an update on its reinvigorated field work. As recently fore-shadowed, Elixir’s second year of field appraisal and exploration work has now started. The Nomg... |
| 7/10/2020 - Coalbed Methane - Mongolia |
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DynaEnergetics Expands Portfolio of Well Perforating Solutions
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DynaEnergetics, a business of DMC Global Inc. announced the addition of DS MicroSet and DS Liberator to its family of Factory-Assembled, Performance-Assured™ well-perforating products. These highly di... |
| 7/8/2020 - Unconventional Resources - United States |
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Empire Energy Provides NT Operations Update
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Empire Energy Group Limited is pleased to update shareholders regarding the upcoming EP187 ‘Carpentaria-1’ exploration drilling campaign in the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo sub-Basin. ... |
| 7/1/2020 - Unconventional Resources - Australia |
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Generation License Conditions Received from BERA
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Tlou Energy Limited is an ASX, AIM and BSE listed company focused on generating cleaner power in Botswana for supply into the local and regional power markets. Tlou Energy has received the Electricity... |
| 6/18/2020 - Coalbed Methane - Botswana |
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CNX Provides Operational Update
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CNX Resources Corporation announced an operational update. CNX continues to optimize its long-term intrinsic value per share by safely and compliantly generating free cash flow (FCF) per share on a re... |
| 6/11/2020 - Shale Gas - United States |
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Edge LNG Expands in Marcellus with Largest Project to Date
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Edge Gathering Virtual Pipelines 2 LLC (Edge LNG) has been selected by EXCO Resources to capture and liquefy gas from a stranded well in the Marcellus Shale. Initial operations are underway and expect... |
| 6/10/2020 - Shale Gas - United States |
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Ascent Resources Provides Slovenian Strategy Update
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Ascent Resources plc, the onshore Caribbean, Hispanic American and European energy and natural resources company, is pleased to announce its updated strategy for its Slovenian portfolio.
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| 5/28/2020 - Tight Gas - Slovenia |
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Saudi Aramco Announces Regulatory Approval of Jafurah Gas Field
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Saudi Aramco announces regulatory approval of the development of the Jafurah unconventional gas field in the Eastern Province, the largest non-associated gas field in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to da... |
| 2/22/2020 - Unconventional Resources - Saudi Arabia |
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Elixir Energy Reports Positive Results at Nomgon CBM Well
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Elixir Energy Limited provides an update on its drilling operations in its 100% owned Nomgon IX CBM PSC. Elixir’s key objective for its first exploration campaign has been to discover thick gassy coal... |
| 2/5/2020 - Coalbed Methane - Mongolia |
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Springs Road SR-01 Shale Exploration Well Results
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IGas is delighted to announce highly encouraging core analysis results from its SR-01 exploration well at Springs Road in North Nottinghamshire. The well is a significant step forward in the developme... |
| 6/27/2019 - Shale Gas - United Kingdom |
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Tlou Energy's Downstream EIS Approved for Lesedi CBM Project
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Tlou Energy Limited is pleased to announce that Botswana's Department of Environmental Affairs ("DEA") has approved the Environmental Impact Statement ("EIS") for up to 20MW Coal Bed Methane ("CBM") P... |
| 5/1/2019 - Coalbed Methane - Australia |
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Award of Unconventional Concession at Puesto Rojas
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Phoenix Global Resources plc, the upstream oil and gas company offering its investors direct exposure to Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale formation and other unconventional resources, is pleased to annou... |
| 4/4/2019 - Unconventional Resources - Argentina |
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Petroteq Announces Continuous Asphalt Ridge Production
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Petroteq Energy has been continuously producing in excess of 500 barrels a day for the last two weeks. This is a significant milestone as the Company demonstrates the commercial viability of its first... |
| 3/29/2019 - Oil Sands - Canada |
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Springs Road-1 Reaches Total Depth
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Egdon Resources plc is pleased to report the main points from the announcement made this morning by IGas Energy plc (“IGas”) as they concern the Springs Road-1 (“SR-01”) well on license PEDL140, in w... |
| 3/28/2019 - Oil Shale - United Kingdom |
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Sinopec Discovers Huge Shale Gas Reserves in Sichuan
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Sinopec announced on March 25 it has made another major breakthrough in shale gas exploration and development, following the discovery of Fuling shale gas field. Sinopec reported a proven reserve of 1... |
| 3/26/2019 - Shale Gas - China |
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Exxon Hits the Brakes on $1.9B Project
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Exxon Mobil Corp. is delaying a C$2.6 billion ($1.9 billion) oil-sands project in Canada by at least a year as the nation’s energy industry grapples with a shortage of pipeline space and government-ma... |
| 3/15/2019 - Oil Sands - Canada |
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Bidders Surface In BP's $7B US Shale Sale
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BP Plc’s sale of a portfolio of U.S. onshore shale assets worth a combined $7 billion is progressing, with suitors preparing bids for parts of the portfolio, according to people with knowledge of the ... |
| 3/1/2019 - Shale Gas - United Kingdom |
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IGas Drills Springs Road Shale Gas Well in Nottinghamshire
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IGas is pleased to announce the spud of the Springs Road-1 exploration well at Misson Springs, in North Nottinghamshire. This exploratory well is a vertical well targeting the Bowland Shale geologica... |
| 1/22/2019 - Shale Gas - United Kingdom |
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Comstock Resources Announces Haynesville Shale Acquisition
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Comstock Resources, Inc. (Comstock) (CRK) announced that it has entered into an agreement with Shelby Shale, LLC (Shelby) to acquire an 88% interest in 6,124 gross acres (6,023 net) limited to Shelby... |
| 12/19/2018 - Oil Shale - United States |
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Cuadrilla to Start Hydraulic Fracturing in Lancashire
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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 |
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Adnoc Commissions Specialised Coker Unit
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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 |
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Cuadrilla Granted Final Hydraulic Fracturing Consent
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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 |
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Cuadrilla Completes UK’S Second Shale Gas Horizontal Well
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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 |
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Cuadrilla Awarded High Court Injunction
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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 |
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Department of Energy Announces $7M for Unconventional Oil & Gas
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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 |
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Exxon, Qatar in Talks for Potential U.S. Shale Gas Deal
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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 |
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Bahrain Makes Biggest Oil Discovery Since 1932
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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 |
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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 |
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G3 Exploration Provides Update GGZ Block in Guizhou Province
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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 |
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Mexico Regulator Hopes for First Shale Auction by End 2018
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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 |
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Penn Virginia Announces Accretive Acquisition in Core Area
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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 |
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Earthstone Energy Announces Sale of Bakken Assets
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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 |
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Tlou Secures New Botswana Based Cornerstone Investor
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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 |
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Tlou Provides Core-hole Drilling and Seismic Survey Update
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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 |
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Thailand's PTTEP Puts Canadian Oil Sands Project on Hold
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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 |
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Tlou Energy Commences Seismic Survey at Lesedi Project
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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 |
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Carrizo Oil & Gas to Sell its Marcellus Shale Assets
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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 |
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NuEnergy Gas Executes Gas Supply MOU for Tanjung Enim PSC
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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 |
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Saudi Aramco to Finish First Shale Gas Project Soon
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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 |
