Shale Gas News in United States
| 2/15/2012 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC announced an agreement to lease mineral rights at its New Martinsville Industrial Park for development of Marcellus Shale natural gas resources. Mineral rights on the Bayer-o... |
| 1/25/2012 - President Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged support for the U.S. shale gas boom, but said government must focus on safe development of the energy resource. ... |
| 1/19/2012 - Williams Partners L.P. announced another significant milestone in building large-scale infrastructure in the Marcellus Shale with the start up of its Springville natural gas gathering pipeline. The Sp... |
| 1/3/2012 - Total announces that its subsidiary, Total E&P USA, Inc., has signed and completed on December 30, 2011 an agreement to enter into a Joint Venture with Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C.,a subsidiary of C... |
| 1/3/2012 - Devon Energy Corporation announced it has signed an agreement with Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration & Production Corporation (SIPC) whereby SIPC will invest $2.2 billion in exchange for one... |
| 12/20/2011 - Penn Virginia Corporation announced that it has completed an agreement with an undisclosed major oil and gas company to jointly explore the Eagle Ford Shale in Lavaca County, Texas. The agreement esta... |
| 12/14/2011 - Endeavour International Corporation announced that it has terminated purchase and sale agreements with SM Energy Company and certain other minority owners to acquire leasehold, producing interests, a ... |
| 10/25/2011 - Fountain Quail Water Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of Calgary-based Aqua-Pure Ventures, Inc., unveiled its Rover System, the latest addition to its industry-leading line of oil and gas field w... |
| 9/6/2011 - Range Resources Corporation announced the execution of the first ethane sales contract for its Marcellus Shale liquid-rich gas in southwestern Pennsylvania. The contract between NOVA Chemicals Corpora... |
| 2/28/2011 - Gastar Exploration Ltd. announced that it and its joint venture partner, Atinum Marcellus I LLC (Atinum), have leased an additional approximate 3,300 gross acres in Marshall County, West Virginia to d... |
| 2/16/2011 - Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P. (PVR) announced that its midstream division began commercial operation of the first section of its natural gas gathering system in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. ... |
| 1/11/2011 - Murphy Oil Corporation announced encouraging results from their first well drilled in the Eagle Ford Shale in McMullen County, Texas. Two appraisal wells drilled in Malaysia encountered less than prog... |
| 12/20/2010 - Gastar Exploration Ltd. announced that the Company has completed the previously announced Marcellus property acquisition for $29.1 million. The acquisition consists of approximately 62,000 net acres o... |
| 10/18/2010 - Williams Partners L.P. announced that it is significantly expanding its midstream business in Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale. The partnership has agreed to acquire Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation's (NYSE:... |
| 10/12/2010 - “Unconventional Today; Conventional Tomorrow” is the theme of the Baker Hughes Celle Technology Day 2010, set for October 14 at the Celle Technology Center. ... |
| 9/22/2010 - Gastar Exploration Ltd. announced that it has entered into a joint venture (JV) agreement with Atinum Marcellus I LLC (Atinum), an affiliate of Atinum Partners Co., Ltd, a leading investment firm loca... |
| 9/10/2010 - Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. announced that the company closed its previously announced joint venture transaction in the Marcellus Shale with a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited ("Reliance"). ... |
| 6/30/2010 - EXCO Resources, Inc. (EXCO) announced that it closed the purchase jointly with BG Group, plc (BG Group) of properties in Shelby, San Augustine and Nacogdoches Counties, Texas representing approximatel... |
| 4/21/2010 - EXCO Resources, Inc. announced an agreement to purchase Common Resources, L.L.C. (Common) jointly with BG Group plc (BG Group) for approximately $446 million in cash, subject to customary purchase pri... |
| 3/16/2010 - The midstream division of Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P., PVR Midstream, announced that it has entered into an agreement to construct and operate gas gathering pipelines and compression facilit... |
