Posts Tagged ‘oil and gas exploration’

Glen Rose Petroleum Corporation Receives NASDAQ Bid Price Rule Delisting Notice

January 14th, 2010

Glen Rose Petroleum Corporation (Nasdaq:GLRP - News), Dallas, Texas, reports that on January 7, 2010, it was notified via letter from NASDAQ that it was in violation of NASDAQ Marketplace Rule 5505 in that its bid price was below the required listing standard and that its securities will be delisted from NASDAQ on January 18, [...]

BPZ Energy Announces $88 Million Registered Direct Offering of Common Stock

June 26th, 2009

HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BPZ Resources, Inc. (NYSE Amex:BPZ) announced today that it entered into definitive agreements to sell 18.8 million shares of its common stock at $4.66 per share in a registered direct offering. The transaction is expected to close on or about June 30, 2009, subject to customary closing conditions.
BPZ Resources intends to use the net [...]

Gran Tierra Energy temporarily reduces production operations in Putumayo Basin of Colombia in response to pipeline disruption

June 15th, 2009

Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (NYSE Amex: GTE, TSX: GTE), a company focused on oil exploration and production in South America, today announced that it has temporarily reduced production operations in the Putumayo basin in southern Colombia in response to a recent disruption to the Ecopetrol-operated Trans Andean Pipeline west of Orito.
“Since the onset of the [...]

KazMunayGas, ConocoPhillips and Mubadala Announce Signing of Project Agreements for Exploration and Development of N Block, Offshore Kazakhstan

June 11th, 2009

ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP - News), JSC National Company KazMunayGas (KMG) and Mubadala Development Company PJSC (Mubadala) today announced that they have signed project agreements allowing the joint exploration and development of the Nursultan Block (N Block) located in offshore Kazakhstan.
KMG as majority owner will hold a 51 percent interest in the subsoil use contract and [...]

Endeavour to Present at Enercom London Oil & Gas Conference

June 10th, 2009

Endeavour International Corporation (NYSE-Amex: END) (LSE: ENDV - News) will participate in The London Oil and Gas Conference hosted by Enercom, Inc. on Thursday, June 18, 2009.
William L. Transier, chairman, chief executive officer and president, is scheduled to speak on the company’s business strategies and operational plans at 10:35 a.m. British Summer Time, 5:35 a.m. [...]

Chevron To Proceed With Investment Plan In South Asia

May 14th, 2009

BANGKOK (Dow Jones)–U.S.-based oil giant Chevron Corp. (CVX) plans to move ahead with investments in South Asia amid an expected strong economic recovery in the overall region.
“Asia will have the quickest recovery to feed future demand growth. We have strategic locations in Asia to support growth in the long term,” Joe Geagea, managing director [...]

A.C. energy hearing fuels more debate

April 7th, 2009

The outer continental shelf that stretches along the East Coast and is believed to contain billions of gal lons of oil will play a key role in President Obama’s new energy plan, but whether it should supply petroleum, wind power or some other alternative energy source was hotly debated yesterday at a federal hearing in [...]

Natural gas, crude oil show some price stability

February 2nd, 2009

BY ALEX MILLS
A few market indicators point to a firmness in the price of crude oil and natural gas.
One of the largest factors is the U.S. economy. Even though unemployment has declined over the past year, it appears to have hit bottom. U.S. home sales register a comeback in December, registering the largest monthly increase [...]

PetroSun BioFuels Proposes New Crop to Catfish Farmers at the Mississippi Biomass Council Meeting

November 14th, 2008

More Than 80,000 Acres of Catfish Ponds Could Be Converted to Algae Farm Systems With a Potential Production Rate of 160 Million Gallons of Algal Oil Annually
SCOTTSDALE, AZ–(MARKET WIRE)–Nov 14, 2008 — PetroSun, Inc. (Other OTC:PSUD.PK - News) announced today that PetroSun BioFuels, a wholly-owned subsidiary, and Biomass Partners presented an Aquaculture Algae to Algal [...]

IFC aids BPZ to raise capital for Peru oil project

November 10th, 2008

WASHINGTON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - The World Bank’s International Finance Corp said on Monday it will lend $15 million to oil and gas exploration company BPZ Resources BZP.A and help raise $200 million from commercial banks for its Peruvian operations amid tight global credit markets.
IFC, the World Bank’s private sector lender, said the loans [...]