CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Apr 23, 2013) - In the first quarter of 2013 Encana (ECA.TO)(ECA) achieved significant milestones in a number of its oil and liquids-rich natural gas plays including strong well results from the Duvernay and Peace River Arch plays and confirmation of the commerciality of its San Juan play. Solid operational performance resulted in a 48 percent increase in oil and natural gas liquids (NGL) volumes with average production rising to 43,500 barrels per day (bbls/d) [Read more]
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PetroBakken Announces Mailing of Shareholder Meeting Materials and Proposed Name Change to Lightstream Resources Ltd.
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Apr 23, 2013) -PetroBakken Energy Ltd. ("PetroBakken" or the "Company") (PBN.TO) is pleased to announce that we have mailed our meeting materials with respect to the annual and special meeting of shareholders to be held at 9:00 a.m. (Calgary time) on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at the Telus Convention Centre (MacLeod Hall D) in Calgary, Alberta (the "Meeting"). The Meeting will also be available via webcast, with details to be released closer to the Meeting date. [Read more]
Bellatrix Exploration Ltd. Announces Extension to Korean JV
TSX, NYSE MKT: BXE CALGARY, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Bellatrix Exploration Ltd. ("Bellatrix" or the "Company") (BXE.TO), (NYSE MKT: BXE) announces that the Seoul Korea based company, has requested and been granted a one month extension to the closing for the previously announced Ferrier area Korean $300 million Cardium Joint Venture. The closing is anticipated on or before May 31, 2013. Bellatrix Exploration Ltd. is a Western Canadian based growth oriented oil and gas company engaged [Read more]
TrinCan Capital Corp. announces shareholder meeting and proposed stock consolidation
/NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWS WIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES / KELOWNA, BC, April 22, 2013 /CNW/ - TrinCan Capital Corp. ("TrinCan" or the "Corporation") (TRN:TSX-V) is pleased to announce that it will hold its annual and special meeting on Friday, May 17, 2013 (the "Meeting") at its head office in Kelowna, British Columbia. The Information Circular - Proxy Statement for the Meeting was mailed today to shareholders of record on April 17, 2013. In addition to the [Read more]
Two men arrested in Via train terror plot linked to Al-Qaida, Iran: RCMP
TORONTO, Canada – Two terror suspects who were arrested for allegedly plotting to attack a Via passenger train received “direction and guidance” from al-Qaida elements in Iran, the RCMP said Monday. The suspects — identified as Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, and Raed Jaser, 35, — were arrested Monday morning in Montreal and Toronto. “While the RCMP believed the accused had the capacity and intent to carry out these criminal acts, there was no imminent threat to the general public, rail [Read more]
Alberta Securities Commission alleges insider trading against ex Daylight CEO
CALGARY - The Alberta Securities Commission is accusing the former CEO of Daylight Energy Ltd. of insider trading, along his ex-wife and her boyfriend. The watchdog said Monday it alleges Anthony Lambert bought shares in Daylight in August and September 2011 shortly before the oil and gas producer was acquired by Chinese firm Sinopec. The $2.2-billion deal was not disclosed publicly until Oct. 9, 2011. The transaction was completed in December of that year. The ASC also alleges Lambert [Read more]
Oilsands environmental data now public
By Heather Scoffield OTTAWA - Interested Canadians can now freely access environmental data from the oilsands now that the federal and Alberta governments have opened up a data portal to much of their scientists' work. Federal Environment Minister Peter Kent and his provincial counterpart Diana McQueen officially launched their joint oilsands monitoring data portal on Tuesday in an attempt to win the public's trust for further resource development. The portal, they said, goes [Read more]
Western Energy Services Corp. Completes Acquisition of IROC Energy Services Corp.
/NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES/ CALGARY, April 22, 2013 /CNW/ - Western Energy Services Corp. ("Western") (TSX:WRG.TO) and IROC Energy Services Corp. ("IROC") (TSXV:ISC.V) are pleased to announce the closing of the previously announced acquisition of IROC by Western. Further to the joint press release by Western and IROC datedFebruary 22, 2013, Western acquired all of the outstanding securities of IROC by way of a plan of [Read more]
Sunshine Oilsands Ltd.: Update on West Ells Project Capital Cost Estimate and Construction Schedule
This is an announcement made pursuant to the Inside Information Provisions under Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) and Rule 13.09 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange. HONG KONG, April 22, 2013 /CNW/ - Sunshine Oilsands Ltd.("Sunshine") (HKEX: 2012; TSX: SUO) has undertaken a detailed review of its cost estimate and schedule for the West Ells SAGD Project, currently under construction near Ft. McMurray, Alberta. The installed cost [Read more]
Renegade Board Appoints Financial Advisors
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Apr 22, 2013) - Renegade Petroleum Ltd. ("Renegade" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:RPL), a light oil focused exploration and production company with assets located in Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba and North Dakota, is pleased to announce that, further to its press release dated April 15, 2013, the Renegade board of directors (the "Board") has retained Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd. and TD Securities Inc. as joint financial advisors to the Board to assist [Read more]