LA MALBAIE, Que. (AP) - The proposed Energy East pipeline is getting some support from south of the border.Maine Gov. Paul LePage says it's a great project that could make more oil available to his country's eastern seaboard state.TransCanada (TSX:TRP) Corp.'s Energy East pipeline project, which still has to clear regulatory reviews, would deliver up to 1.1 million barrels per day from Alberta to Quebec and then to Saint John, N.B., by 2018.LePage says he would like to see oil transported by [Read more]
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Hemisphere Energy Tests 357 Boe/d Well in Jenner
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Sept. 9, 2013) - Hemisphere Energy Corporation (TSX VENTURE:HME) is pleased to announce successful production test results of its recently drilled well in the Jenner area of southeast Alberta. Hemisphere has finished drilling, completing and testing its 12th horizontal well in Jenner targeting the Glauconitic formation sandstones. The well was placed on a production test for a 78 hour period. Over the last 24 hours of the test, the well [Read more]
Kallisto Acquires Minnehik-Buck Lake Property
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Sept. 9, 2013) - Kallisto Energy Corp. (TSX VENTURE:KEC) ("Kallisto" or the "Company") announces that is has acquired a 100% working interest in two sections of land in the Minnehik - Buck Lake area of Alberta (the "Lands"). The Lands were acquired pursuant to the terms of the Farmout and Settlement Agreement (the "Agreement") announced on May 30, 2013 between Kallisto and a company with which it holds a secured loan facility ("Loanco"). The Lands are prospective [Read more]
Donnycreek Energy Provides Operations Update
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Sept. 9, 2013) - Donnycreek Energy Inc. ("Donnycreek" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:DCK) reports that its fifth Kakwa Montney well has been successfully drilled to a vertical depth of approximately 3,380 metres with approximately 1,461 metres of horizontal wellbore in the middle Montney for a total measured depth (TMD) of approximately 5,017 metres. Drilled to a bottom hole location in 5-23-63-6 W6M (the "5-23 Well") from a surface location in 5-24-63-6 W6M, the [Read more]
Manitok Energy Inc. Announces an 867 bbls/d Test Rate on Recently Drilled Cardium Well at Stolberg
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Sept. 9, 2013) - NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Manitok Energy Inc. (the "Corporation" or "Manitok") (TSX VENTURE:MEI) is pleased to provide an update on its 2013 drilling program. The 17th Stolberg Cardium oil well is the first of a 2 well pad on section 29, where Manitok has a working interest of 79%. The unstimulated horizontal well free-flowed to surface, over [Read more]
Tourmaline Increases 2013 Exit and 2014 Production Guidance, Updates EP Program, and Announces Asset Acquisitions in the Alberta Deep Basin
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Sept. 9, 2013) - Tourmaline Oil Corp. (TSX:TOU) ("Tourmaline" or the "Company") is pleased to announce: The 100,000 boepd 2013 production exit volume is expected to be reached and exceeded during the fourth quarter. 2014 production guidance increased to between 116,000 and 120,000 boepd. The Company continues to successfully delineate and expand the major new light oil resource play in the Charlie Lake [Read more]
Questerre Energy Corporation: Fifth Montney Well to Be Tested Next Month
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Sept. 9, 2013) - NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION ON U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES Questerre Energy Corporation">Questerre Energy Corporation ("Questerre" or the "Company") (TSX:QEC)(OSLO:QEC) reported today that drilling operations have been successfully completed on its fifth well (the "05-23 Well") targeting the liquids-rich Montney in the Kakwa-Resthaven area of Alberta. Questerre holds a 25% working interest in this [Read more]
Alberta Government Order in Council Approval of Thickwood Project
CALGARY, Alberta, Sept. 8, 2013 /CNW/ - Sunshine Oilsands Ltd. ("Sunshine" or the "Corporation") (HKEX: 2012, TSX: SUO) is pleased to announce that it received Alberta Order in Council approval for the Thickwood project onSeptember 6, 2013.The next regulatory step is final AER (Alberta Energy Regulator) approval. The Thickwood Project is Sunshine's second Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) commercial development. The Thickwood site is located approximately 70 kilometers west of Ft. [Read more]
Anti-Keystone billionaire releases series of negative ads
Anti-Keystone billionaire Tom Steyer's organization, NextGen Climate Action, has released a series of negative ads as part of a $1 million campaign to convince the American public against the Keystone XL pipeline. Below is the release courtesy PR Newswire: SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NextGen Climate Action today began the first in a four-part, $1 million TV ad series designed for Sunday morning political shows. The first ad, "Who Profits From Keystone XL?" will [Read more]
TransCanada tries to sell merits of Energy East pipeline
FREDERICTON - When it comes to people like Cyrille Simard, TransCanada has a challenge in selling the Energy East Pipeline project in New Brunswick.The mayor of Edmundston says he wants the company to guarantee the west-to-east pipeline, which could traverse his city of 16,000, won't harm the area's watershed."They gave us the assurance that it was understood that it is a very important issue and that they would take care of that by bringing some new scenarios of a route," Simard [Read more]