CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - May 18, 2017) - Blackbird Energy Inc. ("Blackbird" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:BBI) is pleased to provide an operations update regarding its previous completion programs, its planned fiscal 2017 / 2018 capital program at Pipestone and Stage Completions Inc.'s ("Stage") commercial roll-out, a company in which Blackbird owns a 10% minority interest. Completions Update In late 2016 and early 2017, Blackbird drilled and completed its 102/2-20, 3-28 and [Read more]
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Jean and Kenney set out process to form United Conservative Party
EDMONTON, AB (May 18, 2017): Today, Wildrose Leader, Brian Jean, and PC Leader, Jason Kenney, signed a historic agreement in principle (AIP) that establishes the process to unify both parties into the United Conservative Party. The AIP sets out how the parties will wind down their respective operations once the membership of each party has ratified the unity agreement. Ratification votes will be determined by each party in the coming weeks. Should the memberships of both parties ratify the [Read more]
Toscana Energy Commences Normal Course Issuer Bid
CALGARY, Alberta, May 18, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Toscana Energy Income Corporation ("Toscana" or the "Corporation") (TSX:TEI) today announces that a Notice of Intention to commence its Normal Course Issuer Bid (the "Bid") has been approved by its Board of Directors (the "Board") and has been filed with and accepted by the Toronto Stock Exchange. The Corporation believes that the purchase of its shares at recent market prices is a worthwhile investment since, in its view, recent market prices [Read more]
BOE Report launches land sale results page
BOE Report is pleased to announce a new page that shows the map locations of historical and future land sales in Alberta, BC, and Saskatchewan. The data is provided by CWD Inc., one of North America's leading oil and gas data providers. The map is powered by Foxterra, a leading web map services company that specializes in configuring maps to be used internally or as a public facing page. The map was designed to be simple to use and for users to be able to search the results of future and [Read more]
Primavera Resources Corp. announces acquisition of Montney acreage and closing of equity financing by ARC Financial Corp.
CALGARY, ALBERTA (May 17, 2017) Primavera Resources Corp. (“Primavera” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the closing of an acquisition of 18,400 net acres of Montney rights located in the Goose area of NE BC. Concurrent with the acquisition, Primavera closed an equity financing by ARC Financial Corp. (“ARC Financial”) that will support a strategy to delineate and develop the full potential of this high quality asset. Primavera is a private company focused on capturing and developing [Read more]
Leucrotta Exploration Inc. Announces Closing of Acquisition
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - May 17, 2017) - Leucrotta Exploration Inc. ("Leucrotta" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:LXE) is pleased to announce that, further to its press release dated April 5, 2017 wherein the Company announced that it had agreed to acquire 18.5 net sections of undeveloped land (the "Lands") located within the Corporation's core area encompassing 116 gross (105 net) sections of the Lower Montney Turbidite Light Oil Resource Play pursuant to a purchase and sale agreement and [Read more]
Painted Pony Announces Name Change
CALGARY, May 17, 2017 /CNW/ - Painted Pony Energy Ltd. ("Painted Pony" or the "Corporation") (TSX:PPY) is pleased to announce that its name has changed from "Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd." to "Painted Pony Energy Ltd.". On May 11, 2017, shareholders authorized an amendment to the Articles of the Corporation to change the name of the Corporation by filing articles of amendment, in the prescribed form, with the Registrar under the Business Corporations Act (Alberta). The certificate of [Read more]
ConocoPhillips Completes Sale of Foster Creek Christina Lake Partnership Interest and Western Canada Deep Basin Gas Assets to Cenovus
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) today completed its previously announced transaction with Cenovus (TSX: CVE) (NYSE: CVE) to sell its 50 percent nonoperated interest in the Foster Creek Christina Lake (FCCL) oil sands partnership, as well as the majority of its western Canada Deep Basin gas assets. ConocoPhillips Canada retains its operated 50 percent interest in the Surmont oil sands joint venture and its operated 100 percent Blueberry-Montney unconventional acreage [Read more]
Weaver says Greens will fight pipeline; calls Clark’s Liberals ‘reckless’
VICTORIA - British Columbia's three Green members will use their increased political clout to fight Kinder Morgan's $7.4-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, party leader Andrew Weaver says. Weaver reaffirmed the Greens' election campaign promises Wednesday to oppose the pipeline and the B.C. government's $8.8-billion Site C hydroelectric dam as the party enters high-stakes political negotiations with the New Democrats and Liberals over Green support. The final [Read more]
Sales of Crown oil and gas drilling rights surge in B.C. and Alberta
CALGARY - Sales of Crown drilling rights in Alberta and B.C. have already delivered more money to provincial treasuries this year than last year, when they generated record low returns. Oil and gas producers in Alberta have paid out a total of $138 million in drilling rights auctions so far this year, more than the $137 million they spent in all of 2016. In British Columbia, they've spent $63 million, more than quadruple the $15 million last year. The figures illustrate [Read more]