Oil fell the most in three weeks Tuesday as traders worried about another heated fiscal debate in Washington and slowing demand for gasoline in the United States. Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude dropped 86 cents to finish at US$93.28 a barrel in New York. That's the largest decline since Dec. 21. Brent crude, used to price international varieties of oil, dropped $1.58 to end at US$110.30 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London. President Barack Obama and [Read more]
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Renegade Announces Operational Update, Provides 2013 Guidance and Confirms January Dividend
Renegade Petroleum Ltd. is pleased to announce that due to its successful 2012 drilling program and recent acquisition in southeast Saskatchewan, the Company achieved record exit production of approximately 8,000 boe/d. Continued success within the Company's core areas of southeast Saskatchewan and west central Saskatchewan provide Renegade with a variety of low-risk, repeatable drilling inventory locations which will play a vital role in the execution of its 2013 development program. In [Read more]
RMP Energy Achieves Record Quarterly Production and Provides Operations Update
MP Energy Inc. is pleased to announce record fourth quarter production and provide an operations update on Ante Creek, Waskahigan, Grizzly and South Ante Creek. Operations Update: Corporate Production As a result of RMP''s successful exploration and development drilling program, the Company delivered record quarterly production for the fourth quarter 2012 of approximately 6,500 boe/d, weighted 47% light oil and 3% NGLs. RMP''s annual average daily production for fiscal 2012 is estimated at [Read more]
Novus meets 2012 exit rate production target and announces a successful extension to its Greater Dodsland Viking oil play
Novus Energy Inc. is pleased to report it has met its corporate exit rate production target of 4,200 boe/d for 2012. Estimated field level production for the last week of December averaged 4,234 boe/d with approximately 78% of these volumes comprised of oil and liquids. Based on field estimates, average production during December was 3,925 boe/d and fourth quarter 2012 volumes averaged 3,530 boe/d. During the fourth quarter of 2012, Novus drilled 24 wells (24 net), all of which were Viking [Read more]
Invicta Announces Record Field Production and Increase in Credit Facility to $18 Million
Invicta Energy Corp.is pleased to announce the successful completion of its fourth quarter drilling program of 7.0 gross (3.9 net) wells at Kindersley, Saskatchewan. In aggregate the Company drilled 22 gross (12.1 net) wells on its Viking light oil play at Kindersley, Saskatchewan in 2012. The Company forecasted an exit production rate of 535 bopd and achieved an average field production rate of 535 bopd for the month of December. For approximately half the production days in the month of [Read more]
Arcan Provides Operations Update, 2013 Budget, and Executes $10.0 Million Non-Core Asset Sale
Arcan Resources Ltd. has approved a $26.0 million capital expenditure budget for the first half of 2013 and estimates its full year 2013 budget at $52.0 million. The 2013 budget includes drilling an estimated 13 gross (9.4 net) wells. Arcan also completed a disposition of one and three-quarters sections of undeveloped land in 64-09W5 for proceeds of $10.0 million. The land sold was located in the southern-most area of Arcan''s Swan Hills acreage, did not have any associated production, and was [Read more]
Palliser Announces Record Production and Credit Facility Increase
Palliser Oil & Gas Corporation is pleased to provide an operations update. The Company's December 2012 production, based on field estimates, averaged approximately 2,700 boe/d, weighted 98% to heavy oil and 2% to natural gas, in line with its exit production guidance range of 2,600 - 2,800 boe/d. Fourth quarter 2012 production averaged approximately 2,480 boe/d, representing an 11% increase over third quarter 2012 average production, and a 50% increase over fourth quarter 2011 average [Read more]
Arsenal Releases Operational Update
Arsenal Energy Inc. is pleased to announce that during December 2012, field production averaged approximately 4,100 boe/d. In addition, approximately 500 boe/d of North Dakota Bakken production was behind pipe and is expected to be placed on production in Q1 2013. Bakken differentials have narrowed to approximately $2.50 per barrel compared to WTI. In North Dakota, Arsenal plans to drill 2 (.33 net) wells in Q1 2013, 2 (1.25 net) wells in Q2 2013, and 3 (.23 net) wells in Q3 2013. Arsenal's [Read more]
TriOil Resources increases production by 80 percent year over year to hit exit target and provides operational update
TriOil Resources Ltd. is pleased to announce that its year-end exit production exceeded 3,450 boe/d (70% oil and liquids) based on field estimates, in line with its 3,400-3,600 boepd guidance. We achieved strong production growth in 2012, entirely through the drill bit, with corporate production up 80% from our 1,900 boepd 2011 exit production rate. Current production exceeds 3,600 boepd (70% oil and liquids) based on field estimates and our 2013 light oil development programs at Lochend and [Read more]
Kitimat Mayor: LNG plans turn Kitimat from ‘DOOM TOWN TO BOOM TOWN’
The sense of excitement in Kitimat is palpable, says Mayor Joanne Monaghan. The northwest British Columbia town cited by Census Canada in March 2007 as the community with the greatest population decline in Canada now is looking at multi-billion-dollar investments in proposed liquefied natural gas projects, aluminum smelter upgrades and the Northern Gateway pipeline. Once posting a rental vacancy rate of 44.5 per cent, Kitimat now is brimming with construction jobs, fighting [Read more]