The Company: Brigham Exploration Company, an exploration and production company with an operational focus in the Rocky Mountains, the Gulf Coast and the Anadarko Basin. The Filing: Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 16, 2008. The Finding: Energy watchers buzzed over the announcement that...
WILLISTON, N.D. -- Western Standard Energy Corp., (OTCBB:WSEG), an oil and gas exploration company, is pleased to announce it has signed a Letter of Intent ('LOI') with Oil for America ('OFA') to option and acquire up to four additional Bakken and Lodgepole prospects on 1,280 acres in Stark County, North...
The Company: Continental Resources, an independent oil and natural gas outfit principally focused on developing unconventional resources The Filing: Continental Resources press release dated July 9 The Finding: Continental reported that its second Bakken shale well in a promising area of North Dakota flowed at an...
Continental Resources hit a gusher today in the Rocky Mountain Region. The oil and gas explorer said its first well in the North Dakota Bakken Shale area, located in the western portion of the state, flowed at an average rate of 693 barrels of crude oil equivalent per day during...
One of the largest onshore producers of natural gas in the U.S., XTO Energy is making a name for itself in oil. The company is acquiring $1.85 billion in drilling rights in the oil-rich Bakken Shale region from Headington Oil, a privately held oil and gas company based in Dallas. ...
The Company: Chesapeake Energy, the third-largest natural gas provider in the United States. The Filing: Form 8-K filed on July 2, 2008 The Finding: Plains Exploration and Production is purchasing a 20 percent stake in Chesapeake Energy's emerging play, Haynesville Shale, for $1.65 billion. Despite its...
The Company: Exxon-Mobil, the world's largest oil and gas company The Filing: Form 8-K filing with the SEC on July 31 The Finding: ExxonMobil announced record net income of $11.7 billion in the second quarter, up 14 percent from last year, due to record-high oil prices....