Canada

Michigan Reviewing Encana-Chesapeake Allegations

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has begun working with the state’s Attorney General’s Office to review allegations that Chesapeake Energy Corp. and Encana Corp. worked together to avoid competing in state lease auctions two years ago.

June 26, 2012

TransCanada OK to Import U.S. Gas Said ‘Historic’ Turning Point

TransCanada Corp. has won approval to start an about-face in natural gas trade between Canada and the United States that Alberta producers have called an “historic” turning point.

May 28, 2012

Canada’s NEB Approves TransCanada Plan for Imports of U.S. Gas

TransCanada Corp. has won approval to start an about-face in natural gas trade between Canada and the United States that Alberta producers have called an “historic” turning point.

May 25, 2012

Southwestern Releases Brown Dense Results

Although its profits fell while production grew, Southwestern Energy Co. said its drilling programs in both the Fayetteville and Marcellus shales remain profitable. But the Houston-based company also plans to divert $50 million in midstream capital toward ventures in the Brown Dense formation and the Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basin.

May 7, 2012

TransCanada Eyes Pipeline Conversions, LNG Expansion

TransCanada Corp.’s extensive infrastructure in Canada could be expanded and transformed with options to convert part of its natural gas mainline pipeline to carry crude oil and its western assets growing to include a possible interest in facilities for liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, CEO Russ Girling said last week.

May 7, 2012

USGS: Considerable Conventional Energy Resources Outside U.S.

An analysis of resources in 171 geologic provinces, including Canada and Mexico and several Arctic provinces — but excluding the United States — found that the world holds an estimated 5,606 Tcf of undiscovered, technically recoverable conventional natural gas, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) report.

April 20, 2012

ExxonMobil Deal Gives Rosneft Access to North America

Russia’s OAO Rosneft will put its boots and drilling crews on the ground in the United States and Canada through several partnership agreements completed with ExxonMobil Corp. on Monday.

April 17, 2012

Equal Takes Atlas as Partner in Mississippian Lime

Atlas Resource Partners LP (ARP) has entered into a joint venture (JV) agreement with subsidiaries of Canada’s Equal Energy Ltd. in the core area of the Mississippian Lime, a formation in Oklahoma and Kansas rich in oil and natural gas liquids (NGL).

April 9, 2012

Encana Turns Low-Cost NatGas to Production Tasks

As Canada’s largest natural gas producer, Encana Corp. has built a track record for utilizing natural gas instead of diesel to power some of its drilling rigs, and as the price of natural gas has fallen the exploration and production (E&P) giant is even expanding to using liquefied natural gas (LNG) on the rigs.

March 26, 2012

Encana Turns Low-Cost Gas to Production Tasks

As Canada’s largest natural gas producer, Encana Corp. has built a track record for utilizing natural gas instead of diesel to power some of its drilling rigs, and as the price of natural gas has fallen the exploration and production (E&P) giant is even expanding to using liquefied natural gas (LNG) on the rigs.

March 26, 2012