Halcon Resources Corp. on Monday said it is acquiring a shelf of oil-weighted producing and undeveloped properties in the Williston Basin in a cash-and-equity transaction with Petro-Hunt LLC worth $1.45 billion.
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SEC Challenged on Extractive Disclosure Rule
Four trade associations last Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule requiring publicly traded domestic oil and natural gas producers to disclose to the public commercially sensitive information that could put them at a major disadvantage with foreign-owned energy companies.
Associations Challenge SEC Extractive Disclosure Rule
Four trade associations Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule requiring publicly traded domestic oil and natural gas producers to disclose to the public commercially sensitive information that could put them at a major disadvantage with foreign-owned energy companies.
Mesa Energy Building Mississippian Limestone Position
Dallas-based Mesa Energy Holdings Inc. has leased 1,525 net acres in Garfield and Major counties, OK, and has closed on a farmout agreement with Twenty/Twenty Oil & Gas Inc. covering 1,720 net acres that are held by production.
Corridor Exploring Macasty Formation on Quebec’s Anticosti Island
Corridor Resources Inc. and partner Petrolia Inc. are conducting a three-part exploration program on Anticosti Island in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to advance the “exploration and development potential of the vast shale oil prospect” on the 3,050 square-mile island, Corridor said.
SEC Adopts Disclosure for Oil, Gas Extraction Payments
In a setback for oil and natural gas producers, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last week narrowly voted out rules that would force U.S. producers to disclose commercially sensitive information that could put them at a major disadvantage with foreign -owned energy companies.
Updated Pennsylvania Figures Show Even Steeper Rise in NatGas Production
An updated biannual report posted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) shows that the state’s natural gas production saw a more than 40% increase in the first half of 2012 compared to the second half of 2011, and more than doubled in a year.
SEC Adopts Disclosure Rules on Oil, Gas Extraction Payments
In a setback for oil and natural gas producers, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Wednesday narrowly voted out rules that would force U.S. producers to disclose commercially sensitive information that could put them at a major disadvantage with foreign -owned energy companies.
Chimera, Pemex Collaborate on Non Hydraulic Extraction System
Chimera Energy Corp. officials traveled to Mexico City Monday to continue their discussions with Pemex on the use of the U.S. company’s new nonhydraulic extraction system that aims to replace hydraulic fracturing (fracking).
Devon Takes Sumitomo as Partner in Permian
Devon Energy Corp. last week secured $1.4 billion from Japan’s Sumitomo Corp. in exchange for a 30% stake in 650,000 net acres in the Permian Basin’s Cline and Midland-Wolfcamp shales.