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NIOBRARA NEWS — Australian Firm Targets NE Colorado
Australian-based Titan Energy has acquired its third U.S. oil and gas asset that could let it break into Niobrara shale oil play. The company will pay $75,000 for a 40% working interest in the 1360 acre Sodbuster Prospect in Logan County.
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NIOBRARA NEWS — Synergy Resources Acquisition
The company said it acquired the assets for a total consideration of $2,662,634 in the form of $2,200,000 in cash and 155,770 shares of Synergy’s common stock. The mineral interests cover approximately 8,875 acres in Weld, Morgan and Larimer counties.
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Apache Paying Nearly $3 Billion for Cordillera Energy
The deal is valued at $2.85 billion and part of the buyer’s
plan to expand its holdings of energy-rich reserves in the Midwestern United States, specifically the transaction will double Apache’s acreage in the energy-rich Anadarko shale formation.
British Energy Company Buys Stake in Niobrara
In another indication that Colorado’s Niobrara is attracting global interest, London-based Nighthawk is increasing its focus in U.S. shale plays with the announcement that it is acquiring an additional 25% interest in the Jolly Ranch project
in the DJ Basin. The seller is Running Foxes Petroleum.
Encana Slams EPA Over ‘Not Factual’ Pavillion, WY, Water Draft Report
In a detailed press release to media, the energy company noted that many of the agency’s findings from its recent deep monitoring wells, including those related to any potential connection between fracking and Pavillion groundwater quality, “are conjecture, not factual, and only serve to trigger undue alarm.”
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Anadarko’s Announcement Could Signal Big Increase in Weld County Energy Activity
“Based upon the early results of Anadarko’s program in the Wattenberg field, we are confident the liquids-rich Horizontal Niobrara and Codell opportunity provides a net resource potential of 500 million to 1.5 billion BOE (barrels of oil equivalent); and it’s located right in the heart of one of our existing core areas,” said a company VP.
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Shale Gas Bets Dominate Mergers & Acquisitions
Oil and gas deals got bigger and were dominated by foreign buyers placing bets on U.S. shale plays, according to a report on U.S. energy mergers and acquisitions released Wednesday by PwC’s energy consulting practice.
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Venoco Gets Approval for California Pipeline
The pipeline will enable Venoco to transport crude oil from the company’s 2,000-a-day South Ellwood field, which is about 12 miles west of Santa Barbara.
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Oil and Gas Corporate News
Headlines this week from … Bill Barrett Corp, Conquest Water Services, SG Interests I vs. Gunnison County, Whiting Petroleum Corp, Arete Industries Inc, Pine Ridge Oil & Gas
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Encana Debuts Natural Gas Fueling Station in Fort Lupton
The station, roughly 30 miles northeast of Denver on County Road 22, will serve the fueling needs of Encana’s subsidiary’s DJ Basin natural gas fleet, as well as supply fuel to the expanding natural gas vehicle fleets of Anadarko and Noble Energy.
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Williams Cos. Splits Off Exploration, Production
Subsidiary WPX
Williams’ exploration and production segment drills for natural gas and natural gas liquids in the Piceance Basin on the West Slope, the Bakken Shale oil play of North Dakota, the Powder River basin in Wyoming and Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania.
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Marathon Sells $270M Stake in Niobrara to Japanese Firm
The deal calls for Marubeni to get a 30 percent stake in Marathon’s 180,000 acres in the DJ Basin of Colorado and Wyoming. The Houston-based company is already conducting seismic testing of its acreage and expects to start eight to 12 exploratory wells by the end of this year.
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Anadarko Buys Wattenburg Plant for $575.5 Million
According to a BP spokesman, the company’s efforts to raise billions for cleanup and reimbursement costs following the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster factored into the decision to sell the natural gas facility in northeast Colorado.
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Mandatory Efficiency Requirements in Boulder?
Unsatisfied with the energy reductions achieved through voluntary incentives, the Flatirons City is considering creating a mandatory energy-efficiency program for the commercial and industrial sector.The program would be similar to the city’s SmartRegs program, which introduced energy-efficiency requirements for rental housing.
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