Corporate News
Recovery Energy Snaps Up DJ Basin Leases
The Denver-based energy company said it has applied for permits to drill four horizontal wells targeting the Niobrara oil shale. It plans to begin its drilling program early in the second quarter of this year.
2Mar2011 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedEncana Seeks New Drilling Permits Near Battlement Mesa
Staffers from the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission are reviewing the permit application, which if approved would allow for the drilling of nine gas wells in the area.
3Feb2011 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedUS Energy in Exploration Deal in Southeast Colorado
The Riverton, Wyo.-based company said it wouldn’t divulge its partner, financial terms of the deal, or the exact location for competitive reasons, but it did say the land is near the Brandon Field in Kiowa County.
31Jan2011 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedEncana Selling Fort Lupton Natural Gas Plant
Western Gas Partners is paying roughly $303 million for the purchase, which also includes five natural gas gathering pipeline systems and associated compression facilities.
18Jan2011 | admin | 1 comment | ContinuedCiris Energy Raises $23.9 Million for Coal Conversion
The Cenetennial-based startup has raised a series B investment of $23.9 million, according to a SEC-filing. Khosla Ventures led the round with earlier Ciris backers Braemar Energy Ventures, Rho Ventures and GE Energy Financial Services.
5Jan2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
A Solution to Oil Shale’s Big Negatives?
The Seattle-based private company claims its in-situ technique can produce useable oil from oil shale, without the two downsides associated with the process: huge water requirements and C02 emissions.
4Nov2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
Synergy Resources Corporation Acquires Oil and Gas Wells and Drill Sites in the Wattenberg Field
These wells are in the heart of the Wattenberg Field and we are thrilled they are now a part of our portfolio,” Ed Holloway, Synergy’s CEO, said about the newly acquired assets in the D/J Basin.
7Oct2010 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedAnadarko to Sell Colorado Pipeline Assets
Western Gas Partners’s $498 million purchase of the Wattenburg system includes 1,734 miles of pipelines that gather natural gas from producing wells, as well as a plant that can process 105 million cubic feet of fuel a day.
3Aug2010 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedDelta Sells Non-Core Assets in Colorado and Elsewhere
The Denver-based oil and gas company’s $130 million deal with Wapiti includes all of its 31% working interest in the Garden Gulch field in the Piceance Basin and DJ Basin fields in Weld County.
27Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedStartup Bear Tracker Energy to Get $200 Million
The company launched last year by CEO Bob Clark, said the investment will come from Blackstone unit GSO Capital Partners LP and from Bear Tracker’s management. The funds will be be used to develop North American midstream assets.
6Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedRex Energy in Denver/Julesburg Basin Play
The company has leased or farmed-in approximately 20,000 net acres in the Denver-Julesburg Basin in Weld County, and says it intends to explore for oil from the Niobrara Shale.
7Jun2010 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedWhat’s in a Name? Plenty Says Longtime
Denver Oil & Gas Player
Based in the Mile High City for more than a century, St. Mary Land & Exploration will be now be known as SM Energy Company starting June 1st.
31May2010 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedHigh Sierra Water Services Hits Produced
Water Treatment Milestone
The Denver-based company’s flagship Anticline facility has surpassed 22 million barrels (924 million gallons) of water treated in the Pinedale region of Wyoming.
20May2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued-
Solar Disarray
The divide between manufacturers and installers is a symptom of the U.S. solar industry’s problems, not the cause. And the causes are not as simple as either side makes them out to be. China isn’t the only reason companies like Evergreen, Solyndra, and BrightSource have struggled.
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