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HOUSTON, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRZO) announced today the closing of the sale of its Mansfield pipeline and gathering system in Tarrant County, Texas to Delphi Midstream Partners, LLC for net proceeds of $34.7 million, including a working capital adjustment of approximately $1.2 million. Net proceeds from the sale will be used to reduce the debt outstanding under Carrizo's Senior Credit Facility. (Logo:...
HOUSTON, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRZO) announced today that the Company's Chief Operating Officer, Brad Fisher, will make a presentation at the Johnson Rice Energy Conference on October 7, 2009 at 8:30 AM CDT. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030523/CRZOLOGO) The presentation will not be webcast. A copy of the presentation slide book will be available on the Carrizo website coincident with the conference presentation. Access the...
NEW YORK, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Infrastructure Partners ("GIP"), a $5.64 billion infrastructure private equity fund, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to form a new midstream natural gas gathering joint venture with Chesapeake Energy Corporation ("Chesapeake"). As part of the transaction, GIP will make a $588 million cash payment to purchase a 50% interest in a new entity which will include substantially all of Chesapeake's natural gas gathering...
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Drillinginfo Energy Strategy Partners responded today to a column that recently appeared in World Oil casting doubt on the economic viability of the Barnett Shale and other domestic gas shale plays. Drillinginfo Energy Strategy Partners believes the Mr. Berman's assertions should be examined closely and subjected to honest debate. "With the threat of adverse government actions and revision of economic policy, the cost of superficial analysis can...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Infinity Energy Resources, Inc. (Pink Sheets: IFNY) ("Infinity" or the "Company"), an independent oil and gas exploration and development company, today announced that production has resumed at the Company's wells in the Barnett Shale play in Earth County, Texas. Production was restricted this year as we changed out compressors and following a lightning strike that damaged a salt water disposal well during a thunderstorm in April...
AUSTIN, Texas, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- What do some of the Barnett Shale's key players know about a portion of the play long considered outlier and non-economic that others don't? These areas have seen a significant increase in activity on the heels of recent production successes of EOG and DTE in Palo Pinto, Montague, Jack, and adjacent counties. "What many people miss in these types of plays is that operations matter, and they matter in a big way; a good operator can produce up to 5...
AUSTIN, Texas, June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Although drilling and new well permits are down 40% since the first of the year within the Fort Worth Basin Barnett Shale play, a portion of the play long considered outlier and non-economic has seen a significant increase in activity due to the production successes of EOG and DTE in their acreage in Palo Pinto, Montague, Jack, and adjacent counties. "This is an interesting development in the Fort Worth Basin Barnett Shale play," stated Ramona Hovey,...
HOUSTON, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRZO) today provided an operations update. Since January 1st, 2009 the company has brought eleven new Barnett Shale horizontal natural gas wells on production. The combined daily production from these wells amounts to slightly over 31.5 MMcfe/day gross or 22 MMcfe/day net to Carrizo. President and CEO S. P. "Chip" Johnson, commented, "The initial production rates from these wells meet our expectations for...
HOUSTON, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRZO) today announced the addition of the Union Bank of California, N.A. to its banking syndicate and the increase of commitments under its credit facility to $250 million from $222.5 million. This event raises the number of member banks from six to seven. Chief Executive Officer S. P. "Chip" Johnson, IV stated, "We are very pleased to announce the addition of Union Bank of California to our banking...
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today announced the execution of an agreement for a joint venture with StatoilHydro (NYSE:STO, OSE:STL) whereby StatoilHydro will acquire a 32.5% interest in Chesapeake's Marcellus Shale assets in Appalachia for $3.375 billion, leaving Chesapeake with a 67.5% working interest. The assets include approximately 1.8 million net acres of leasehold, of which StatoilHydro will own approximately 0.6 million net acres and Chesapeake will own approximately 1.2...
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Atrypa (lampshell) is an extinct genus of brachiopod from the Late Ordovician stage (444 million years ago) to the Carboniferous stage (318 mya). It occurs abundantly as fossils in marine rocks. Fossils have been found on all continents except Antarctica. This animal has distinctive concentric growth lines and is unusual in that in some Devonian beds there are numerous remains of the pedicle (foot) valve, but very few of the brachial (upper) valve -- scientists speculate that strong ocean...
