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LORTON, Va., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Next Generation Corp (OTCQB: NGMC) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a natural gas and oil lease for a 134 acre parcel in Mason County, West Virginia, increasing its portfolio of energy producing properties to 2,154 acres in the Appalachian region, in addition to its West Texas and Louisiana royalty holdings. The large parcel in southeastern Mason County is located in a prolific natural gas region of...
DALLAS, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Midstream Partners, LLC ("Summit Investments"), the privately held company that owns and controls the general partner of Summit Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: SMLP) and owns a 69.1% limited partner interest in SMLP, announced today that it has commenced operations of the Polar Crude Oil and Water Gathering System (the "Polar System") in the Bakken Shale Play in Williams County, North Dakota. The Polar System is designed to gather 50,000...
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey 2013 "Play-by-Play" Oil & Gas Conference, New York, May 29, 2013 WAYZATA, Minn., May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc. ("Dakota Plains" and "DAKP"), (OTC: DAKP), a provider of crude oil midstream services that include marketing, transloading and trucking in the Bakken region, today announced that management will present at three upcoming investor conferences in May 2013. Management will be presenting at the SunTrust Robinson...
Can the United States free itself of dependence on foreign oil? Bakken’s big boon and new technology advancements may actualize this reality sooner, rather than later, says Quality Mat and other industry companies. Beaumont, TX (PRWEB) May 10, 2013 Fracking, new shale discoveries and efficient technological advancements are making some question the reality of America’s self sufficient energy status, as rig mat companies and energy analysts reflect on, respectively, firsthand...
ST. MARYS, W. Va., May 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Trans Energy, Inc. (OTCQB: TENG), a pure play Marcellus Shale exploration and production company, today announced that the executive management team will host a booth and present to investors at The Las Vegas Money Show, May 14 through May 16. The Trans Energy management team will give a formal presentation on Tuesday, May 14 at approximately 4:15pm. Investors and conference attendees will also have an opportunity to visit with...
New office to support hiring activity in the Marcellus Shale region HOUSTON, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Swift Worldwide Resources, the premier supplier of manpower resources to the global oil and gas industry, has opened a new office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This brings the total of Swift's offices in the world's centers of oil and gas to 24. The new office, located in Pittsburgh's Penn Center West 4 Building in the Robinson Township area, will focus on technical on-shore shale...
HOUSTON, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NBL) announced today that David L. Stover, the Company's President and COO, will present at Citi's 2013 Global Energy and Utilities Conference on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 2:05 p.m. Eastern Time. The presentation will be webcast live on the 'Investors' page of the Company's website, www.nobleenergyinc.com, with a replay accessible until August 12, 2013. The slide presentation will be available at the same web...
HOUSTON, March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NBL) will host its first quarter 2013 results webcast and conference call at 9:00 a.m., Central Time, Thursday, April 25, 2013. The webcast will be accessible on the 'Investors' page of the Company's website, www.nobleenergyinc.com. Conference call numbers for participation are 877-681-3378 and 719-325-4749. The pass code number is 4605754. A replay will be available at the same web location until July 25, 2013....
HOUSTON, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Gastar Exploration Ltd. (NYSE MKT: GST) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its East Texas assets to Cubic Energy, Inc. (NYSE MKT: QBC) for $46.0 million, subject to customary closing adjustments. The transaction is expected to close on or before June 5 2013, with a property sale effective date of January 1, 2013. "This sale allows Gastar to redeploy capital to our higher return projects in the Marcellus...
VANCOUVER, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - TAG Oil Ltd. (TSX: TAO) and (OTCQX: TAOIF), is pleased to announce that drilling of the Ngapaeruru-1 exploration well is now underway in TAG's 100% controlled Petroleum Exploration Permit 38349, located in the East Coast Basin of New Zealand. The Ngapaeruru-1 exploration well, spudded at 4:30am on April 22(nd), 2013 is targeting the Waipawa Black Shale and Whangai source rock formations at an anticipated depth of 1,800 meters, and will test...
Latest Shale Reference Libraries
Shale is a fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds. It is characterized by thin laminae breaking with an irregular curving fracture, often splintery, and parallel to the often indistinguishable bedding planes. Non-fissile rocks of similar composition but made of particles smaller than 1/16 mm are mudstones. Rocks with similar particle sizes but with less clay and therefore grittier are siltstones. The fine particles that compose shale can remain...
