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American Petro-Hunter, Inc. (OTCBB: AAPH) ("American Petro-Hunter" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company's 3rd horizontal well in North Oklahoma has concluded drilling operations in the Mississippi Lime formation and has begun the completion phase as the next and final step prior to commencement of commercial oil & gas production.

The NOM-3H drilled ... more

CHATSWORTH, Calif., Feb. 6, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.capstoneturbine.com) (Nasdaq:CPST), the world's leading clean-technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, today announced it received additional orders from BPC Engineering for associated gas to energy projects in the Nikolskoye ... more

HOUSTON, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NBL) announced today a natural gas discovery at the Tanin prospect offshore Israel.  The discovery well was drilled to a depth of 18,212 feet and encountered approximately 130 feet of gross natural gas pay in high-quality lower Miocene sands.  The Tanin well is located in the Alon A license, ... more

SANTA BARBARA, CA, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Underground Energy Corp. ("Underground", "UGE" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: UGE) today announced that it has signed a drilling contract withHouston-based Key Energy Services to secure a drilling rig for the initial portion of the Company's 2012 drilling program. The contract provides for drilling and ... more

CUT BANK, MT, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Mountainview Energy Ltd. (TSXV: MVW) ("Mountainview" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Zuma 15-22-35-58H well has spudded.  This well, which is a horizontal Bakken/Three Forks well located in section 15-T35N-R58E, Sheridan County, Montanaoperated by Samson Resources Company ("Samson").  ... more

BAAR, Switzerland, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Manas Petroleum Corp. ("Manas") (TSX-V: MNP; OTCBB: MNAP) today announced that it has amended its consulting agreement with Undiscovered Equities, Inc. to provide for an orderly wind-down of services from March 1, 2012 until April 29, 2012, on which date the consulting agreement will automatically ... more

SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- EnerJex Resources, Inc. (OTCMarkets: ENRJ) ("EnerJex" or the "Company"), a domestic onshore oil company, announced today that it has begun drilling the first well on its recently acquired acreage in its Mississippian Project located in Southeast Kansas. The Company plans to drill 10 new wells on this acreage in the near ... more

ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company announced today that it has awarded Weatherford International Ltd. the first global license for the company’s MazeFlo sand control screens for oil wells.

“Reliability is very important in deepwater and remote fields where the resource has been developed with high volume wells.”

MazeFlo ... more

WPX Energy (NYSE:WPX) announced today that its total proved reserves as of Dec. 31, 2011, increased to a company high of nearly 5.3 trillion cubic feet equivalent – up approximately 9 percent vs. 2010.

“We will continue to capitalize on our in-house opportunities in the Bakken and the liquids-rich Piceance Basin to reap the benefit of oil and ... more

Pacific Drilling S.A. (NYSE: PACD) (NOTC: PDSA) announced today that its ultra-deepwater drillship the Pacific Mistral commenced operations in Brazil on February 6, 2012. The drillship is contracted for a three-year term to Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (“Petrobras”) (NYSE: PBR).

The Pacific Mistral is capable of operating in water depths ... more