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Magnum Hunter unit to buy Bakken assets from Baytex

Bakken Hunter LLC, a subsidiary of Magnum Hunter Resources Corp., closed a $312 million acquisition of Baytex Energy Corp.’s nonoperated interests ...

Denbury updates EOR floods, Bakken production

Denbury Resources Inc., Plano, Tex., estimated its production in the quarter ended Mar. 31 to have been 71,532 b/d of oil equivalent, 93% oil and a...

Bakken's maximum potential oil production rate explored

North Dakota began producing oil in 1951, and production in the late 1970s reached 100,000 b/d where it remained until the early 2000s.

Continental to buy Wheatland, Bakken interests

Continental Resources Inc., Oklahoma City, will buy the assets of Wheatland Oil Inc., Enid, Okla., which consist of 5% of the interest acquired by ...

Bakken, other plays boosting Saskatchewan’s attractiveness

Saskatchewan is estimated to have 45.6 billion bbl of conventional oil in place, and the Canadian province is benefiting from renewed plays in the ...

 

The “natural gas revolution” is changing global energy dynamics, including the outlook for energy security in the United States and elsewhere. In his keynote speech to the annual 31st annual CERAWeek Executive Conference in Houston, Peter Voser, CEO of Royal Dutch Shell plc, outlines what the industry and policymakers must do to ensure society fully leverages the many benefits of natural gas. He calls for well-targeted and robustly enforced regulations to ensure tight and shale gas production meets the highest standards. He also urges the industry to do a better job of listening and responding to public concerns about the environmental and operational challenges associated with gas production.

Read the full speech by Peter Voser here