Nostra Terra Oil & Gas starts drilling work on third Oklahoma well
Nostra Terra (LON:NTOG), the oil and gas producer with a growing portfolio of horizontal and vertical drilling projects in the US, has spudded its third horizontal well in Oklahoma. The first and second horizontal wells have finished drilling and are awaiting completion.
Wessex Exploration looks ahead to further drilling in French Guiana
Wessex Exploration, the AIM quoted oil and gas explorer with a stake in the discovery of a new basin offshore French Guiana, has released more details about plans for further exploration on the licence.
Cove Energy and Anadarko make another major gas discovery offshore Mozambique
Cove Energy (LON:COV), the AIM quoted exploration and production company active in West Africa, has made another major gas discovery in the Rovuma Basin Area 1 block, Offshore Mozambique.
Chariot Oil & Gas disappointed by results of first Namibia well
Chariot Oil & Gas (LON:CHAR), the Africa focused exploration company, has failed to find commercial hydrocarbons in the first well in a drilling programme offshore Namibia.
Nostra Terra Oil & Gas agrees new loan facility
Nostra Terra Oil & Gas (LON:NTOG), the AIM quoted oil and gas production group with projects in the US, has arranged a US$3 million loan facility with YA Global Master, an investment fund managed by Yorkville Advisors.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum spuds Bakrman-1 well in Kurdistan
Gulf Keystone Petroleum (LON:GKP) has begun drilling the Bakrman-1 exploration well on the Akri-Bijeel block in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Providence Resources says new survey reveals potential of Barryroe
Providence Resources (LON:PVR), the Irish oil and gas exploration and production company, said today that new seismic data had revealed a significant reservoir potential on the Barryroe oil discovery in the North Celtic Sea Basin, offshore Ireland.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum fires back at bulletin board speculation
Gulf Keystone Petroleum (LONGKP), the £1.6bn oil and gas group operating in Iraq and Algeria, has been forced to respond to what it described as “continued and unfounded speculation on various bulletin boards and other social media sites regarding an alleged planned placing of the company’s shares at 160p per share.”
Matra Petroleum making progress on Sokolovskoe oil production
Matra Petroleum (LON:MTA), the oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in Russia, said this morning that production had started from Well A-13 on its Sokolovskoe oil field in Orenburg.
Caza Oil & Gas begins drilling work in New Mexico
US-focused exploration and production company Caza Oil & Gas (LON:CAZA) has kicked off drilling work on a new well in New Mexico following an acreage swap deal involving the Bradley 29 Prospect in Eddy County.
Plexus picks up major wellhead order from BG Group
Plexus (LON:POS), the oil and gas engineering services business behind the proprietary POS-GRIP friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, has secured a £1.3 million order from BG Group subsidiary, BG International.
Cove Energy completes second successful flow test offshore Mozambique
Cove Energy (LON:COV) and its operator-partner Anadarko Petroleum have published the results of a second flow test of the Barquentine-1 well at the northern end of the Prosperidade gas complex in the Rovuma Basin Area 1 block, offshore Mozambique.

