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Par Petroleum signs agreement to acquire Tesoro Hawaii
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 US-based Par Petroleum has signed an agreement with Tesoro to acquire Tesoro Hawaii for $75m in...

Constitution Pipeline seeks approval to build natural gas pipeline in northeastern Pennsylvania
Monday, June 17, 2013 Constitution Pipeline Company has filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for approval to construct a 122-mile pipeline in northeastern Pennsylvania,...

RockBridge Resources to acquire Avatar Energy’s oil and gas assets in Alberta, Canada
Friday, June 14, 2013 RockBridge Energy Alberta, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canada-based RockBridge Resources, has signed a purchase and sale agreement with Avatar Energy to acquire its certain oil and gas...

Petronas plans to invest $20bn in LNG project in Canada
Thursday, June 13, 2013 Petronas is planning to invest around $20bn in its liquefied natural gas export project in west...

Americas Petrogas discovers new production areas in Medanito Sur block, Argentina
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Canada-based Americas Petrogas has discovered four new production areas in three regions of the Medanito Sur block in...

GE to supply Waukesha gas engines to Howard Midstream Energy Partners
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 US-based multinational conglomerate GE has said that it will deliver three of its ecomagination qualified Waukesha 16-V 275GL+ gas engines to Howard Midstream Energy...

Atlas Resource Partners to acquire gas reserves from EP Energy
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 US-based Atlas Energy said that its E&P subsidiary Atlas Resource Partners (ARP) has signed an acquisition agreement worth about $733m, with EP Energy E&P Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of...

Pacific Connector files application to build gas pipeline system in Oregon, US
Monday, June 10, 2013 US-based Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline has filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for an approval to construct, own and operate a natural gas...

BP, ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips to make additional investments in Alaska, US
Thursday, June 06, 2013 BP, ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips are planning to invest an additional $1bn in the next five years on the North Slope of Alaska, after being encouraged by Alaska's new industrial oil tax...

Contact Exploration signs agreement to supply LNG to E.ON
Wednesday, June 05, 2013 Pieridae Energy has signed a long-term sales agreement with E.ON Global Commodities SE (E.ON), a subsidiary of...

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold acquires Plains Exploration & Production for $16.3bn
Tuesday, June 04, 2013 US-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX) has completed the acquisition of Plains Exploration & Production Company (PXP) for about...

Tesoro acquires BP’s Carson refinery, related assets in US for $2.4bn
Tuesday, June 04, 2013 BP has completed the sale of its Carson refinery and related logistics and marketing assets in California, US, to Tesoro for about...

MarkWest Utica EMG develops Utica Shale midstream system in US
Monday, June 03, 2013 US-based MarkWest Utica EMG, a joint venture of MarkWest Energy Partners and The Energy and Minerals Group (EMG), has announced plans to expand its large-scale midstream system in the southern...

Pioneer Natural Resources sells interest in Wolfcamp Shale assets
Monday, June 03, 2013 US-based Pioneer Natural Resources has completed the divestment of its 40% interest in the horizontal Wolfcamp Shale play in the southern portion of the Spraberry Trend Area Field for about...

WBI Energy plans new natural gas pipeline in US
Friday, May 31, 2013 US-based WBI Energy, a subsidiary of MDU Resources Group, is planning to build a new natural gas pipeline from western North Dakota to western Minnesota, at an investment of between $650m and...

MasTec buys Big Country Energy Services in Canada
Friday, May 31, 2013 US-based MasTec has acquired Canada-based oil and gas pipeline and facility construction services company Big Country Energy Services and its affiliated operating firms for about...

Williams, Boardwalk Pipeline Partners sign agreement to develop Bluegrass Pipeline in US
Thursday, May 30, 2013 US-based Williams and Boardwalk Pipeline Partners have signed a joint venture (JV) agreement to develop Bluegrass Pipeline in the...

TECO Energy to buy New Mexico Gas for $950m
Thursday, May 30, 2013 US-based TECO Energy has signed a stock purchase agreement with Continental Energy Systems and its subsidiary New Mexico Gas Intermediate (NMGI) to acquire New Mexico Gas Company (NMGC) for...

GE to invest billions to improve fracking
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 US-based multinational conglomerate GE is planning to invest billions of dollars to improve...

Rampart Energy signs agreement to explore in Alaskan North Slope in US
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 Australia-based Rampart Energy has signed an agreement with US-based Royale Energy to conduct petroleum exploration in the onshore North Slope of...