Archive for 2008

South Parse: Talking Turkey

By Duncan Sutherland – Exclusive to Gas Investing News

Market news
What else can be said about the natural gas market? Futures seem to have reached a rough stabilization in the US$6.50 – US$7.50 range, and winter approaches.
Barring a major depression of the sort where people make shoelace soup, winter means more demand for natural gas. So, [...]

South Parse:Warning signs

By Duncan Sutherland – Exclusive to Gas Investing News

Market news
The high US$6 – mid US$7 NYMEX future price seems to be relatively stable given the incredible volatility of other commodities and market indices.
Though this stability is preventing gas investors from riding the same emotional rollercoaster that most other investors have boarded, it has had a [...]

Upgrader:Harper’s gambit

By Duncan Sutherland – Exclusive to Heavy Oil Investing News Market news The short to medium term outlook for oil sands and heavy oil projects remains negative. As the barrel price for light sweet crude remains (relatively) low, new investments in oil sands projects are unlikely to be forthcoming. The combination of low prices and [...]

Upgrader: elections special

By Duncan Sutherland – Exclusive to Heavy Oil Investing News

Canada:
Upgrader is going up later than usual this week because of the Canadian Federal Election and the American Presidential debate. Now that these two events are a matter of record, there is much good news for the heavy oil and oil sands industries.
First, the Canadian [...]

Saxon Oil: Meeting Future Challenges

Saxon Oil, a Tier One Texas-based Canadian company, is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the acquisition, development and production of oil and natural gas reserves.

Deloro gets green light for Wilkie Pilot plant

Deloro Resources Ltd. reports that they have received the Canadian, Saskatchewan government permit for Electro Petroleum Inc. to conduct a pilot test on their Wilkie property. The test will use our horizontal well already drilled on the property. The equipment for conducting the test will start moving in immediately. For full details of this press release, click this [...]

LNG Energy signs LOI for Palo Duro assets

LNG Energy reports that it has signed a letter of intent with Tyner Resources whereby it has agreed to transfer to Tyner all of its 15% working interest in oil and gas leases in the Palo Duro Basin. In consideration of the transfer of the interest (the “Transaction”), Tyner has agreed to issue, subject to regulatory approval, 9,378,208 common shares [...]

Natural gas futures hovering at six-month lows

Natural gas futures are hovering at six-month lows, in the mid-high US$7 range, on the NYMEX. The National Post has arrived at an interesting bit of statistic from among the reams of gas price data. A story in this paper said: The premium being paid for oil over natural gas in the US on an energy equivalent [...]