FSA temporarily suspends Oilexco listing on LSE
May 8, 2009
Oilexco advises that the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) has temporarily suspended trading of Oilexco's shares on the London Stock Exchange (LSE)

Result Energy sells O&G assets in Alberta and Saskatchewan
May 7, 2009
Result Energy has accepted a cash offer from an arm's length, private oil and gas company to purchase certain of the Company's conventional oil and gas properties

Penn West Energy Trust completes acquisition of Reece Energy
May 4, 2009
Penn West Energy Trust and Reece Energy says that the acquisition of Reece by Penn West pursuant to the previously announced plan of arrangement was completed.

Petroceltic raises $40 million through placing
May 1, 2009
Petroceltic has raised gross proceeds of up to US$40 million or £27.5 million by way of a conditional placing of up to 392,464,000 new ordinary shares

Total's offer to aquire UTS Energy expired and terminated
Apr 29, 2009
Total says that its offer to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of UTS Energy Corporation (UTS) for C$1.75 cash per share through its wholly-owned subsidiary,

PXP increases and prices public offering of common stock
Apr 23, 2009
Plains Exploration & Production Company has increased its previously announced offering of 10,000,000 shares of its common stock to 12,000,000 shares and

Africa Oil closes first tranche of private placement
Apr 23, 2009
Africa Oil Corp. has closed the first tranche of the previously announced private placement.

Tower raises £1.285 million through placing
Apr 22, 2009
Tower Resources says that Blue Oar Securities has raised £1,285,000 before expenses through the placing (the "Placing") of 42,833,334 new ordinary shares of

Pearl closes $46 million bought deal financing
Apr 21, 2009
Pearl Exploration and Production reports the closing of the previously announced offering of 52,334,000 special warrants

Drillsearch takeover bid for shares in 3D Oil Limited
Apr 17, 2009
Drillsearch Energy Limited (Drillsearch) has extended the offers for ordinary shares in 3D Oil Limited as set out in the Bidder’s Statement dated 6 March 2009

Braspetro acquires capital stock of Petrobras Energia Peru
Apr 16, 2009
Petrobras International – Braspetro, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Petrobras headquartered in the Netherlands, has acquired from its subsidiary in Argentina,

AGL Energy allows BG options to lapse
Apr 16, 2009
AGL Energy Limited (AGL) has advised BG Group plc (BG) that it will not exercise either of the Lacerta/Polaris Coal Seam Gas or Condamine Power Station

Total ups offer For Canada's UTS Energy Corporation
Apr 14, 2009
Total says that Total E&P Canada Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of TOTAL S.A., has increased the consideration under its offer to acquire all of the

Bowleven takeover offer ends
Apr 8, 2009
On March 27, 2009, Bowleven received a revised possible offer for the Company.

BG Group commences compulsory acquisition of outstanding Pure shares
Apr 1, 2009
BG Group says its wholly-owned subsidiary, BG International (AUS) Pty Limited, now has a relevant interest in approximately 96.68% of the ordinary share

OMV sells its 21.2% stake in MOL
Mar 31, 2009
OMV has sold its 21.2% stake in MOL (corresponding to 22,179,488 MOL shares) to Surgutneftegas, for a total consideration of EUR 1,400 mn.

Arawak seeks cancellation of listings
Mar 26, 2009
Arawak Energy has made an application to the UK Listing Authority for the cancellation of listing of the Arawak shares on the Official List, and to the

InterOil to list on NYSE
Mar 26, 2009
InterOil Corporation has received approval to list its common shares on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

BG Group acquires majority control of Pure
Mar 24, 2009
BG Group says that its wholly-owned subsidiary, BG International (AUS) Pty Limited (BG AUS), has now acquired a relevant interest in 70.0% of the

Energy stocks make large gains
Mar 19, 2009
Energy-powered stock exchanges around the world have again begun outperforming less-focused indices, judging by recent performances in ...

Centrica increases stake in Venture Production
Mar 19, 2009
Centrica says that its wholly owned subsidiary, Centrica Resources (UK) Limited, has acquired 33,016,611 ordinary shares of Venture for cash, equivalent to

Samson welcomes Macquarie Bank as a substantial shareholder
Mar 16, 2009
Samson Oil & Gas Limited has finalized an arrangement with Macquarie Bank Limited (MBL) for it to acquire a substantial shareholding in the Company in exchange for

TransAtlantic acquires Incremental Petroleum
Mar 9, 2009
TransAtlantic Petroleum says that its wholly-owned subsidiary, TransAtlantic Australia Pty. Ltd. has acquired over 65% of the outstanding shares of Incremental Petroleum

Elixir Petroleum cancels AIM listing
Mar 6, 2009
Elixir Petroleum hereby notifies shareholders and the market that the Company has decided to cancel the admission of its ordinary shares to trading on AIM