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• Thu Dec 20 14:42:00 CST 2012 -- Dominion, Caiman Energy II forming midstream joint venture in Utica
  Dominion and Caiman Energy II LLC are forming a $1.5 billion joint venture to provide midstream services to natural gas producers operating in the Utica shale in Ohio and portions of Pennsylvania.  The companies expect to close on the joint venture by Dec. 31.
• Thu Dec 13 11:29:00 CST 2012 -- UK government lifts hydraulic fracturing ban
  The UK government lifted a temporary moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, opening the way for exploration and development of unconventional natural gas just days after UK Chancellor George Osborne announced a push for gas development in his Autumn Statement.
• Wed Dec 12 19:04:00 CST 2012 -- Chevron, Falcon to jointly explore South Africa Karoo basin
  Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd., Dublin, has agreed to work exclusively with a South African affiliate of Chevron Corp. to seek unconventional exploration opportunities in the Karoo basin in South Africa.
• Wed Dec 12 12:30:00 CST 2012 -- Chesapeake to sell midstream assets in various US shale plays
  Chesapeake Energy Corp. plans to sell midstream assets in the Marcellus, Utica, Eagle Ford, Haynesville, and Niobrara to Access Midstream Partners for $2.16 billion in a transaction expected to close by Dec. 31.
• Mon Dec 03 10:08:00 CST 2012 -- Continental sees big target in Three Forks benches
  The Bakken-Three Forks play in the Williston basin contained an estimated 903 billion bbl of original oil in place or 57% more than in 2010 when Continental Resources Inc. estimated that the entire field would eventually yield 20 billion bbl of oil and 4 billion boe of natural gas, the company said.
• Wed Nov 28 07:44:00 CST 2012 -- Pennsylvania: Seneca gauges Forest County Utica well
  National Fuel Gas Co.’s Seneca Resources Corp. unit has flow-tested its first horizontal Utica shale well, in Forest County, southeast of Titusville, Pa.
• Tue Nov 27 13:20:00 CST 2012 -- Estonian shale oil complex due sulfur unit
  Viru Keemia Grupp AS, a shale oil miner and processer in Estonia, has let contract to Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. for licensing and services for a sulfur recovery unit at its complex in Kothia-Jarve.
• Wed Nov 21 09:42:00 CST 2012 -- Syncrude lets oil sands tailings contracts
  Syncrude Canada Ltd. has let two contracts to KBR for module fabrication and field construction of a full-scale plant for processing tailings from its oil sands mines northeast of Fort McMurray, Alta.
• Tue Oct 30 16:45:00 CDT 2012 -- Talisman defers investing in Quebec's shale gas
  Talisman Energy Inc. has decided against committing any more near-term investment for shale gas exploration in Quebec, the Calgary-based company said in comments about its quarterly financial statement.
• Wed Oct 24 12:08:00 CDT 2012 -- Marathon Oil ponders partial sale of Athabasca oil sands stake
  Marathon Oil Corp. is discussing a potential sale of part of its 20% outside-operated interest in the Athabasca oil sands project in Alberta, and it also is expanding its holdings in the South Texas Eagle Ford shale play through one completed acquisition and one pending acquisition.