Mississippi

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Jan. 29 – Avere Energy Inc., Calgary, took a farmout from American Exploration Corp., Calgary, to earn a 20% working interest in a Jurassic Haynesville play in Mississippi by paying 20% of the cost of the first deep well.

Mainland Resources Inc., Houston, was named operator of the 13,225 net acre project area, in Jefferson County northeast of Natchez, in late 2009 (OGJ, Sept. 28, 2009, p. 38).