THE EXPLORERS 2007: Small independents in high gear 11/18/2007
Five small EandP gas companies plan to drill exploration wells on Alaska's North Slope winter 2007-08
Five small independent oil and gas companies expect to drill exploration wells on Alaska's North Slope in the winter exploration season of 2007-08. In the past, the highest number of small independent...

THE EXPLORERS 2007: Alaska gets $2 million from lease sales 11/18/2007
An Alaska investor group and a new company dominated the State of Alaska's annual North Slope and Beaufort Sea areawide lease sales. When bids were read Oct. 24 in Anchorage by Acting Director of the...

BRPC to drill 3-4 wells on three prospects, North Shore development possible 10/28/2007
In testimony to the Alaska Legislature on Oct. 22, Alaska Venture Capital Group Managing Director Ken Thompson said AVCG and its joint venture partners in Brooks Range Petroleum Corporation Group are...

Small independent on board with ACES 10/28/2007
Thompson: ACES train has left station, AVCG wants five things to remain in Palin's bill, four to be changed, favors 22.5% rate
By mid-2008 Alaska Venture Capital Group and its partners will have invested more than $100 million in their oil and gas properties in Alaska, including drilling two exploration wells last winter, one...

Pioneer Natural Resources drops Cronus unit 05/06/2007
Disappointing results from 2005-06 exploration well behind decision to relinquish former ConocoPhillips North Slope prospect
Pioneer Natural Resources is planning to terminate the North Slope Cronus unit where it drilled the Cronus 1 exploration well in the winter 2005-06 drilling season. "While the well penetrated oil bea...

Brooks Range spuds well 02/11/2007
Brooks Range Petroleum Corp. has spud the North Shore No. 1 well on Alaska's central North Slope, north of the Prudhoe Bay oil field, the company announced Feb. 8. The well will test an oil accumulati...

Brooks Range files drilling plan 12/17/2006
Two wells and a sidetrack will test three North Slope prospects in the Gwydyr Bay area; possibility of an additional well
Brooks Range Petroleum Corp. has submitted its plan of operations to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources for the company's North Slope winter 2006-07 exploration drilling program. That program...

THE EXPLORERS 2006 - TG World, AVCG form North Slope JV 11/12/2006
Calgary-based TG World Energy said in march 2006 that it had formed a joint venture with Brooks Range Petroleum, a wholly owned Alaska subsidiary of Kansas-based Alaska Venture Capital Group. Since 1...

THE EXPLORERS 2006 - Nabors subsidiary Ramshorn joins AVCG 11/12/2006
Alaska Venture Capital Group and its operating company Brooks Range Petroleum formed a joint venture in July 2006 with Ramshorn Exploration, a Houston-based private equity company that is a subsidiary...

THE EXPLORERS 2006 - Brooks Range funded and ready to drill 11/12/2006
Q. Full company name? A. Brooks Range Petroleum Corporation Q. Based in Alaska? A. Yes, 1400 West Benson Blvd, Suite 510, Anchorage 99503 Q. Top official based in Alaska? A. Bo Darrah, president...

THE EXPLORERS 2006 - Brooks Range picks up third partner 11/12/2006
AVCG, its operating subsidiary, TG and Ramshorn snag Calgary-based Bow Valley for North Slope assets
North Slope partners Alaska Venture Capital Group, its operating subsidiary Brooks Range Petroleum, TG World Energy and Ramshorn Investments have acquired another partner for their North Slope oil and...

Brooks Range picks up third partner 10/29/2006
AVCG and its operating subsidiary snag Calgary-based independent, Bow Valley, for North Slope acreage and exploration program
Alaska Venture Capital Group and its operating subsidiary Brooks Range Petroleum have acquired a third partner for their North Slope oil and gas acreage. Calgary-based Bow Valley Energy Ltd. said Oct....

North Slope exploration plans shaping up 10/22/2006
Six companies will drill at least 13 wells across northern Alaska; NPR-A programs impacted by court decision, 1998 stipulations
Companies gearing up to drill oil exploration wells on Alaska's North Slope during the upcoming winter drilling season are still filing permits, leaving the exact number of wells unknown. But it's saf...

Brooks Range and partners may drill third North Slope well 09/10/2006
TG World Energy, a joint venture partner with Brooks Range Petroleum and Ramshorn Investments in Brooks Range-operated leases on Alaska's North Slope, says the joint venture now hopes to drill a third...

Cronus uneconomic, Pioneer says 08/20/2006
Pioneer says Cronus oil too tight to produce; no new North Slope wells this winter; AVCG still assessing Cronus
The results from Pioneer Natural Resources' winter 2005-06 drilling season on Alaska's North Slope demonstrate some of the inherent risks associated with exploring for oil and gas. The company was inv...

Winegarner joins Brooks Range Petroleum 08/06/2006
Independent oil company beginning multi-year North Slope exploration program; has JVs with TG World Energy, Ramshorn Exploration
Jim Winegarner is joining Brooks Range Petroleum Corp. as vice president of land and external affairs, the company said Aug. 2. Winegarner will be in charge of oil and gas leasing, contract management...