THE EXPLORERS 2007: Aurora Gas in holding pattern 11/18/2007
Drilling rig remains idle while company deals with litigation, looks to sell or recapitalize company
Following a difficult year in 2006, Aurora Gas remains in something of a holding pattern while it tries to resolve its future. Aurora Gas has spent the majority of 2007 focused on its ongoing litigati...

Swift: Alaska will likely develop into 'significant play area' 04/01/2007
In March 2006, Aurora Gas and Houston-based independent Swift Energy, then new to Alaska, announced a joint venture for Aurora's Cook Inlet acreage, a deal that earned Swift an average working interes...

Aurora at crossroads in Cook Inlet 03/18/2007
Wildcat drilling changes the company's investment risk profile while a lawsuit with Enstar places question marks over the Moquawkie area
Since the company's formation in 2000 Aurora Gas has established itself as small, independent explorer and producer, bringing natural gas to market in Alaska's Cook Inlet. The company now operates fiv...

THE EXPLORERS 2006 - Aurora Gas, Swift Energy form joint venture 11/12/2006
In March 2006, Aurora Gas and Swift Energy, a new player in Alaska, formed a joint venture to explore for oil and gas on Aurora's acreage in the Cook Inlet basin. "Swift Energy will earn an average wo...

THE EXPLORERS 2006 - 2006 year of 'perfect storm' for Aurora 11/12/2006
Independent considering shifting focus to oil; might be done with gas exploration due to Enstar situation
Formed in 2000 to look for natural gas opportunities in Alaska, Aurora Gas had until 2004 mainly focused on known, relatively shallow gas, plays on land near on the west side of the body of water call...

Aurora well a bust 05/21/2006
Aurora Gas's Endeavour No. 1 well at the southern end of Alaska's Kenai Peninsula has proved a duster. Drilling in partnership with Swift Energy, Aurora spud the well in early April. The 9,225-foot w...

Aurora, Swift form JV 04/02/2006
First project Endeavour wildcat; JV will apply across Cook Inlet Basin
Aurora Gas LLC and Swift Energy Co. announced March 30 that they have entered into a joint venture to explore for oil and gas on Aurora's acreage in Alaska's Cook Inlet region. The first activity of t...

Swift Energy acquires Louisiana properties for $26.4M 01/09/2005
Exploration and production independent Swift Energy said Jan. 3 it closed the acquisition of EnerVest Management Partners oil and gas properties in Louisiana for $26.4 million. The properties are in t...

Swift Energy reports record production 04/25/2004
Swift Energy's production during the 2004 first quarter jumped 9 percent versus the year-ago quarter to 14.1 billion cubic feet of natural gas equivalent, the company said April 19, adding that produc...

U.S., Canada gas production could drop in '03 10/19/2003
Lehman survey indicates industrial, utility consumers may have to reduce consumption
Investment bank Lehman Brothers, in a wide ranging survey of North American producers, has confirmed what analysts have suspected: natural gas production is on the decline with little hope for a signi...

Independent Swift Energy boosts capital spending 15 percent to $150 million 07/13/2003
Houston independent Swift Energy has increased its 2003 capital budget 15 percent to about $150 million to help pay for projects, the company said July 8. The additional $20 million in capital specif...