Eagleford Energy - Stratex Enter JV on Zavala County Eagle Ford Acreage

Eagleford Energy Matthews Lease Location

Eagleford Energy has entered a joint development agreement with Stratex Oil & Gas on the 2,629-acre Matthews Lease in Zavala County.

Stratex will pay for the completion of the Matthews #1H and assume necessary payments to maintain the Matthews Lease.

Stratex paid $150,000 to the lessors in early December and will pay an additional $150,000 to Eagleford Energy to earn the right to participate in the lease.

Once the well is completed, Stratex will earn a 66.7% interest before pay out and a 50% interest after payout in the well.

The Matthews #1H has already been drilled, logged, and core has been analyzed by Weatherford.

The Matthews #3H and an 80-acre tract around the well are being retained by Eagleford Energy.

Read more at prnewswire.com

Strike Energy JV Adds Eagle Ford Acreage

Strike Energy now holds over 6,200 net acres across southern Fayette County and Lavaca County. Drilling will start sometime in the fourth quarter or early 2012.  

Strike has a 27.5% working interest in Eagle Landing Joint Venture, which has been building a lease hold position within the Eagle Ford Shale trend in Texas. The Eagle Ford Shale has rapidly emerged as one of the USA’s most sought after unconventional gas and liquids plays.

The Joint Venture has now increased its lease position to 22,764 acres (6,260 acres net to Strike). Recently reported production rates from Eagle Ford Shale wells adjacent to Strike’s acreage have confirmed the extension of the Eagle Ford productive trend. The Joint Venture is planning to further evaluate the acreage through a drilling program over the next six months.

Read the full press release at strikeenergy.com.au

Exxon - Rosneft Trade Artic Oil for Eagle Ford Interest?

ExxonMobil agrees to enter a partnership with the Russian oil & gas giant Rosneft in the Artic and Black Sea in exchange for a development carry and the potential to participate in Exxon's tight oil assets in Texas. Is it the Eagle Ford? Exxon has been tight lipped when it comes to the Eagle Ford and this might be the first indication that the company has a material position in the play. XTO was leasing in South Texas when the company was acquired by Exxon in 2010. XTO had built a significant producing position through the acquisition of Dominino Resource's South Texas properties not long before it was acquired itself. The assets were largely producing and acreage was held by production. That luxury is likely the reason we have not seen Exxon add as many rigs in South Texas as other operators. I'll update this post as more details emerge.

The agreement, signed by Rosneft President Eduard Khudainatov and ExxonMobil Development Company President Neil Duffin in the presence of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, includes approximately US $3.2 billion to be spent funding exploration of East Prinovozemelskiy Blocks 1, 2 and 3 in the Kara Sea and the Tuapse License Block in the Black Sea, which are among the most promising and least explored offshore areas globally, with high potential for liquids and gas.

In the course of these projects, the companies will use global best practices to develop state-of-the-art safety and environmental protection systems.

The agreement also provides Rosneft with an opportunity to gain equity interest in a number of ExxonMobil’s exploration opportunities in North America, including deep-water Gulf of Mexico and tight oil fields in Texas (USA), as well as additional opportunities in other countries. The companies have also agreed to conduct a joint study of developing tight oil resources in Western Siberia.