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7 Apr 2014production update▲ GoodMajor
USE's new Buda Limestone wells with Contango and U.S. Enercorp delivered strong, oil-rich initial rates (up to 1,185 BOE/d on one well) using open-hole completions without fracture stimulation - early validation of the strategic pivot toward this play.
USE set a $30.2 million 2014 budget centered on a new focus, the Buda Limestone formation in South Texas (Booth-Tortuga, now operated by Contango Oil & Gas, and the Big Wells block operated by U.S. Enercorp) alongside continued Williston Basin drilling and $8 million set aside for further acreage or producing-property acquisitions.
The company said it issued a press release on November 12, 2013 reporting its third-quarter 2013 highlights and selected financial results for the three and nine months to September 30, plus an operational update. The 8-K itself gave no figures.
USE closed the sale of its Remington Village apartment complex in Gillette, Wyoming for $15 million, paying off a $9.5 million note against the property and netting about $5 million to redeploy into oil and gas development or debt reduction - shedding a non-core real estate asset to focus on its energy business.
The company said it issued a press release on August 8, 2013 reporting its second-quarter 2013 highlights and selected financial results, plus an operational update. The 8-K itself gave no figures.
USE refinanced its revolving credit facility with a new lead lender, Wells Fargo, replacing BNP Paribas - extending the facility to 2017, lowering its interest margins, and setting a $25 million borrowing base.
BIG SKY INDUSTRIAL INC. shareholders approved the routine matters put to a vote at the company's annual meeting (director elections, auditor ratification, and the executive-pay advisory vote).
The company furnished an 8-K saying it had issued a press release with its first quarter 2013 highlights and financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2013, plus an operational update.
The company issued its proxy statement for the annual meeting set for June 28, 2013. Shareholders were asked to elect two directors, ratify Hein & Associates LLP as auditor, and hold an advisory vote on executive pay.
USE set a $27.1 million 2013 oil and gas budget that shifted strategy - only $7.1 million for organic Williston Basin drilling but $20 million earmarked for buying producing properties outright, while South Texas drilling was paused pending nearby operators' results - and separately budgeted $5.4 million to keep advancing the Mount Emmons molybdenum project, including buying out partner Thompson Creek's interest in an adjacent property, after filing a formal Mine Plan of Operations with the U.S. Forest Service in October 2012.
The company furnished an 8-K saying it had issued a press release with its third quarter 2012 operational and selected financial results and an operational update.
USE's new Woodbine Sub-Clarksville 7 project in northeast Texas (a 26.5% working interest acquired in May 2012) came up mostly empty - six of seven back-to-back test wells were dry holes, and the one well that found hydrocarbons saw the zone water out - while its Eagle Ford and Williston Basin wells kept producing modest, unremarkable results.
Sprott Inc. filed a Schedule 13G amendment showing it held 1,326,898 shares (4.8%) as of August 31, 2012, meaning it had ceased to be a holder of more than 5% of the company.
The company furnished an 8-K saying it had issued a press release with its second quarter 2012 highlights, financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2012, and an operational update.
BIG SKY INDUSTRIAL INC. shareholders approved the routine matters put to a vote at the company's annual meeting (director elections, auditor ratification, and the executive-pay advisory vote).
USE reported solid initial rates (1,000-1,400+ BOE/d) on three more participated Williston Basin wells - including its first well with new operator Slawson Exploration, albeit at a token 1% working interest - and closed a separate sale of its Montana leasehold acreage.
The company gave notice of its annual meeting on June 29, 2012, in Riverton, Wyoming. Shareholders were asked to elect two directors, ratify Hein & Associates as auditor, hold a say-on-pay vote and approve a 2012 Equity Plan.
More strong Bakken results (a new well at 1,869 BOE/d, another offsetting the program's best-ever well) and continued Eagle Ford progress, plus USE entered a new participation agreement for an Oakville oil prospect in Live Oak County, Texas.
26 Jan 2012asset acquisition disposition▲ GoodMajor
USE monetized undeveloped Bakken acreage it wasn't going to drill itself, selling 75% of its Yellowstone/SE HR leasehold to GeoResources and Yuma for $16.7 million (on top of a $13.7 million sale of undeveloped Rough Rider acreage to Brigham the month before) while keeping its working interests in producing wells; separately, it listed its Remington Village apartment complex (Gillette, WY) for sale and flagged an expected non-cash impairment on that real estate asset.
USE approved a $48.1 million 2012 drilling budget across its Eagle Ford, Williston Basin and San Joaquin programs, projected a 70% jump in average daily production for 2012, sold part of its undeveloped Rough Rider acreage to Brigham, and reported a strong 1,840 BOE/d initial rate from its latest Zavanna well.