2012-12-04
Pumped!
IT'S STARTING TO LOOK LIKE AN OIL FIELD - On Saturday, this recently installed pumpjack was hard at work at Primary Petroleum's Spring Hill 14-34-27-6 well near Bynum... READ MORE

2012-07-03
EMI: Border Play
Primary Petroleum crossed the US-Canadian border to pick up land at a bargain price in Montana compared with the going price in Alberta... READ MORE

2012-05-06
PN Bakken: Alberta Bakken gains impetus
Exshaw play straddling Montana-Alberta border comparable to core Williston Bakken; C$500M spent so far on land, JVs, exploration... READ MORE

2012-02-01
Geologist shares insights into Teton County oil and gas development at Choteau meeting
If there is anyone in this part of Montana that still questions whether or not there is commercially recoverable oil under our feet, they should spend a couple of hours listening to the folks with Lonesome Dove Resources discuss their plans for the area.

Monday night a crowd of almost 50 people, mostly invited landowners and leaseholders, filled one of the meeting rooms at the Stage Stop Inn in Choteau... READ MORE

2012-01-09
Primary continues exploration
Primary Petroleum is continuing its aggressive oil exploration along the foothills of the Rocky Mountain Front in Pondera and Teton counties.

Based in Calgary, Alta., Primary, through its American affiliate, is associated with 28 drilling permits in Montana in the past few years. Some permits have expired, but seven were just approved in November and December. A few wells completed earlier have had no production so far... READ MORE

2012-01-09
Companies snap up leases to look for oil on state lands in county
Adding in the results of the Dec. 6 oil and gas leasing sale, state trust land in Teton County is now 68 percent leased.

Much of the leasing occurred during 2011, coinciding with the spike in interest by exploration companies looking for the extent of the Southern Alberta Basin Bakken, a potential "tight-oil" zone of shale stretching into Montana that could be tapped with hydraulic fracturing techniques during horizontal drilling... READ MORE