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Aug. 7, 2008
Great Falls Tribune
Company taps new technology to seek oil in Chouteau County (PDF)
MegaWest Energy is staking out new positions in Chouteau County, Montana in addition to it's holding north of Billings.
Aug. 5, 2008
CNBC
MegaWest CEO George Stapleton Interview on CNBC (Windows Media)
June 16, 2008
Fox Business News
Backyard Oil (Windows Media)
Fox Business Network discusses the search for oil at home with CEO George Stapleton.
June 4, 2008
SunTimes News
Missouri oil and gas permit applications increase (PDF)
ROLLA --The number of applications received by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources' State Oil and Gas Council for oil and gas exploration has surpassed last year's total in the first four months of this year.
May 14, 2008
Associated Press
High oil prices rekindle oil production in Mo. (PDF)
DEERFIELD, Mo. (AP) - Pumpjacks, the oil rigs that resemble those thirsty bird toys, are going up in Missouri for the first time in two decades, the latest region to revive a long-faded industry as crude nears $130 a barrel.
May 3, 2008
KY3 News at 10
Ozarks Oil (Windows Media file - Video)
George Stapleton and Bill Thornton were interviewed by KY3 TV during MegaWest Energy's community open house May 3 which was held to thank the community for its support and outline future drilling plans.
May 3, 2008
Action 12 News KODE (ABC) Joplin
Oil Along the MO-KS Border (Windows Media file - Video)
Parts of Vernon County are now producing with black gold. MEGAWEST Energy Corporation held an open house this afternoon to thank the community for it's support, and shared their drilling plans for the future.
May 3, 2008
KSN News
MegaWest Energy (Windows Media file - Video)
MegaWest Energy Corporation held an open house May 3. KSN News interviewed Bill Thornton and discussed MegaWest development plans.
April 30, 2008
Fox Business Network
Money for Breakfast (Windows Media file)
George Stapleton interviewed by Fox Business network's Money for Breakfast morning show. (Transcript)
April 29, 2008
KMBZ News Radio
The Voice of Kansas City (MP3)
Bill Thornton radio interview with KMBZ-AM.
April 25, 2008
Calgary Herald
Price, technology spark new U.S. wildcatting era
George Stapleton has been in the oil business for 30 years, helping
plumb sands and shale across the Middle East, Asia and Europe. Now the chief executive of
MegaWest Energy Corp is drilling deep into Missouri farmland. (PDF)
April 23, 2008
Reuters - New York Times
Far From Middle East, U.S. Farmland Yields New Oil
George Stapleton has been in the oil business for 30 years, helping
plumb sands and shale across the Middle East, Asia and Europe. Now the chief executive of
MegaWest Energy Corp is drilling deep into Missouri farmland. (PDF)
April, 2008
Commerce Magazine
A Heavy Oil Approach to Energy Independence
Heavy oil has been deemed unprofitable by the major oil companies as it is thicker and harder to make into gasoline than lighter oils. But the demand for oil and rising prices are placing this option back on the table. (PDF - 1.54 MB)
March 26, 2008
Scandinavian Oil-Gas Magazine
MegaWest commences Missouri enhanced oil
recovery project
MegaWest Energy Corp., declares the start of steam injection and production
operations at its Deerfield, Missouri Project by its wholly-owned subsidiary,
MegaWest Energy Missouri Corp. (PDF)
March 24, 2008
Marmaton Project Update - Slideshow
Marmaton River Phase I Project achieves first steam. Click here to view slideshow.
Feb. 26, 2008
Money For Breakfast Show - Fox Business Network
President and COO Bill Thornton FBN Interview
Bill Thornton interviewed on Money For Breakfast Show on Fox Business Network. (Requires Windows Media Player)
February 6, 2008
KYTV-TV
MegaWest Marmaton River Phase 1 Project
MegaWest Energy leads oil development in Vernon Country, Missouri. (Requires Windows Media Player)
January 25, 2008
KTSA- AM Radio
KTSA-AM Radio in San Antonio interviews Bill Thorton
KTSA-AM Radio in San Antonio discusses the Merits of MegaWest Energy with COO, Bill Thornton... (MP3 - 3 MB)
January, 2008
Houston Chronicle
President George T. Stapleton interviewed by Houston Chronicle
It's not Saudi Arabia. But there is oil in Kansas. In Montana and Missouri, too... (PDF)
January, 2007
NAPS
A new approach to energy independence
There may be good news for the U.S. as the search continues for new sources of energy. Experts say there may be more domestic oil... (PDF)
Jan. 12, 2007
Joplin Globe
High oil prices mean region's 'heavy' oil a viable commodity
DEERFIELD, Mo. — It’s not Texas tea, but a healthy dose of Missouri molasses is drawing international attention to the farm fields of Vernon County. Jim Long’s field a few miles from Deerfield doesn’t bring to mind the spouting plumes of black gold associated with oil strikes. Instead, metal steam pipes snake around his property, and small, blue pump jacks slowly seesaw oil to the surface. Long’s field is only one of many in the area demonstrating renewed interest in Vernon County’s crude oil reserves. (PDF)
December 3, 2007
Stock House
Stock House Executive Broadcast with President/CEO, Mr. George Stapleton
Nov. 21, 2007
The Globe and Mail
Here's why the U.S. is facing up to its thirst for oil
OTTAWA — In a massive new multivolume report on energy strategy in the United States, a high-powered federal task force puts "peak oil" into perspective. On the one hand, it says, the country has already consumed, in 150 years, 446 billion barrels of its own fossil-fuel endowment. On the other hand, it says, the country has 8.59 trillion barrels left - or more "oil equivalent" than the rest of the world combined. More than 95 per cent of America's oil reserves, in other words, are still in the ground....
November 19 , 2007
Fox Business Network
Another US Oil Boom?
Fox Business Network interview with CEO George Stapleton. (Requires Windows Media player)
November 17, 2007
KOMU-TV8 Interview
Facts of Fuel: Missouri Oil
VERNON COUNTY - Bill Thorton is the chief operating officer for Megawest Energy. He said he thinks the oil business in Missouri is important - so important that Megawest has invested one million dollars into an oil field in Vernon County, Mo. (Requires Windows Media Player.)
October, 2007
Exploration + Processing
Part of the Solution
MegaWest Energy Corp. says it looks for oil exploration opportuinities in regions that have been 'long forgotten' by its major competitors, and revives them economically. (PDF)
Oct. 31, 2007
Edmonton Sun/CP
MegaWest’s Montana Acquisition is one of the first to Montana’s Welcome Mat
The governor of Montana is suggesting Alberta energy companies unhappy with increased royalties may want to take a closer look south of the border.
Oct. 31, 2007
Nevada Daily Mail
MegaWest Energy donates $2,500 for YMCA pool project
Jim Long of MegaWest Energy Corp. presents a cheque... (PDF - 705 KB)
Oct. 24, 2007
WLEE-AM Radio - Radio Richmond
Radio Interview with MegaWest Energy CEO Bill Thornton
Requires audio software such as Quicktime, Windows Media Player or Real Audio.
Oct. 24, 2007
NAPS
A Heavy Approach To Energy Independence
(NAPS) - There may be good
news for the U.S. as the search
continues for new sources of
energy. Experts say there may be
more domestic oil resources than
many realize. These resources,
they believe, could help this country
address some of the geopolitical
aspects of the current energy
crisis. (PDF - 250 KB)
October, 2007
Oilgram News
New Frontiers
In yet another testament to the faith that commodity prices have reached a new plateau of
strength, a few oilpatch entrepreneurs have begun kicking over the long-ignored rock of US
conventional heavy oil deposits to see if some commercial value may be hidden there. (PDF - 660 KB)
Oct. 12, 2007
Fast Company
Fueling Innovation: The Power of Creative Energy
Fast Company asked six forward-thinkers to share their innovative ideas for increasing the nation's energy supply. MegaWest’s own Bill Thornton was one of six forward thinkers! Here's what they had to say: (PDF - 67 KB)
Third Quarter, 2007
Fuel - The Global Business of Fuels
The Road to Sustainability - Heavy Oil Sands - Not Forgotten
The security of the energy supply, escalating world oil prices and significant developments in thermal recovery technologies converge... (PDF - 4.9 MB)
Oct. 5, 2007
MegaWest C.O.O. Bill Thornton - Interview with CBC Radio - The Business Network
A Calgary company looks for black gold south of the border (Requires Real Audio plugin)
Sept. 25, 2007
Bill Thornton - Morehead State University
Interview with Bill Thornton on Front Page public radio
October, 2007
Fast Company Magazine
R. William (Bill) Thornton, COO for MegaWest Energy interviewed by Fast Company Magazine.
September 1, 2007
The Well
(Houston Chronicle)
MegaWest Energy has started an eight-well drilling program targeting heavy-oil pay zones, from 200 feet to 600 feet below the surface, at its Kentucky Reserves Project.
The exploration wells will be on the 29,800 acres of Kentucky Reserves land in which the company holds a 62.5 percent working interest. The project spans Edmonson, Warren and Butler counties.
Analysis of the drill cuttings from two wells drilled so far has confirmed the presence of all three pay zones in each well.
August 15, 2007
Burrells Luce - Equities
A New Heavy Oil company funded for rapid growth
MegaWest Energy Corp. is becoming a leading exploration and development company of US heavy oil projects. Many analysts regard US heavy oil as a strategic resource similar to Canadian Oil Sands...
July 27, 2007
Alberta Oil Magazine Radio
Bill Thornton, Chief Operating Officer, MegaWest Energy Corp.
Listen to the Interview with Mr. Bill Thornton, Chief Operating Officer, MegaWest Energy Corp.While many Canadian juniors tend to target low hanging fruit such as light crude or oilsands production, Calgary-based MegaWest instead scouts properties with known heavy oil reserves previously deemed too difficult or economically non-viable. MegaWest’s seasoned management and technical staff are believers in “Peak Oil” and are now tackling reserves in Texas, Kentucky, Missouri and Kansas utilizing burgeoning technology and planning for expansion.
July 10, 2007
Reuters
High prices revive U.S. heavy oil projects
With oil prices above $70 a barrel, previously uneconomical U.S. deposits of heavy oil are drawing entrepreneurs to sites far from established fields in California, Canada and Venezuela.
June 28, 2007
The Wichita Eagle
MegaWest delivers first Kansas oil
MegaWest, a Canadian company specializing in the development of heavy oil sands, has produced its first Kansas oil in a field near Chetopa. (PDF - 424 kb)
June 25, 2007
Oil & Gas Journal
Heavy oil production starts at Chetopa field
HOUSTON, June 25 -- MegaWest Energy Corp., Calgary, has begun oil production at its demonstration project in Chetopa field, a nonconventional oil development covering 392 acres in Labette County in southeastern Kansas.
May 14, 2007
Lexington Herald-Leader
A gusher of oil and hope
BLISS -- The smell of crude
oil is in the air and making
for some blissful spring days
at this little Adair County
community. (PDF - 340 kb)
May 14, 2007
McClatchy-Tribune
After years of looking, oil-drilling brothers think they've struck Gold
The smell of crude oil is in the air and making for some blissful spring days at this little Adair County
community. (PDF - 179 kb)
April 26, 2007
Business in Vancouver : Click here to view report (PDF - 186 kb)
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