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Venoco, state tangle over oil royalties

By   /  Friday, December 2nd, 2011  /  Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Venoco, state tangle over oil royalties

[wikichart align=”right” ticker=”NYSE:VQ” showannotations=”true” livequote=”true” startdate=”02-06-2011″ enddate=”02-12-2011″ width=”300″ height=”245″] Venoco faces allegations from the State Lands Commission that it underpaid the state $9.5 million for the oil pumped from Platform Holly off the Goleta coast. The claims came in a lawsuit filed Nov. 16 by the State Lands Commission in Santa Barbara Superior Court. It Read More →

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Venoco’s Ellwood pipeline approved

By   /  Tuesday, September 13th, 2011  /  Banking & Finance, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Venoco’s Ellwood pipeline approved

Venoco said Sept. 12 that it has received final approval to build an 8.5-mile pipeline to transport crude oil from its South Ellwood field, off the coast of Goleta, to the shore. “After almost three years in the permitting process, we are very pleased to announce we are ready to begin construction of this pipeline, Read More →

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Venoco sued over CEO’s offer

By   /  Friday, September 2nd, 2011  /  Banking & Finance, Law, Top Stories, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Venoco sued over CEO’s offer

A shareholder of Venoco has filed a lawsuit to block a proposal by the CEO of the oil and gas company to buy the half of the company he doesn’t already own, alleging that the proposed buyback undervalues the firm. Tim Marquez, the CEO and president of Venoco, has offered $12.50 per share to buy Read More →

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NiMin drums up $4M

By   /  Thursday, September 1st, 2011  /  Banking & Finance, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on NiMin drums up $4M

NiMin Energy Corp., an independent oil company based in Carpinteria, has raised $4 million in a private placement with an Australian bank. NiMin owns and drills onshore oil fields near Bakersfield and in Wyoming and southern Louisiana. It said the money will go toward developing its assets near Bakersfield. NiMin said it sold 2.7 million Read More →

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Venoco CEO offers to take firm private

By   /  Monday, August 29th, 2011  /  Latest news  /  Comments Off on Venoco CEO offers to take firm private

[EDITOR’S NOTE: There’s an updated version of this story: “Venoco sued over CEO’s offer“] The CEO of oil and gas company Venoco wants to take the company private in a proposed buyback deal that would value the entire company at $734 million. Denver-based Venoco said Aug. 29 that CEO and Chairman Tim Marquez has offered Read More →

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NiMin reports $3.8M profit

By   /  Monday, August 15th, 2011  /  Banking & Finance, Earnings, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on NiMin reports $3.8M profit

NiMin Energy Corp. earned $3.8 million, or 6 cents per share, in the second quarter of the year, swinging back to black after a $2.5 million loss in the same period a year ago.

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Feds go after oil magnate’s operations

By   /  Friday, June 24th, 2011  /  Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Feds go after oil magnate’s operations

Randeep Grewal has built up a global energy empire — and left millions of dollars in unpaid debts in his wake.

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