Point Roberts WA - June 1, 2011 - www.Investorideas.com, a leader in sector research issues the following trading sector alert for oil and gas stocks with operations in the Woodford Shale play in Oklahoma. Oil and gas stocks include : American Petro-Hunter, Inc. (OTC.BB: AAPH), Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK), Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE: DVN), Newfield Exploration Company (NYSE: NFX) and Panhandle Oil and Gas Inc (NYSE: PHX).

Drilling activity is one the rise in the area according to a recent article by PennEnergy.com – "Outpacing Louisiana for the number two spot, Oklahoma has the second-largest number of drilling rigs in the state with 173 active rigs.

Most rigs are drilling in the Anadarko Basin, but some are active in the Arkoma Basin as well. Oklahoma has historically been a leader in natural gas production, but more rigs are drilling for oil in its liquids-rich Woodford Shale.”

http://www.pennenergy.com/index/petroleum/display/6379870995/articles/pennenergy/petroleum/exploration/2011/05/rig-counts_jump_as.html

Trading Snapshot (as of close May 31)

• American Petro-Hunter, Inc. (OTC.BB: AAPH) had a daily trading range of $0.47 - 0.55, closing at $0.50
• Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) closed at $31.34, up $ 0.23 (0.74%)
• Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE: DVN) closed at $84.07, up 0.73 (0.88%)
• Newfield Exploration Company (NYSE: NFX) closed at $74.59, up 0.44 (0.59%)
• Panhandle Oil and Gas Inc (NYSE: PHX) closed at $ 30.60, up $ 0.97 (3.27%)

 

Recent News from Woodford Shale Stocks:

Devon Energy Earns $416 Million in First-Quarter 2011; North American Onshore Production Increases 7 Percent

OKLAHOMA CITY, May 04, 2011

Cana-Woodford Shale Production Growth Leads Operating Highlights

•Production from the company's Cana-Woodford Shale play averaged a record 162 million cubic feet of natural gas equivalent per day in the first quarter of 2011. This represents a 120 percent increase compared to the first-quarter of 2010.

Full news: http://www.devonenergy.com/Newsroom/Pages/NewsRelease.aspx?id=1559196#terms?disclaimer=yes

Panhandle Oil and Gas Inc. Reports Second Quarter and Six Months 2011 Results...

May 6, 2011

"Drilling in the Southeast Oklahoma Woodford Shale is beginning to rebound as operators who purchased positions in the play over the past few years are beginning to accelerate the pace of drilling as reflected by the increasing number of well proposals...”

Full News: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Panhandle-Oil-and-Gas-Inc-prnews-871690561.html?x=0&.v=1

American Petro-Hunter (OTCBB: AAPH) Updates Horizontal Drilling Progress at North Oklahoma Project

SCOTTSDALE , AZ - May 25, 2011 (Investorideas.com energy newswire) - American Petro-Hunter, Inc. (OTC.BB:AAPH) ("American Petro-Hunter" or the "Company") today wishes to update the drilling progress of the NOM1H Horizontal well at the Company's North Oklahoma Project. Full news:http://www.investorideas.com/CO/AAPH/news/2011/05251.asp

In a previously published Investorideas.com interview, Robert McIntosh, President & C.E.O. of American Petro-Hunter, Inc. (OTC.BB: AAPH) notes, "Shale plays for oil and gas are the new technology of the industry. Advancements in direction drilling and secondary recovery allow us to drill along these shales-they have oil it’s been found and is more of an engineering issue to extract it, like oil sands. So we will have known predictable oil and not have to "wildcat" hoping to discover oil. The Bakken is 200 feet thick and is worth billions to the companies involved. Our Oklahoma shale is new and we are on the cutting edge of drilling leasing and production. And the majors are there-Devon (NYSE: DVN ), Chesapeake, (NYSE: CHK ), Newfield (NYSE: NFX ) and others now producing gas from the Woodford shale in the south of the State.”

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http://www.investorideas.com/CO/AAPH/news/11151.asp

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About American Petro-Hunter, Inc. (OTCBB: AAPH)

The Company is a goal-oriented exploration and production (E&P) Company aiming to become an intermediate level oil and gas producer within 12 months. The Company is in production at the Poston Project in Trego County Kansas with new drilling activity and production underway at the North Oklahoma Oil Project. With the achievable target of becoming a 1000 BOE producer as our goal, American Petro-Hunter is actively on the "hunt" for domestic petroleum assets. Visit us at: www.americanpetrohunter.com

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