Perkins Oil & Gas, Inc. (OTC Pink: PEKN) is engaged as an oil & gas exploration and production company, which focuses on U.S.-based locations. Shares of the oil & gas company jumped 68.72% on Tuesday, September 5, 2017. Over the past month, Perkins Oil & Gas, Inc. has seen average daily volume of 1,418 shares. However, volume of 65,228 shares or dollar volume of $148,067, has already exchanged hands through early trading on Tuesday.
Shares of Perkins Oil & Gas, Inc. are surging today, after the company announced it has purchased 80 gross acres located in Renville County, North Dakota. The purchase took place at a government lease auction, carries a 1/6th royalty rate, and has been secured for the next five years. Renville County is located in the middle of the Bakken shale formation. Here is the full press release detailing of the lease purchase:
Perkins Oil & Gas, Inc. Press Release:
DALLAS, TX — (Marketwired) — 09/05/17 — Perkins Oil & Gas, Inc. (OTC PINK: PEKN) (“Perkins” or the “Company”) today announced that it participated in a government lease auction and successfully purchased 80 gross acres in Renville County, North Dakota.
The tract is in township 163N and carries a 1/6th royalty rate to the state of ND and the lease was paid up for 5 years.
Renville County is a Bakken oil and natural gas play. It is located approximately in the middle of the Bakken formation close to the Canada border.
An April 2013 estimate by the USGS projects that 7.4 billion barrels of undiscovered oil can be recovered from the Bakken and Three Forks formations and 6.7 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 530 million barrels of natural gas liquids using current technology.
About Perkins Oil & Gas, Inc.
Perkins Oil & Gas, Inc. is an oil and gas exploration and development company focused on US-soil projects. The Company intends to build a portfolio of oil and gas leases in up and coming areas which allow for low cost-per-acre acquisitions.
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