** Shares of Sacgasco Ltd SGC.AX rise as much as 3.75% to
A$0.083, set for their best day since March 19
** Xstate Resources XST.AX jumps as much as 16.7% to
A$0.014, on track for biggest intraday percentage gain in nearly
three weeks
** Sacgasco completes acquisition of 30% working interest in
the Red Earth oil producing assets in Canada urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASX7p7rqj
** Xstate completes acquisition of 25% interest in the Red
Earth oil producing assets urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASX8HrKy6
** The remaining 45% of the Red Earth oil producing assets
is owned by Canada's Blue Sky Resources Ltd
** The two oil and gas explorers expect the acquisition to
significantly increase their respective net oil production
** As of last close, SGC had risen 27% this year, while XST
had more than doubled
(Reporting by Nikhil Subba in Bengaluru)
((Nikhil.Subba.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))