April 7, 2016 archive

Oil Futures Lose Ground Amid Output Freeze Concerns

Oil futures ended lower Thursday, failing to extend gains to a third straight day as doubts lingered about the global economic outlook, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, West Texas Intermediate futures fell 49 ce…

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Completion Reports April 8, 2016

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Permits to Drill April 8, 2016

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Tulsa’s BlueStone Wraps up Purchase of 1,000 Wells in Barnett Shale Play

The 4-year old Tulsa company, BlueStone Natural Resources II, LLC has closed on its purchase of Fort Worth’s bankrupt Quicksilver Resources Inc.’s U.S. oil and gas assets. They consist of 1,017 producing wells in the Barnett Shale play with other…

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Tulsa’s BlueStone Wraps up Purchase of 1,000 Wells in Barnett Shale Play

The 4-year old Tulsa company, BlueStone Natural Resources II, LLC has closed on its purchase of Fort Worth’s bankrupt Quicksilver Resources Inc.’s U.S. oil and gas assets. They consist of 1,017 producing wells in the Barnett Shale play with others in W…

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McCain Irked at EPA Director’s Attitude toward Probe of Colorado Gold Mine Spill

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency might have some serious explaining to do before the U.S. Senate Indian Affairs Committee where Sen. John McCain wants her subpoenaed to answer questions about last summer’s Gold King Mine disaster i…

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McCain Irked at EPA Director’s Attitude toward Probe of Colorado Gold Mine Spill

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency might have some serious explaining to do before the U.S. Senate Indian Affairs Committee where Sen. John McCain wants her subpoenaed to answer questions about last summer’s Gold King Mine disaster in Colo…

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Investor Confident of Forcing Continental Resources to Issue Methane Emissions Reports

The California State Teachers Retirement System indicates it believes there is support for its call to have Continental Resources, Inc. to start issuing reports on how it monitors and manages methane emissions from its oil and gas operations. The…

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Investor Confident of Forcing Continental Resources to Issue Methane Emissions Reports

The California State Teachers Retirement System indicates it believes there is support for its call to have Continental Resources, Inc. to start issuing reports on how it monitors and manages methane emissions from its oil and gas operations. The syste…

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Oil and Gas Job Losses Grow—–while Government Job Numbers Increase

The growing number of layoffs in the state’s oil and gas sector has caused an increase in Oklahoma’s jobless rate, according to new figures released by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. But one area of employment that continues to grow…

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