December 12, 2019 archive

Noble Energy adds new member to board of directors

Houston’s Noble Energy, Inc. added another member to its board of directors. Martha B. Wyrsch, 61, recently served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of California-based Sempra Energy. She was also President of North America of Vestas American Wind Technology, a wind turbine manufacturing and services company. From 2007 until 2008, Ms. Wyrsch served …

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Another Iowa county adopts moratorium on wind farms

Another county in Iowa has voted to adopt an indefinite moratorium on new wind farms. It happened this week in Hardin County, a county located in central Iowa where the county seat is Eldora. County supervisors voted 3-0 in support of a resolution placing the moratorium “effective immediately and indefinitely” on wind turbine permits. The …

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Newfield locates ‘sweet spot’ in Oklahoma’s STACK and comes up with big producers

Houston’s Newfield Exploration Mid-Con Inc. can now boast of 5 wells on a single pad with production of more than 4,000 barrels of oil a day in Oklahoma’s STACK play. And it’s found quite a honey hole southwest of Kingfisher. The company added two more completion reports this week to three already filed last week …

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