April 7, 2020 archive

Plains All American makes further budget cuts

Houston’s big pipeline and storage company Plains All American has cuts its capital spending this year by 33 percent or $750 million, according to its latest announcement. Combined with the elimination of joint venture project funding, the reduction is actually 47% or $1.35 billion. “We are taking a number of actions in response to the …

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Work begins in Montana on northern reaches of Keystone pipeline

Construction got underway over the weekend in northern Montana on the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline meant to be an extension of an existing Keystone line in Oklahoma and Texas. The extension has been bitterly fought by environmentalists and tribal leaders. A spokesman for TC Energy said the work started on the $8 billion project …

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ONEOK prepares for quarterly release of earnings report

While ONEOK, Inc. is preparing to release its first quarter 2020 earnings later this month, the company also took part Tuesday in a virtual summit aimed at attracting investors. ONEOK took part in the SunTrust Robinson Humphred Power, Utilities and Midstream Summit virtual conference and made investor materials available on its website, www.oneok.com. The quarterly release of …

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SandRidge names new President and suspends drilling and capex budget

    Struggling after emerging from its 2016 bankruptcy reorganization, Oklahoma City’s SandRidge Energy on Tuesday announced the naming of a new company president. At the same time, it suggested further employee reductions are coming along with a suspension of drilling activities and its remaining 2020 capital expenditures budget. Carl F. Giesler, Jr., formerly CEO …

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Paloma scores on 3 Blaine County wells

Oklahoma’s STACK play keeps coming up with big producers as completion reports filed this week showed three sister wells with combined oil production of nearly 2,000 barrels a day. It was in Blaine County where Paloma Operating Co. LLC, based in Houston drilled the three Big Nugget 9_4-15N 13W wells. The site is at 9 …

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