June 24, 2020 archive

Laredo hires away Chesapeake Energy executive and cuts workforce

  Using a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Laredo Petroleum announced a reduction in its workforce and the departure of its chief financial officer and senior vice president. It also announced the hiring of a Chesapeake Energy executive. The Tulsa-based firm said it had reduced its staff by 22 employees and blamed falling …

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Latest well completions are in Canadian and Grady Counties

    Oklahoma City’s Chaparral Energy reports completion of two wells on a single pad in Canadian County, a favorite drilling target of the company. The two Fuji 1206 wells are located at 19 12N 6W, a site located four miles east of El Reno and south of Interstate 40. Their combined production was 529 …

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Rename Lake Murray? No comment from state leaders

  A week after Oklahoma State University denamed one of its buildings on the Stillwater campus because it bore the name of an early-day Governor who expressed racist and segregationist views, Oklahoma leaders aren’t commenting whether his name should be removed from a large southern state lake. The governor in question was Gov. William H. …

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USDA to loan $1.6 billion for rural electric improvements in Oklahoma and other states

  Part of the $1.6 billion in USDA investments to improve rural electric infrastructure in 21 states is going to Oklahoma. USDA is providing loans and loan guarantees to rural electric cooperatives and utilities through the Electric Loan Program. The recipients will use the funds to build and improve 9,138 miles of electric transmission and distribution …

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Sens. Lankford and Cornyn file bill to help energy industry

  Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) to introduce a bill to provide relief to America’s energy industry during the coronavirus pandemic. The SAVE Jobs Act aims to promote liquidity and flexibility for domestic energy companies so they can maintain their workforce through the pandemic’s economic downturn. Lankford and Cornyn were joined by …

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Williams gets high marks from analysts

  An analysis of oil and gas trading shows that one of the top firms is Oklahoma’s Williams Companies—at least according to Barron’s. The weekly magazine reports Williams has done best since March 6 because it is more focused on natural gas rather than crude oil production. Williams is up 12% since then. Another energy …

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