October 12, 2020 archive

Still a little drilling out there in Oklahoma

  A few oil and gas wells have been drilled in Oklahoma in the past several months as the COVID-19 has left the industry badly weakened. But recent filings of completion reports with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission showed Oklahoma City-based Continental Resources is somewhat back in action, reporting four wells from a single pad with …

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Ring Energy grants extension to buyer of West Texas assets

  Ring Energy Inc. based in Midland, Texas has granted an extension to the undisclosed buyer of its $315 million in assets in the Delaware Basin of West Texas. But Ring still hopes to have the transaction closed by the end of the month. It was in April in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic that …

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US Oil producers begin restoring Gulf of Mexico output after Hurricane Delta

  U.S. oil and gas companies were returning workers and restarting operations at storm-swept production facilities along the U.S. Gulf Coast on Oct. 11, two days after Hurricane Delta barreled through the area. Chevron Corp., Royal Dutch Shell Plc and BHP Group Plc all said workers were headed back to production platforms in the U.S.-regulated …

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Energy news in brief

**  Gulf Coast oil and gas operations begin to restart, utility crews work to restore power, and Louisiana residents start to pick up the pieces again in the wake of Hurricane Delta. ** Fire investigators looking into what caused a wildfire that killed four people in far Northern California have taken possession of equipment belonging to Pacific Gas and Electric, …

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Emissions and flaring reductions part of Devon’s Sustainability report

From methane emissions to flaring, water conservation and the COVID-19 Pandemic, they are targets in the 2020 Sustainability Report released this week by Oklahoma City-based Devon Energy Corp. The company’s report highlights the company’s performance and efforts related to emissions and flaring reductions, environment preservation, pandemic and crisis management, employee empowerment and community investment. “At …

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US oil and gas industry lost 107,000 jobs in the pandemic. Most will take years to return.

The U.S. oil and gas industry has lost 107,000 jobs during the coronavirus pandemic, and most of these jobs may take years to return, according to a new report. The global pandemic, which plunged demand for crude and petroleum products such as gasoline and jet fuel, has led to the fastest layoffs in the oil …

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Entergy plugs into largest solar array in Arkansas

  Entergy Arkansas has plugged into its second major solar power facility, a 350,000-panel array near Lake Village that is now the largest in Arkansas. Click here to view the story from Arkansas Business.

Texas to choose a new Railroad Commissioner

  While Oklahoma has its race for a state Corporation Commission seat, so does the state of Texas. On the ballot this November for the seat on the Texas Railroad Commission are Democratic candidate Chrysta Castañeda and Republican candidate James “Jim” Wright. Click here to view the story from KVUE TV.

Tennessee and Arizona in running for new electric car plant

    The nation’s newest electric car plant will be located in either Tennessee or Arizona. Canadian electric vehicle designer and manufacturer ElectraMeccanica named Tennessee as one of two finalists for the location of its SOLO EV United States assembly facility reported the Tennessean. The proposed plant includes an engineering technical center with facilities for electric vehicle testing and …

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