February 15, 2021 archive

Meme stock frenzy hits Ring Energy

  The frenzy of “meme” stocks has hit a small Texas oil and gas company just like it did earlier this year with GameStop. Ring Energy Inc. has seen an explosion in the trading of its stocks after it was the target of social media speculation. It’s a small company headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas …

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Energy news in brief

** A catastrophic explosion and fire at an Afghan customs depot has destroyed hundreds of fuel tankers and caused traders tens of millions of pounds of losses. A series of blasts hurled trucks hundreds of yards into the air and deposited the crumpled remains of fuel tanks as far as half a mile from the blast …

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December oil production dropped in North Dakota. 

  North Dakota’s oil production made a slight dip again with 1.192 million barrels of oil produced in December 2020. In November 2020 the state produced 1.227 million barrels of oil. Click here for the story from the Minot Daily News.  

Devon and Continental Resources to post 4Q reports on Tuesday

  Two major oil and gas companies in Oklahoma City will reveal their quarterly earnings reports this week. Devon Energy and Continental Resources will release their financial details Tuesday and leaders of the two companies will hold conference calls on Wednesday. Both are coming off third quarter losses and the two firms will release their …

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Oklahoma majors to unveil their earnings and losses

  A busy week likes ahead for executives of more major oil and gas companies as they prepare to release their fourth quarter earnings report. Reports will be released Wednesday and Thursday by ONE Gas, Ovintiv, Inc., Laredo Petroleum and Marathon Oil. They are considered to be major players in Oklahoma’s oil and gas operations. …

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Texas wind farms couldn’t produce in freezing weather

  The Arctic weather that settled in over the Midwest hit Texas so hard it resulted in mandated blackouts ordered by the state’s power grid regulators. The state’s massive wind farm operations were especially hard hit by the freezing weather. Millions of households lost electrical power as the unprecedented Arctic freeze also brought chaos in …

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