Houston-based American Midstream Partners LP announced the resignation of Lynn Bourdon III as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer effective May 3, 2019, according to a company press release. American Midsteam is in the process of being acquired by ArcLight Capital Partners, a private equity firm. The acquisition is expected to be finalized by the …
Tulsa-based ONEOK, Inc. plans to invest $100 million to construct a 75-mile natural gas liquids (NGL) pipeline lateral connecting the northern portion of the Bakken NGL Pipeline with a third-party natural gas processing plant in eastern Williams County, North Dakota, according to a company press release. The lateral is expected to be complete in the fourth …
While Oklahoma’s oil and gas rig count remained steady at 102 this week, the national count plummeted by 21 to reach 991, with all but one being land rigs. Compared to a year ago, the U.S. count is 30 less than the 1,021 reported last year. Results from Baker Hughes Co. and the Independent Oil …
Tulsa-based Laredo Petroleum Inc. announced Wednesday it has named Mikell “Jason” Pigott as its new president and company director. Pigott joins Laredo effective May 28. Pigott served as an executive vice president at Chesapeake Energy Corporation, where he oversaw operations and technical services. Prior to his employment with Chesapeake, Pigott worked for Anadarko Petroleum for …
Houston-based CenterPoint Energy, Inc. announced the results of shareholder voting at its 2019 Annual Meeting held on Thursday, according to a company press release. Shareholders approved the following three proposals: The election of Leslie D. Biddle, Milton Carroll, Scott J. McLean, Martin H. Nesbitt, Theodore F. Pound, Scott M. Prochazka, Susan O. Rheney, Phillip R. …
Chevron isn’t the only suitor interested in acquiring Texas-based Anadarko Petroleum Corp. It appears that Houston’s Occidental Petroleum Corp. has sweetened the deal, offering $76 per share, well over Chevron’s $65 per share. Here’s where the game of “connect the dots” gets interesting. Back in 2006, Anadarko Petroleum acquired Oklahoma City-based Kerr-McGee Corporation. A relationship …
A pipeline company with Oklahoma ties was slapped with a $3.3 million fine on Thursday for a 2015 oil pipeline rupture that contaminated beaches along the California coast. Federal inspectors determined that Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline “made several preventable errors, failed to quickly detect the pipeline rupture and responded too slowly as oil flowed …
A widow has amended her legal petition in Pittsburg County to blame another party in the January 22 drilling rig explosion in Quinton, according to an article published by The Journal Record. Dianna Waldridge is suing Red Mountain Operating and other contractors, including Patterson-UTI Drilling Co., alleging they acted negligently and contributed to the death …
Tulsa-based Williams announced the sale of pipeline systems located in the Gulf Coast area to Easton Energy LLC for $177 million in cash. The sale closed on November 30, 2018, according to a company press release issued on Thursday. The 31-mile Texas Belle Pipeline, which transports natural gas liquids from Mont Belvieu to customers along …
Weatherford, Texas-based Vecta Environmental Services, LLC has acquired Polaris Services, LLC, a privately-owned local hydro-excavation company, according to an announcement issued Wednesday by Cotton Creek Capital. Terms of the disclosure remain undisclosed. The merger of Vecta and Polaris provides Vecta with increased scale and capabilities complimenting its full suite of industrial service offerings to chemical, …
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