January 26, 2016 archive

Continental Resources Cuts Capital Spending Budget

Continental Resources plans to spend two thirds less on capital expenditures this year compared to last year’s spending plan. The Oklahoma City company made the announcement Tuesday it had a budget of $920 million in non-acquisition capital expenditure…

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OPEC Signals Boost Crude Prices on Tuesday

Hopes of global production cuts helped boost crude prices on Tuesday. March West Texas Intermediate crude added $1.11 to settle at $31.45 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On the London ICE Futures Exchange, March Brent crude gained $1.30 t…

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Oklahoma, Other States Turn to Supreme Court for Stay of EPA Clean Power Plan

A coalition of Attorneys General is pleading that the Supreme Court put a stay on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan. Oklahoma has joined West Virginia, Texas and several other states in a lawsuit to stop the implementation of the E…

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Gasoline Prices Average $1.53 in Oklahoma

Oklahoma has become one of only three states in the nation with a gasoline average prices below $1.60 a gallon, according to AAA Oklahoma’s Fuel Gauge Report which indicated the new statewide average is $1.53 per gallon.
It is the second-lowest point …

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Completion Reports January 27 2016

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Permits to Drill January 27 2016

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Halliburton Confirms 4,000 Layoffs in Last Few Months

Houston-based Halliburton confirms it laid off another 4,000 workers in the final three months of 2015 bringing the total to nearly 22,000 employees let go since 2014. The reduction amounts to a 25 percent cut in the company’s global workforce an…

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Halliburton Confirms 4,000 Layoffs in Last Few Months

Houston-based Halliburton confirms it laid off another 4,000 workers in the final three months of 2015 bringing the total to nearly 22,000 employees let go since 2014. The reduction amounts to a 25 percent cut in the company’s global workforce and comp…

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AG Pruitt Opts Out of State Budget….Can Do More with Less

How it might affect his agency’s work in battling the Environmental Protection Agency and representing consumers in rate cases before the Oklahoma Corporation Commission we don’t know. But Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt is asking the governor t…

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Downturn Creates Chance for Tulsa’s BlueStone Natural Resources to Expand

While many major oil and gas companies are retrenching amidst the energy downturn, Tulsa-based BlueStone Natural Resources is expanding with the recent $245 million purchase of bankrupt oil and gas producer Quicksilver Resources of Fort Worth, Te…

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