Slipped deep in Devon Energy’s second quarter earnings report was word that the company intends to expand operations in Oklahoma’s prolific STACK, that northwest region where wells exceeding 2,000 barrels a day have been hit in the past year. Operations in west Texas will also be targeted for expansion. Devon said its full-year 2016 upstream …
Despite cleaning up more than 15,100 abandoned well sites in Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board indicated this week it has much work ahead. In a report given to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, a spokesman for the OERB estimated 20,000 to 40,000 abandoned well sites still need evaluation and cleanup, according to The Oklahoman and …
Despite huge success in Oklahoma’s STACK play, Texas-based Newfield Exploration Co. reported a second quarter loss of $667 million. And a day after the report of losses, the company announced the sale of all of its assets in Texas so it can speed up drilling in Kingfisher, Blaine and Canadian counties in northwest Oklahoma.. The …
Vandals thought to be environmental activists are suspected of damaging three oil pipeline construction sites in central Iowa. It occurred at the Dakota Access pipeline and Jasper County Sheriff John Hafferty says there’s little doubt the fires were intentionally set. He estimated damage to a bulldozer and other large-tracked equipment at $1 million. It was early …
Despite taking a substantial second quarter loss, Devon Energy Corporation raised its full-year guidance due to asset sales, cost reductions and better-than-expected production. On Tuesday, the Oklahoma City-based independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company reported a second quarter net loss of $1.6 billion or $3.04 a share, up from a loss of …
Crude oil futures settled below $40 a barrel on Wednesday for the first time since early April, according to a report by Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, the September West Texas Intermediate crude oil contract traded higher at $40.91 a barrel earlier in the day but fell 55 cents, or 1.4%, to settle …
