2017 archive

Chesapeake Energy Announces $750 million Notes Available

  Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy announced Wednesday the offering of $750,000,000 in notes due in the coming years. The private placement to eligible buyers focuses on additional 8% senior notes due 2025 and 8% senior notes due 2027. The company stated that the new 2025 notes will be on top of the $1 billion in 8% senior …

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Energy Efficient Economy Report Due Thursday

The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy plans to release its 2017 State scorecard on Thursday and one of the states to be highlighted will be Oklahoma. The new scorecard will be released at 10 a.m. and ACEEE indicated there will be shakeups in state rankings with major improvements for Idaho, Nevada, Virginia, Florida and …

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Study Claims Permian Still Holds 70 billion Barrels of Oil

A three-year study of the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico indicates the giant play still holds up to 70 billion barrels of recoverable oil. The claim is made by energy researchers at IHS Markit based in Houston. They studied the basin’s key geologic characteristics to get a better estimate of the remaining hydrocarbon …

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Inner Tribal Fight Over Osage Nation Minerals

After successfully suing a wind farm developer in a fight over mining, the Osage Minerals Council finds itself in another fight. It’s being sued by the Third Osage Minerals Council in a dispute over who really owns the Osage Mineral Estate. The Third Osage Minerals Council, on a vote of 4-3 recently moved to take …

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Osage Nation Wins Wind Farm Fight

The fight between the Osage Nation and wind farm developer Enel Green Power took another step this month when the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the tribe. The Denver Federal Appeals court, in a unanimous decision overturned a lower court ruling and said Enel Green, the owner of Osage Wind, had to …

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Sierra Club Blames “Big Oil” for State’s Budget Mess

The Sierra Club has a message for Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and how to solve the $215 million budget hole. “Tell the governor to close the massive budget hole by making oil and gas pay their fair share,” said the club in its latest attack ad on oil and gas. “Oklahoma is facing a massive …

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No Letup in STACK Success and Interest

There has been no letup in the exploration in Oklahoma’s STACK play as indicated by the latest completion and permits to drill reports published by OK Energy Today. The completion reports show Newfield Exploration with moderate success in a 588 barrel a day oil well in Canadian County and another one in Kingfisher County.  Chesapeake …

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OCC’s Oil and Gas Institute to Be Held Friday

The 2017 Oil and Gas Institute by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission will be held Friday on the campus of Oklahoma City University. This year’s event is titled “Expanding Horizons: The New Frontier of Oklahoma Conservation Law.” and will be held at OCU’s Meinders School of Business, 2501 North Blackwelder. It will start at 8:30 a.m. …

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OWRB Examiner Recommends Sardis Lake Reservoir Permit for Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City took another step in advancing its effort to transfer water from the Sardis Lake reservoir in southeastern Oklahoma, according to a story published by The Oklahoman. A hearing examiner with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board recommended that Oklahoma City should receive a permit to balance “Oklahoma City’s need for Sardis water against Kiamichi …

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Brent Crude and West Texas Intermediate Crude Futures Stumble on Tuesday

Oil futures finished slightly lower on Tuesday as initial weekly data on domestic crude inventories revealed a fourth consecutive rise, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. November West Texas Intermediate crude dropped 34 cents, or 0.7%, to settle at $51.88 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Just one day earlier, prices surged 3.1% to settle at $52.22 …

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