Key Energy Services Inc. says it suffered a net loss of $23.4 million or $1.15 a share in the first quarter of 2019. It’s about the same loss it reported in the fourth quarter of 2018. The 2018 fourth quarter losses totaled $23.1 million and $1.14 a share for the Houston, Texas company that has …
May 2019 archive
Lakes brimming with floodwaters in Oklahoma
Lakes all over Oklahoma are being hit with floodwaters following heavy rains in the past week to 10 days. Most lakes are reporting higher elevations including Kaw Lake in northern Oklahoma where the level is 21 feet higher than normal. Floodwaters are being released in massive amounts from the Lake Altus-Lugert. In the northeast, Keystone …
Rocky tornado is rated an EF2 with winds up to 135 MPH
The tornado that hit the western Oklahoma town of Rocky this week has been rated an EF2 by the National Weather Service. An EF2 has winds ranging from 111 mph to 135 mph. The tornado hit in an area where there are wind turbines but it’s unclear yet if any were destroyed or damaged …
SandRidge Energy reports more losses but also saw improvements
Oklahoma City-based SandRidge Energy posted a net loss of $5 million or 15 cents a share in the first quarter of 2018. The company said it was still an improvement from a year ago when SandRidge reported a net loss of nearly $41 million or $1.18 per share. Total revenues for the first quarter of …
Marathon Oil brings in large well in STACK
A STACK well drilled by Marathon Oil in Blaine County is producing more than 1,300 barrels of oil a day. A completion report filed this week with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission shows the Hr. Potter 1511 8-3-34mxh well is located at 3 15N 11W or about 5 miles north of the community of Greenfield. It …
Permits to drill for May 8, 2019
Permits to drill issued for May 8, 2019. Canadian County BIG BROWN 6-7-10-6 #1MXH, May 08 2019 31 11N 6W NWSWSWSE API: 01725454 Lat: 35.37842793527215, Long: -97.87411239718313 ROAN RESOURCES LLC HH, DR, 20458 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(10258) Canadian County BIG BROWN 6-7-10-6 #2MXH, May 08 2019 31 11N 6W NWSWSWSE API: 01725455 Lat: 35.37842793961152, Long: -97.8740453091733 ROAN RESOURCES LLC …
Completion reports for May 8, 2019
Completion reports filed for May 8, 2019. BLAINE COUNTY Marathon Oil Company Mississippi(10990): Oil 1328 Gas 2915 Water 2456 Flow 3 15N 11W Hr Potter 1511 8-3-34mxh, September 24, 2018 HH, OIL, TD: 21795 ft Lat: 35.79857, Long: -98.35349 API: 35011239970000 CUSTER COUNTY Newfield Exploration Mid-con Inc Mississippian (less Chester): Oil 80 Gas 7209 Water 368 Flow 36 15N 14W Leslie Comer 1514 1h-36x, August 31, …
Broken levee leaves parts of city of Sayre flooded
A levee apparently couldn’t contain the amount of rainfall that fell in the western city of Sayre and broke early Wednesday morning, resulting in a flooded that damaged homes and businesses. There were no reports of injuries. It was Tuesday night when severe weather moved out of the Texas Panhandle and into Western Oklahoma, producing …
State regulators forced by court ruling to increase OUSF charges on phone bills
“Oklahomans should pay more attention to the obscure, yet ever-increasing OUSF charges on their phone bills.” Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony. Phone bills will likely be going up soon in Oklahoma because of a State Supreme Court ruling. And Corporation Commissioners don’t like it but their hands are tied. Faced with the ruling, the Oklahoma …
DEQ offers free testing of private wells impacted by flooding
The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is offering free bacteriological testing of private water wells that have been submerged in flood water. The offer extends to residents in the following counties: Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Canadian, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche, Cotton, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Garvin, Grady, Haskell, Hughes, Jefferson, Johnston, Latimer, LeFlore, Lincoln, Logan, Love, Marshall, Mayes, McClain, McCurtain, McIntosh, Murray, Muskogee, Nowata, Okfuskee Oklahoma, Okmulgee, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Payne, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Pushmataha, Rogers, Seminole, Sequoyah, Stephens, Tillman, Tulsa, Wagoner and Washington counties. The DEQ urged users not to drink the water from private wells submerged in …