Oklahomans eligible for 13 weeks of extended unemployment benefits may now file online at https://ui.ok.gov. The federal Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program is designed for individuals who have exhausted regular benefits. Eligible claimants will receive an additional 13 weeks of relief for the period of March 29, 2020, through the week ending December 26, …
May 2020 archive
NGL sets date to release earnings report
NGL Energy Partners LP plans to issue its fiscal fourth quarter ended March 31, 2020 earnings press release post-market close on Monday, June 1, 2020 . Members of NGL’s management team intend to host an earnings call following this release on Monday, June 1, 2020 at 5:00 pm CDT to discuss its financial results. NGL …
More layoffs hit Oklahoma including shutdown of aerospace plant
While Oklahoma’s energy industry has endured thousands of layoffs in the coronavirus pandemic and the oil crisis, so have other industries including chain stores in the state. The latest to be told their jobs will soon end are employees of a Dillard’s store in Lawton and an aircraft manufacturing plant in Tulsa. Tulsa operations …
Dems support tribe’s efforts to shut down Dakota Access oil pipeline
Some of the same Democrats who ran for President and came out against the oil and gas industry and called for a ban of hydraulic fracking are among those supporting a tribe’s effort to shut down the Dakota Access crude oil pipeline in North Dakota. At least three dozen congressional Democrats are backing the …
Rural broadband bill vetoed by OK Gov. Stitt
A bill that would have created a Rural Broadband Expansion Council in Oklahoma was vetoed this week by Gov. Kevin Stitt who called it “unnecessary and redundant.” House Bill 4018 was reportedly the measure at the heart of a budget fight between legislators and the governor. Governor Stitt had said digital transformation was a “top …
Completion reports for May 20, 2020
Completion reports filed on May 20, 2020. CANADIAN COUNTY Citizen Energy Iii Llc Woodford(13269): Gas 4293 Water 874 Flow 9 12N 10W Jameson 1h-4, November 13, 2019 HH, GAS, TD: 18642 ft Lat: 35.53573, Long: -98.26822 API: 35017254840000 Jones Energy Llc Mississippian(10074): Oil 584 Gas 2853 Water 1688 Flow 6 12N 7W Phoenix 7-12-7 2mh, October 15, 2019 HH, OIL, TD: 15380 ft Lat: 35.53921, …
Permits to drill for May 20, 2020
Permits to drill issued on May 20, 2020. Bryan County LABOR #1-1ER, May 20 2020 12 6S 7E NWNWSENE API: 01320171 Lat: 34.0517123502047, Long: -96.52111801569858 GULF EXPLORATION LLC DH, DR, 9600 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(4200), WOODFORD(4800), HUNTON 269HNTN 5650 8 ARBUCKLE(8100), BROMIDE(6250), TULIP CREEK(6610), MCLISH(7300), OIL CREEK(7750) Love County HBR #1-9H10X, February 22 2019 09 8S 2E NESWNWNE …
Crude storage at Cushing drops and oil prices hit 10-week high
As crude oil storage at the Cushing hub in Oklahoma fell an estimated 5.5 million barrels this week, oil futures on Wednesday finished at their highest level in nearly 10 weeks. July West Texas Intermediate rose $1.53 or 4.8% to settle at $33.49 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It was the highest …
Continental Resources urges North Dakota regulators to adopt prorationing of oil production
Oklahoma City’s Continental Resources, a major player in North Dakota’s Bakken play is asking the state’s energy regulators to intervene and order a reduction in crude oil production, just like it wants Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners to do. Known as one of the largest U.S. shale oil producers, the company on Wednesday urged regulators on …
Oklahoma regulators keep agency headquarters closed until late July
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners extended an executive order this week keeping the main offices of the agency closed until late in July because of the coronavirus pandemic. The commission voted in support of a finding “that the unique circumstances attending the COVID-19 pandemic are ongoing and ever-changing and that the length of time the pandemic will necessitate …








