The number of people filing for unemployment in Oklahoma dropped 65% last week after numbers set a record a week earlier. Among those out of work, more in the energy industry. The U.S. Department of Labor reported Thursday that 32,794 Oklahoma workers filed initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits during the week ending Saturday …
May 2020 archive
Firms still want to drill in Oklahoma
While Oklahoma has only about a dozen or so rigs still active in the state, firms are still wanting to explore for new oil. OVINTIV-Mid-Continent Inc. recently received a permit to drill four wells on a single pad at a site about 10 miles southwest of the city of Kingfisher. They will be the …
Enable Midstream to be part of virtual conferences
Enable Midstream Partners, LP announced that members of its senior management are scheduled to meet with investors at the following upcoming virtual investor conferences: MUFG Oil and Gas Conference Monday, May 18, 2020 BofA Securities 2020 Energy Credit Conference Wednesday, June 3, 2020 J.P. Morgan 2020 Energy, Power and Renewables Conference Wednesday, June 17, 2020 The presentation …
Completion reports for May 14, 2020
Completion reports filed on May 14, 2020. MCCLAIN COUNTY Urban Oil & Gas Group Llc Bromide: Oil 10 Water 200 Pump 15 7N 3W Busby 1-15, June 27, 2019 SH, OIL, TD: 10222 ft Lat: 35.07794, Long: -97.49751 API: 35087218290002 NOWATA COUNTY Rocky Top Energy Llc Bartlesville(1166): Oil 2 Water 5 Pump 1 26N 14E Garrett Phase Ii 38b, May 01, 2019 SH, OIL, …
Permits to drill for May 14, 2020
Permits to drill issued on May 14, 2020. Grady County WILL ROGERS 1007 22-15 #1MH, February 11 2019 27 10N 7W NENENENE API: 05124574 Lat: 35.318968132035664, Long: -97.91914630523912 CAMINO NATURAL RESOURCES LLC MU, AM, 18986 ft, MISSISSIPPI LIME(10400), MISSISSIPPIAN(10829) Kingfisher County SOUTH STANGL #1509 2H-12X, May 14 2020 12 15N 9W SWNENWNE API: 07326702 Lat: 35.79672029352494, Long: …
Oil moves closer to $30 level in US
Oil prices pushed closer to the $30 a barrel level in Thursday’s trading as they were up 9% with West Texas Intermediate crude for June delivery rising $2.27 to settle at $27.56 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It was the highest level in nearly six weeks of trading according to Dow …
Reverse stock split approved by shareholders and directors at Laredo Petroleum
Stockholders in Tulsa-based Laredo Petroleum voted Thursday to approve a reverse stock split of the company’s common stock at a radio ranging from 1-for-5 to 1-for-20 of shares. It’s seen as a move that will reduce shares in the company in an attempt to regain compliance on the New Stock Exchange. The approval came at …
Hamm applauds investigation of Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Oklahoma oilman Harold Hamm says the response to a request of the Domestic Energy Producers Alliance for an investigation of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange is a good first step. Hamm, founder of Continental Resources made the request last month for an investigation in which he blamed the C-M-E for causing oil prices to …
Mid-Con Energy in Tulsa says pandemic might result in its failure
Volatility. Uncertainty. Turmoil. Words Mid-Con Energy Partners used this week in suggesting it might fail financially and have to close its doors if the pandemic’s effects continue much longer. The Tulsa company announced it will delay its financial earnings report for the quarter quarter of 2020, blaming disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. …
Even In A Pandemic, Texas Is Expected To Break Electricity Use Records This Summer
The group that operates the Texas electric grid expects the state to break records for peak electricity use this summer, despite the fact that people are using less electricity because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In its Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas forecasts yet another hotter-than-average summer. That combined with continued …








