May 2020 archive

Williams opens natural gas line to serve Florida

Williams in Tulsa announced that it has placed in service Phase II of the Hillabee expansion project, an important Transco expansion that provides clean-burning natural gas to meet the needs of Florida’s rapidly growing power generation market. The incremental expansion of the company’s existing Transco pipeline provides capacity to Sabal Trail Transmission via a capacity …

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Phillips 66 fights off mini-tender offer

Phillips 66 is urging shareholders to vote against an unsolicited “mini-tender” offer made by TRC Capital Investment Corporation, a private Canadian-based investment company. TRC is attempting to purchase up to 2 million shares of Phillips 66 common stock at an offer of $57.50 a share, which according to PHillips 66 is nearly 5% below the …

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Commerce Department official retires

  The end of April marked the end of an era for the Oklahoma Department of Commerce – the Charles Kimbrough era. On April 30, after more than 20 years of service, Kimbrough, Director of Business Development, officially retired. Kimbrough joined Commerce in 1997 as a business recruiter and remained in that role for 11 …

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OU launches new Aerospace and Defense graduate program

  As Oklahoma’s second-largest industry continues to grow, the University of Oklahoma is launching new graduate programs in aerospace and defense through the Michael F. Price College of Business to meet a nationwide workforce shortage head-on. The college will offer two graduate-level programs through its Gene Rainbolt Graduate School of Business, located in Oklahoma City, …

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Completion reports for May 1, 2020

Completion reports filed on May 1, 2020. KAY COUNTY K3 Oil & Gas Operating Company Mississippian(3212): Oil 20 Pump 29 29N 4E Bowling Ranch 15-29, January 20, 2020 SH, OIL, TD: 3450 ft Lat: 36.95880, Long: -96.89083 API: 35071249070001 MAJOR COUNTY Fairway Resources Operating Iii Llc Mississippi Lime(7001): Oil 102 Gas 905 Water 2270 Pump 19 22N 14W Edna Mae 1-18h, August 10, 2019 …

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Permits to drill for May 1, 2020

Permits to drill issued on May 1, 2020. Creek County CECIL STUART #1, May 01 2020 21 16N 10E NESWSWNW API: 03729450 Lat: 35.85119959817424, Long: -96.26151258138829 WEINS HORTON L SH, DR, 3650 ft, LAYTON(1075), SKINNER(2030), RED FORK 404RDFK 2230 8 MISENER(3330), BARTLESVILLE(2440), DUTCHER(2850), BURGESS(2950), MISSISSIPPI(2990)

State seeks public input on Clean Water Fund

  The Oklahoma Water Resources Board and the State Department of Environmental Quality will hold a joint meeting in June to hear input on the 2021 Clean Water State Resolving Fund and the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund. A draft of the plan is available prior to the June 2 meeting where the two boards …

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Oklahoma’s rig count slides down to 15

The numbers are startling and reflect what’s happened to the oil and gas industry in Oklahoma and the rest of the U.S. as oil and gas are stockpiled in storage with drillers hoping for a dramatic change in the crisis. Oklahoma has only 15 working rigs as of this week after the count fell by …

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Oil ended Friday only cents away from $20 a barrel

After seeing jumps of more than 20 percent in successive days this week, U.S. oil prices settled up 5 percent on Friday. West Texas Intermediate ended the day at $19.78 a barrel, an increase of 94 cents since Thursday’s close on the New York Mercantile Exchange. International benchmark Brent crude rose only 12 cents and …

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Oil and gas industry could benefit from new Main Street lending program

  The Federal Reserve announced an expansion of the size and scope of businesses that will be eligible for its “Main Street” emergency lending program. Though broad and not specifically intended for the oil and gas industry, the changes could benefit several of the industry’s heavily indebted small- to medium-size companies including some in Oklahoma …

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