June 2020 archive

Blacklisting threat forces tankers to leave Venezuelan waters

  Two tankers that were sailing toward Venezuela to load crude have turned around since the weekend and three other vessels have left Venezuelan waters as the United States considers blacklisting dozens of ships for transporting the country’s oil, according to shipping data and industry sources. Washington is considering imposing sanctions on tankers involved in …

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ConocoPhillips to Hold Second-Quarter Earnings Conference Call on Thursday, July 30

  ConocoPhillips will host a conference call webcast on Thursday, July 30 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern time to discuss second-quarter 2020 financial and operating results. The company’s financial and operating results will be released before the market opens on July 30. To access the webcast, visit ConocoPhillips’ Investor Relations site, www.conocophillips.com/investor, and click on the “Register” …

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Tulsa Air and Space Museum to receive NASA Space Shuttle Crew Compartment Trainer

  The Tulsa Air and Space Museum announced it will receive a Space Shuttle Crew Compartment Trainer from NASA. The full-size Space Shuttle Crew Compartment Trainer was used to train astronauts during the Shuttle Program.  The Shuttle Trainer is a high-fidelity life-size replica of the Shuttle nose, cockpit and crew compartment of a shuttle, and …

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Devon completes 4 wells with combined production of nearly 2,700 barrels of oil a day

  While many oil and gas companies have shut-in some of their producing wells, Devon Energy has just completed four wells on a single pad site with combined production of nearly 2,700 barrels of oil a day. The STACK wells are located at 17 16N 9W in Kingfisher County and had spud dates of late …

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Completion reports for June 9, 2020

Completion reports issued on June 9, 2020. CARTER COUNTY Chatham Jimmy R 16 1S 3W Hall Moore Pennington (E F Pennington 2) 1-2, May 22, 2020 SH, OIL, TD: 2851 ft Lat: 34.47507, Long: -97.51323 API: 35019031240002 CREEK COUNTY Enterprise Energy Exploration Inc Dutcher(2750): Oil 5 Water 50 Pump 32 15N 10E Dana 1-32, March 25, 2020 SH, OIL, TD: 3352 …

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Permits to drill for June 9, 2020

Permits to drill issued on June 9, 2020. Garfield County KISNER #54, April 02 2019 19 22N 3W NWNWNENW API: 04701256 Lat: 36.37565670407387, Long: -97.56369807555531 M M ENERGY INC SH, AM, 2150 ft, FORT RILEY(1050), HOY(1060), WHITNEY 451WTNY 1240 8 GARBER /PERMIAN/(1940), HOTSON(1400), NEVA(1500), FORAKER(1650), CREWS(1780) Kingfisher County MARY #1507 4H-34XX, March 16 2020 15 15N …

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Oil rebounds both in US and overseas

  Oil prices bounced back upward in Tuesday’s trading in the U.S. and overseas with West Texas Intermediate crude seeing a 75 cent gain, finishing the day up 2% at $38.94 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Overseas, Brent crude was up only 3 cents to finish at $40.83 a barrel on the …

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Index shows Oklahoma’s oil and gas activity at lowest point in 20 years

As expected, the Oklahoma Energy Index contracted sharply in April.  Oil and natural gas activity fell by 14.3 percent to an index reading of 102.8 – just above the baseline of 100 indexed to the base year of 2000. Total energy activity in the state is now down 44 percent from a year ago with …

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Results of SandRidge Energy’s shareholders meeting

  Oklahoma City’s SandRidge Energy, Inc. reported the results of its 2020 annual meeting of stockholders held on June 5 of this year. Results were made known in a company filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Directors Patricia A. Agnello, Jonathan Christodoro, Jonathan Frates, John “Jack” Lipinski and Randolph C. Read were elected. Shareholders …

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Sen. Lankford takes part in examination of government response to pandemic

  As Congress explores the coronavirus pandemic, the one that shut down much of the nation’s oil and gas industry not to mention the critical impact it had on wind and solar energy development, Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford had some pointed questions during a Senate hearing this week. It was during a Homeland Security and …

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