The budget fight between Gov. Kevin Stitt and Republican leaders of the legislature, spurred when the legislature cut funding for his digital transformation effort is headed to the Oklahoma Supreme Court on Monday. When legislators cut funding, the governor delayed a meeting of the state Board of Equalization which meant there was no approval of …
2020 archive
Missouri city offers $1 billion in incentives for Tesla Cybertruck factory
Joplin, Missouri is intent on landing Tesla’s proposed Cybertruck plant and it’s offering an estimated $1 billion package to the company. The city that attracted national attention when tornadoes hit Joplin in 2011 leaving more than 100 dead is back with a positive effort this time. Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted in March that the …
Southeast Kansas to get wind farm
Far Southeast Kansas is about to get a wind farm operation even though some residents are against the project in Crawford and Bourbon Counties near cities such as Pittsburg and Girard. Crawford County Commissioners have approved the renewable energy project which is in development by Apex Clean Energy, Inc., a firm with operations it …
Ovintiv finds more producers in the STACK
Tulsa’s Ovintiv Mid-Continent Inc. continues seeing success with its series of multi-wells drilled from single pads in Oklahoma’s STACK play. The latest is three sister wells with production of nearly 2,000 barrels of oil a day while two wells near Kingfisher produced a thousand barrels of oil a day. The company filed completion reports on …
Completion reports for April 16, 2020
Completion reports filed on April 16, 2020. GRADY COUNTY Sheridan Production Company Llc 7 5N 5W Foster E 1-7, March 23, 2020 SH, PLUG, TD: 16185 ft Lat: 34.91507, Long: -97.77376 API: 35051224690001 KINGFISHER COUNTY Ovintiv Mid-continent Inc. Mississippian: Oil 482 Gas 1381 Water 869 Flow 32 16N 8W Michael Fed 1608 2h-29x, November 10, 2019 HH, OIL, TD: 19265 ft Lat: …
Permits to drill for April 16, 2020
Permits to drill issued for April 16, 2020. Canadian County REUTER TRUST #1H-8-17, April 16 2020 08 11N 8W NWNWNENE API: 01725621 Lat: 35.44872437474985, Long: -98.06438226124894 CITIZEN ENERGY III LLC MU, DR, 22427 ft, WOODFORD(11900) Canadian County ELMENHORST #1H-06-07, April 18 2018 06 11N 6W NWNWNWNE API: 01725212 Lat: 35.46368701798446, Long: -97.87461645499465 TRAVIS PEAK RESOURCES LLC MU, …
Energy news in brief
** Houston’s Nine Energy Service, Inc. has scheduled its first quarter 2020 earnings conference call for Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 9:00 am Central Time. During the call, Nine will discuss its financial and operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2020, which are expected to be released prior to the conference call. ** …
Judge to hear request to order reduction in Oklahoma’s oil production
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission is moving quickly on a response by one petroleum organization to order a cut in oil production across the state, but the public isn’t getting much of an opportunity to learn about it. An Administrative Law Judge has ordered a hearing set for Friday, April 17 at 9 a.m. on a …
Slight drop from record-setting unemployment claims in OK
The number of initial Unemployment Insurance claims dipped slightly from the previous week as COVID-19 related closures and the energy crisis continue to take a toll on Oklahoma’s workforce. For the week ending April 11, 2020, unadjusted initial claims in Oklahoma totaled 48,977, a decrease of 11,557 from the previous record-setting adjusted week high …
Chesapeake Energy and SandRidge Energy lay off workers
Both Chesapeake Energy and SandRidge Energy announced layoffs of workers this week. Chesapeake laid off the highest number at 200 employees, a move that came just days after shareholders approved a reverse stock split so the company would not be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange. SandRidge let 26 workers go from its headquarters …







