Halliburton Company announced that its board of directors has declared a 2020 first quarter dividend of eighteen cents ($0.18) a share on the Company’s common stock payable on March 25, 2020, to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 4, 2020. The Company’s annual meeting of shareholders will take place on May …
2020 archive
Energy news in brief
** Great River Energy says decisions on the future of North Dakota’s largest coal plant will be made later this year. A municipal utility in southeastern Minnesota prepares to demolish a former coal plant that shut down in 2016. ** A Navajo company agrees to waive its sovereign immunity in Wyoming, which allows state regulators to oversee two mines it recently acquired. ** The shutdown …
Layoffs hit Colorado oil and gas company
Denver’s Extraction Oil and Gas Inc. announced the layoff of 20% of its workforce while the oil and gas industry suffers a slowdown. The 20% equates to about 60 workers from the company’s downtown headquarters and field operations in the D-J Basin. “We reorganized our workforce into a more streamlined structure that better matches …
Permits to drill for February 14, 2020
Permits to drill for February 14, 2020. Major County: 29 20N 14W to Comanche Exploration Co. LLC. Kingfisher County: 31 16N 7W to Paloma Operating Co. Inc.
Completion reports for February 14, 2020
Completion reports filed on February 14, 2020. CARTER COUNTY Citation Oil & Gas Corporation 31 3S 3W Healdton 1 Unit 49, July 17, 2018 SH, INJ, TD: 1141 ft Lat: 34.24737, Long: -97.54862 API: 35019220360000 GRADY COUNTY Continental Resources Inc Springer: Oil 364 Gas 1001 Water 2064 Flow 32 7N 6W Chester 3-32-5xhs, June 17, 2019 HH, GAS, TD: 22829 ft Lat: …
Few changes in rig counts across Oklahoma and the U.S.
Rig counts held steady in Oklahoma and across the U.S. over the past week. Figures from Baker Hughes Co. showed Oklahoma continued with 50 active rigs, a far cry from the 119 active rigs reported a year ago. Across the U.S. the count remained at 790, still 261 below the 1,051 rigs reported last year …
Wyoming to consider banning disposal of old wind turbine blades
There’s growing concern in the Wyoming House of Representatives about the disposal of old and outdated wind turbine blades. The House voted this week to introduce a bill to ban the disposal of the old blades in Wyoming. House Bill 217 would make it a misdemeanor to dispose of such blades in Wyoming and would impose …
Boulder, Colorado to drop business with firms invested in oil and gas
Insurance companies with business investments in oil and gas are being targeted by county commissioners in Boulder, Colorado, a city known for its environmental and progressive political activism. If they don’t make the check list, they’ll be eliminated from county business. Boulder County proclaimed it plans to screen insurance companies it does business with to …
Public forum to be held by DEQ in Oklahoma
Members of Oklahoma’s Environmental Quality Board want to hear from the public about any number of things related to the state’s environment. They’re planning to hold a public forum on Feb. 21 following a regular business meeting at the DEQ’s headquarters in downtown Oklahoma City. The exact start time of the public forum isn’t known …
New Mexico coal plant investors are criticized
Plans to improve the San Juan coal plant in northwest New Mexico and use carbon capture to make it a clean operation are being criticized in a new report. Investors in Enchant Energy’s project are being told the company is underestimating the cost of the project and could be at risk for up to $450 …







