February 2022 archive

ONE Gas expects 4Q momentum to carry well into 2022

  Fourth quarter and full year 2021 financial results for ONE Gas were stronger in comparison as the Tulsa-based firm announced diluted earnings per share of $1.12 for the quarter and $3.85 for the year. Did earnings “skyrocket”? No, but they definitely grew both for the quarter and the full year. Fourth quarter 2021 net …

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More growth reported by Chesapeake Energy in 4Q

  Chesapeake Energy unveiled its fourth quarter earnings report this week showing that like other energy firms, the Oklahoma City-based company had a good quarter. It reported net cash from operating activities of $563 million leaving Chesapeake with an unrestricted cash balance of $905 million. Net income totaled nearly $1.4 billion or $11.13 per diluted …

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Kansas leader wants faster price gouging probe from last year’s storm

  Price gouging from the 2021 Winter Storm Uri in Oklahoma. It’s what some have called on Attorney General John O’Connor to hastily carry out and now in Kansas, a similar call is being made. Lynn Rogers, the state treasurer in Kansas says Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s probe is too slow and sending the wrong …

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Other energy headlines

** The U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear a case brought by West Virginia and 18 other states that challenges the EPA’s ability to issue regulations to curb carbon emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants. ** The U.S. Postal Service finalized plans Wednesday to purchase up to 148,000 gasoline-powered mail delivery trucks, defying Biden administration officials’ objections that the …

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Senators urge Biden to increase LNG exports to Europe

  While Russian troops spread across Ukraine, Oklahoma U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe and James Lankford joined other Republican Senators in urging the Biden administration to increase the nation’s supply of LNG to help European countries. The U.S. last year was already Europe’s largest source of liquefied natural gas according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. …

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Louisiana’s Entergy customers to also pay for storm costs

  Oklahomans aren’t the only ones who have to pay for storm costs. The one million customers of Entergy in Louisiana will pay $3.2 billion to reimburse the company to cover repair costs from five storms in 2020 and 2021. Critics say it shouldn’t be allowed because while customers will have to cough up $3.2 …

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Permits to drill for February 23, 2022

Beaver County LEON SPANGLER #1-8XLH, December 28 2012 08 3N 23EC SWSESWSW API: 00725574 RESOURCE OIL AND GAS LLC HH, AM, 15717 ft, MARMATON(6010) Blaine County SLAGELL #3-20-29-32XHM, February 23 2022 20 14N 13W NWNENENE API: 01124305 Lat: 35.6812677525055, Long: -98.59826231426189 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC MU, DR, 28409 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(13345) Canadian County CLARK #2H-2017X, February 23 2022 20 …

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Completion reports for February 23, 2022

BLAINE COUNTY Continental Resources Inc 6 16N 12W Foley Swd 2-6, June 12, 2020 SH, COMM, TD: 7200 ft Lat: 35.89153, Long: -98.52391 API: 35011232630001 Devon Energy Production Co Lp Mississippi Solid: Oil 773 Gas 2246 Water 789 Flow 23 15N 10W Bradford 23_14-15n-10w 3hx, December 08, 2021 HH, OIL, TD: 21408 ft Lat: 35.75533, Long: -98.23366 API: 35011242550000 CARTER COUNTY Kodiak Oil …

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Russia’s launch of war sparks $100 oil in London

Accessibility statementSkip to main content Hours after crude oil prices slipped slightly due to uncertainty over the Ukraine-Russia standoff, certainty entered the picture as missiles and bombs started falling over Ukraine. It sparked an increase in crude prices as oil topped $100 a barrel for the first time since 2014. Futures in London late Wednesday …

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Gov. Stitt confirms Oklahoma hopes to land mystery plant

  For the first time, Oklahoma leaders finally confirm yes, a mystery company is considering the state for a manufacturing site that could potentially hire thousands of workers and bring billions of dollars investment. As OK Energy Today reported earlier this year, the company’s interest in a site either in eastern Kansas or near Tulsa …

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