April 21, 2022 archive

Companies sitting on well reports

  Reports filed this week with Oklahoma regulators are apparent signs of energy companies finally filing completions on wells that they had been sitting on for the past year to two. Oklahoma City-based CPRP Services filed completion reports this week on a three-well single pad project in McClain County with production of more than 1,500 …

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Cushing hub sees no increase in crude storage

  The total of crude oil in storage at Oklahoma’s Cushing hub slipped slightly in the past week reaching a level of just above 26 million barrels. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported the total was 26.2 million barrels as of April 15, down 100,000 barrels from April 8. Records show the Cushing hub’s storage …

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Oil and gas responsible for most Oklahoma billionaires

  Oil and gas are behind most of the billionaires who live in Oklahoma according to the latest 2022 list of billionaires compiled by Forbes magazine. Forbes cited Continental Resources founder Harold Hamm as number 98 on its list, reporting him with a $17.2 billion fortune. His is truly a “rags to riches” story, considering …

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Rising costs hurt Denver’s Liberty Oilfield Services

  Denver’s Liberty Oilfield Services reported a 43% increase in first-quarter revenue but the fracking company also recorded a loss because of rising costs.   The company reported revenue of $793 million but a net loss of $5 million or 3 cents per share. Even with the loss, it was an improvement over the $57 …

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Natural gas prices hit NextEra Energy in first quarter

  With at least 17 wind energy centers located in the state of Oklahoma, NextEra Energy Inc. reported a first-quarter loss of $451 million or 23 cents a share. The Juno Beach, Florida-based company had a profit of $1.67 billion or 84 cents a share a year ago reported Reuters. Click here for Reuters

Feds set date for oil and gas lease auction in New Mexico

  A June auction is planned by the Department of Interior of federal land in southeast New Mexico. It was supposed to have been sold a year ago but when President Biden took office, he immediately suspended the auction of federal oil and gas leases. Click here for Carlsbad Current-Argus