** Bloomberg News reported this week that a cargo ship loaded with crude product from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserves has departed a port in Texas bound for Europe. President Biden said the release of oil was to lower the price of gasoline. ** U.S. utilities will shed insights on whether soaring natural gas prices will crimp …
April 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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
Permits to drill for April 20, 2022
Mcclain County J.M. HOLDINGS #1-35, April 20 2022 35 7N 3W W2NWSWSE API: 08721646 Lat: 35.03236483205318, Long: -97.48500150807779 CHARTER OAK PRODUCTION CO LLC SH, RC, 10210 ft, PENN BASAL UNCONF SAND(8220), WOODFORD(8303), HUNTON(8398), VIOLA(8780), BROMIDE(9230) Mcclain County WEST GOLDSBY OSBORN UNIT #T-17-W-3, April 20 2022 03 7N 3W SWSWSENW API: 08722352 Lat: 35.11041435998615, Long: -97.50728370165254 TWISTED OAK …
Completion reports for April 20, 2022
BLAINE COUNTY Continental Resources Inc All Zones Producing: Oil 94 Gas 2030 Water 434 Flow 27 15N 12W Holstein 4-27-34-3xhm, April 15, 2020 HH, GAS, TD: 26834 ft Lat: 35.75322, Long: -98.46824 API: 35011242430001 Continental Resources Inc Mississippi Solid: Oil 61 Gas 1772 Water 278 Flow 33 15N 12W Angus Trust 3-33-4xhm, March 07, 2020 HH, GAS, TD: 22500 ft Lat: 35.73865, Long: -98.48250 API: 35011242070001 Continental …
US crude prices steady while European crude slipped on Wednesday
Crude oil prices were mixed in Wednesday’s trading as benchmark US prices managed a slight increase while European prices fell. US prices initial responded with an increase after the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported a crude oil inventory draw of 8 million barrels for the week to April 15. West Texas Intermediate crude for …