April 2023 archive

Quarterly dividend declared by Cheniere Energy

  Cheniere Energy, Inc., the Houston company with a major natural gas line through Oklahoma’s STACK and SCOOP plays announced quarterly cash dividend. The Board of Directors approved a dividend of $0.395 per common share payable on May 17 of this year to shareholders of record as of the close of business on May 10, …

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Texas legislature approves bill to create higher registration fees for electric vehicles

  Under a bill approved by the legislature and sent to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is a proposed law creating higher annual registration fees for electric vehicles. The bill would impose an annual $200 feet for the registration or renewal of an EV and another $400 to register a new electric vehicle according to Fox …

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Annual meeting approaches for Chesapeake Energy

  Chesapeake Energy Corporation’s annual meeting has been set for Thursday, June 8 and it will be totally a virtual meeting. Starting at 10 a.m. Central Time, the meeting agenda includes the usual selection of members to the board of directors, the approval of executive officer compensation, frequency of advisory votes for such compensation, and …

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Mammoth Energy records 87% gain in 1Q total revenue

  Mammoth Energy’s first quarter proved to a strong one for the Oklahoma City-based company as it reported total revenue was up 87%, reaching $116.3 million. It compared to $62.3 million recorded a year earlier. The more than $116 million was also a 13% improvement over the fourth quarter 2022 total revenue of $102.9 million …

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Bice introduces bill to stop Biden’s controversial new mortgage plan

  Oklahoma Congresswoman Stephanie Bice is one of the key Republicans behind legislation to stop a new Biden administration rule that if put into effect would force lower-risk mortgage borrowers to help subsidize lower rates for the high-risk borrowers. Bice is vice chair of the Republican Main Street Caucus and told Fox News Digital that …

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Keystone pipeline searched for other potential leak sites

  Keystone Pipeline operator TC Energy admits it is investigating other possible sites that could potentially be sources of a leak like that big one that occurred last December in northern Kansas. The company is looking for areas of the pipeline with characteristics similar to the one near Washington, Kansas where 12,000 barrels of crude …

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Other energy highlights

** A lawsuit by environmentalists seeking to block the 2021 sale of Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases auctioned off by the federal government was rejected Friday by a federal appeals court in Washington. Energy companies including Shell, BP, Chevron and ExxonMobil offered a combined $192 million for drilling rights on federal oil and gas reserves in the …

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Completion reports for April 27, 2023

MAJOR COUNTY Comanche Exploration Co Llc Mississippian(8262): Oil 335 Gas 412 Water 3603 Flow 29 20N 15W Stewart 29-1h, September 14, 2022 HH, OIL, TD: 13904 ft Lat: 36.18689, Long: -98.82522 API: 35093252300000

Permits to drill for April 27, 2023

Ellis County ISLA ANN 4-9 #1H, April 27 2023 33 21N 26W SWSWSWSE API: 04523900 Lat: 36.24709329193769, Long: -99.98949752999619 UPLAND OPERATING LLC HH, DR, 20000 ft, CHEROKEE(8612) Garvin County LILY #1-29-20GXH, April 18 2023 32 4N 4W SENENWNW API: 04925160 Lat: 34.781504537499444, Long: -97.64752889009985 RIMROCK RESOURCE OPERATING LLC MU, AM, 19100 ft, GODDARD(11700) Garvin County LILY #1-29-20GXH, …

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AAA forecasts big summer travel season and with it—higher gasoline prices

  AAA says the coming months promise to be a very busy summer for travel, even though we’re a month away from the Memorial Day holiday and the unofficial kickoff to the summer driving season. The automobile agency reported this week that international travel bookings this year are already up 200% compared to 2022 and …

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