June 28, 2023 archive

ONEOK and Magellan merger advances

  ONEOK, Inc. and Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. have met at least one more requirement before their nearly $19 billion merger advances. The two companies announced this week the expiration of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, in connection with ONEOK’s pending acquisition of Magellan. The expiration of the waiting period under …

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Government plan to spend $5 billion on Puerto Rico’s power issues could anger Mammoth Energy

  Even as Oklahoma City’s Mammoth Energy Services continues its battle to get paid $379 million for power repairs made when Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, the Biden administration wants to spend $5 billion on upgrading the territory’s troubled electric grid. It’s the very grid that Mammoth crews worked on when they raced …

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Devon schedules 2Q financial release for August 1

  Devon Energy said it will report second-quarter 2023 financial results on Aug. 1. as executive leadership hopes it might improve on record oil production in the first quarter. The Oklahoma City-based company said the release will come after the close of U.S financial markets on that Tuesday. The earnings release and presentation for the …

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Failed multiple well project in Canadian County.

Not only multiple wells drilled on a single pad are a success. A recent three-well single-pad project in Canadian County by Travis Peak Resources LLC of Houston, Texas didn’t produce the results the firm obviously wanted. The three Von Tungeln wells ended up with combined production of about 72 barrels of oil a day. Located …

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Fast energy reads

** The Treasury Department is urging states to force insurance companies to better account for climate change and its financial risks as growing disaster damage is costing insurers billions of dollars. ** Massachusetts has launched the largest single call for offshore wind projects in the nation. But the state’s new attorney general isn’t so sure that’s a good idea. ** Georgia …

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Soaring heat followed by soaring electricity prices in Oklahoma and Texas

  With temperatures of 100 degrees plus throughout  Oklahoma and Texas, now comes a big jump in the cost of electricity. The cost to acquire advance power in Texas as of late Monday afternoon hit nearly 50 times its usual price on Sunday reported The Hill. In Oklahoma, OG&E SmartHours price for electricity was 8 …

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Another temporary move for Corporation Commission offices

  The Oklahoma Corporation Commission made another big step this week in its move out of the Jim Thorpe building which is undergoing millions of dollars in renovation. As of Wednesday, the commission’s Customer Service Counter and the Court Clerks started functioning out of the Will Rogers building in the capitol complex. Their offices are …

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