July 2023 archive

Energy quick reads

** U.S. regulators approved proposals to speed up the connection of new power projects to the electric grid, reforms that could ease a growing backlog of requests from wind and solar energy developers. Today there is more than 2,000 gigawatts of renewable power waiting to be connected to the grid — nearly double the amount …

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Civeo reports lower 2Q earnings

  Civeo Corporation, the man-camp provider reported a decline in second quarter revenue and blamed lower Canadian LNG-related lodge occupancy and mobile camp activity. In the second quarter of 2023, Civeo generated revenues of $178.8 million and reported net income of $4.5 million, or $0.30 per diluted share. During the second quarter of 2023, Civeo …

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Cash distribution announced by Alliance Resource Partners

  Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.  announced that the Board of Directors of ARLP’s general partner approved a cash distribution to its unitholders for the quarter ended June 30, 2023 (the “2023 Quarter”). ARLP unitholders of record as of the close of trading on August 7, 2023 will receive a cash distribution for the 2023 Quarter …

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California firm reports significant well near Tishomingo, Oklahoma

  It isn’t everyday a large producing oil well is reported in Oklahoma’s Johnston County, but California-based Bnk Petroleum Inc. filed a completion report this week on a well with 820 barrels of oil a day in production. The Brock 9-3h also had 586 Mcf of natural gas from  a drilled depth of 14,883 feet …

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Permits to drill for July 28, 2023

Creek County WIDOWMAKER 33-1 #33-1, July 28 2023 33 15N 9E CN2NWNW API: 03729512 Lat: 35.73994664141658, Long: -96.36694483178735 RUSH CREEK OPERATING LLC SH, DR, 2400 ft, PRUE(2250), SKINNER(2350) Grady County LARRY JACKSON #1-16, July 28 2023 16 3N 7W NESWNENW API: 05124056 Lat: 34.73761666878472, Long: -97.94381858762738 SUNDOWN ENERGY LP SH, RC, 3504 ft, FORTUNA(2770), NOBLE-OLSON(3153) Noble County …

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Completion reports for July 28, 2023

CADDO COUNTY Citation Oil & Gas Corp Permian-hoxbar(1490): Oil 1 Water 333 Pump 35 6N 10W West Cement Unit 9-20, July 14, 2023 SH, OIL, TD: 3804 ft Lat: 34.94924, Long: -98.22064 API: 35015232110000 JOHNSTON COUNTY Bnk Petroleum (us) Inc Caney(9429): Oil 820 Gas 586 Water 229 Pump 9 4S 4E Brock 9-3h, November 12, 2022 HH, OIL, TD: 14883 ft Lat: 34.21673, Long: -96.88792 …

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The politics of going after market manipulators—topic No. 1 of “Mitchell talks Energy with Jerry Bohnen

  You know what the number one topic was when Scott Mitchell and Jerry Bohnen of OK Energy today held their weekly energy discussion. Of course,it had to be the attorney general’s decision to press forward with possible charges or a lawsuit against those who gained billions of dollars through alleged market manipulation during the …

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Energy headlines

**  Exxon Mobil Corp. fell short of analysts’ expectations with a third straight drop in profit — the longest decline since the 2014-2016 oil-market crash — amid weaker natural gas prices and shrinking returns from fuel sales. ExxonMobil reported profits of $7.9 billion, down 56 percent on a 28 percent drop in revenues to $82.9 …

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Permian Basin group adds 21st member

    A 21st member has joined the Permian Strategic Partnership, the organization that includes some Oklahoma companies whose goal is to responsibly develop resources ni the Basin. ChampionX, a global leader in chemistry solutions, artificial lift systems, emissions technologies and other engineered eqipment joined this past week. Oklahoma’s Devon Energy, Helmerich & Payne and …

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Mullin bill wins House approval and heads to President’s desk

  Whether President Biden will sign the measure is one thing, but the House and the Senate have now passed Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullins bill to reverse the president’s unprecedented and overreaching endangered classification of the northern long-eared bat. Mulling said his bill was to cut “runaway regulation” and reverse Biden’s harmful bureaucratic penalties that …

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