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WPX Energy to release 2Q financial report this month
Tulsa’s WPX Energy plans to discuss its second-quarter 2020 financial and operations results during a webcast on Thursday, July 30, 2020, beginning at 10 a.m. Eastern. Chief Executive Officer Rick Muncrief, Chief Operating Officer Clay Gaspar and Chief Financial Officer Kevin Vann will discuss the company’s performance. Investors are encouraged to access the event …
Analysts promote ConocoPhillips over Occidental Petroleum
One nationally-known investment analyst, Motley Fool is giving high marks to ConocoPhillips as an oil and gas company to make investments. ConocoPhillips is the largest independent oil and gas producer. The company’s patient, yet deliberate growth strategy has driven its selectiveness when it comes to new investments. ConocoPhillips has funded its growth with solid cash flow …
Opponent still questions Commissioner’s bank board membership
While Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett says he has the legal advice of former State Attorney General Susan Loving that it’s legal for him to also sit on the board of a Tulsa bank, his Libertarian opponent still questions the legality of it. Todd Hagopian responded to Hiett’s recent explanation to OK Energy Today …
A mountain of paperwork in Chesapeake Energy’s bankruptcy filing
Chesapeake Energy’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing last weekend resulted in more than the usual number of legal responses in the Southern District of Texad Bankruptcy court. Dozens and dozens of filings were made in the case in the ensuing days as the bankruptcy had been anticipated for months by other energy companies that had …
Chesapeake Energy’s civic contributions to OKC total nearly $1 billion
Since Chesapeake Energy filed for reorganization bankruptcy in Houston, thoughts of community leaders in Oklahoma City no doubt turned to speculation about what it will mean to the city’s economy and the company’s contributions to the city’s growth. The Oklahoman’s Steve Lackmeyer reported on Sunday how the oil and gas company’s contributions to the …
Energy news in brief
** The New England group claiming status as a ratepayer advocacy group in its attempt to get federal regulators to override state net-metering regimes has finally revealed the identity of one of its members. But that revelation appears to strengthen claims by its opponents that it is representing energy industry interests rather than those of ratepayers. …
Skydweller to offer next generation of drones
There’s a reason they call it “Skydweller” Aero Inc., the company with connections to Spain and intends to locate its new headquarters in Oklahoma City. Its drones or unmanned aircraft might be able to stay aloft for weeks or months at a time. Based on the use of solar energy to power its engines, …
Drones get new use in history studies
While drones are now being used by some Oklahoma utilities to check their power lines, the unmanned aerial vehicles have a different use by archaeologists in New Mexico. Drones are being used to take video footage documenting historic sites by The Archaeological Conservancy, a national nonprofit based in Albuquerque and founded in Santa Fe. …
New Mexico urged to proceed with caution in stricter methane rules
New Mexico state leaders are being cautioned that if they crack down too much on methane emissions from the state’s oil and gas industry, they could end up harming an industry already weakened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Government leaders cautioned the State of New Mexico in enacting stricter regulations on methane emissions from …
Wind farm fight far from finished in Hutchinson, Kansas court
NextEra Energy isn’t giving up after a judge in Hutchinson, Kansas recently ruled against the company and its plans for a Reno County wind farm. The Hutchinson News reported a scheduling hearing on the lawsuit over the proposed Pretty Prairie Wind Farm was canceled on Thursday after attorneys for the developer filed a motion …
