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Message from Oklahoma Commerce Secretary Sean Kouplen
Sean Kouplen, chairman and CEO of Regent Bank, is Oklahoma’s Secretary of Commerce and Workforce Development. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World file I am very honored to be named Oklahoma’s secretary of commerce and workforce development by Gov. Kevin Stitt. The governor, Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell, Department of Commerce Executive Director Brent …
Permits to drill for February 1, 2019
Permits to drill for Feb. 1, 2019. Blaine County MARJORIE 1710 #2-25-36MXH, February 01 2019 25 17N 10W NWNWNWSE API: 01124170 Lat: 35.91949033198725, Long: -98.21798507730496 MARATHON OIL COMPANY HH, DR, 16547 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(8320) Blaine County MARJORIE 1710 #3-25-36MXH, February 01 2019 25 17N 10W NWNWNWSE API: 01124171 Lat: 35.91949033645681, Long: -98.21791753538986 MARATHON OIL COMPANY HH, DR, 16680 …
Completion reports for February 1, 2019
Completion reports for Feb. 1, 2019. CUSTER COUNTY Continental Resources Inc Mississippian(11642): Oil 81 Gas 17057 Water 2010 Flow 16 15N 14W Cowden Fiu 1-16-9xhm, November 03, 2018 HH, GAS, TD: 22606 ft Lat: 35.76940, Long: -98.70237 API: 35039225430001 GRADY COUNTY Continental Resources Inc Mississippian(12114): Oil 305 Gas 3914 Water 1776 Flow 12 8N 7W Skaggs 1-12-1xhm, October 17, 2018 HH, OIL, TD: 20182 ft …
HollyFrontier wraps up $655 million acquisition
HollyFrontier Corporation, the Dallas firm with storage operations and refineries in Oklahoma and Kansas, announced its subsidiaries have wrapped up the previously announced acquisition of Sonneborn US Holdings Inc. and Sonneborn Cooperatief U.A. in a $655 million deal. The acquisition included working capital with an estimated value of $72 million and HollyFrontier anticipates it will …
Tulsa’s NGL Energy plans release of fiscal earnings in a week
Tulsa’s NGL Energy Partners LP announced it will issue its fiscal third quarter ended Dec. 31, 2018 earnings report on Monday, Feb. 11, 2019. The report will be issued prior to the open of markets. Members of the management team will also hold an earnings call following the release at 10 a.m. central time to …
Energy news update at OCU’s Meinders energy programs
Oklahoma City University’s Graduate Energy Programs have captured national attention. In the past few weeks, they were ranked among U.S. News and World Report’s Best Online (Non-MBA) Business Programs—-Number one in Oklahoma and number 37 nationally and ahead of its peers in graduate energy education. Dr. Steven C. Agee, Dean and Professor of Economics at …
Solar forum to be held in Norman
A public forum dedicated to a discussion of the untapped potential of Oklahoma solar energy production and its many benefits will be held FEBRUARY 4th, 6pm, at City of Norman’s Central Library. Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Norman and Ready For 100 Norman, the forum will feature three solar energy experts including Jim …
Eastern Oklahoma lake to be site of $15 million whitewater park
The Grand River Dam Authority is teaming with the Walton Family Foundation to create a $15 million whitewater park at Lake Frances in eastern Oklahoma. In a public-private partnership with the Foundation, the two will develop the Lake Frances Whitewater Park off the Upper Illinois River. The site is at the old lake …
Rig count dropped in U.S. in past week and in Oklahoma
The number of oil and gas rigs in Oklahoma and across the U.S. dropped in the past week. Oklahoma’s count slid 4 rigs to 122 compared to 117 working rigs reported a year ago. Nationally, the count plunged 14 to 1,045. The number of oil rigs dropped 15 to 847 while the number of gas …
Shareholders say ‘yes’ to Chesapeake’s $4 billion purchase of WildHorse Resources
Shareholders in Oklahoma City’s Chesapeake Energy Corporation and Texas-based WildHorse Resource Development Corporation have approved Chesapeake’s $4 billion acquisition of WildHorse. The preliminary results of the elections were announced indicating that about 96 percent of the Chesapeake shareholders voted for the acquisition. Nearly 95 percent of the WildHorse shareholders supported the deal as well. The …