Despite huge success in Oklahoma’s STACK play, Texas-based Newfield Exploration Co. reported a second quarter loss of $667 million. And a day after the report of losses, the company announced the sale of all of its assets in Texas so it can speed up drilling in Kingfisher, Blaine and Canadian counties in northwest Oklahoma.. The …
Despite taking a substantial second quarter loss, Devon Energy Corporation raised its full-year guidance due to asset sales, cost reductions and better-than-expected production. On Tuesday, the Oklahoma City-based independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company reported a second quarter net loss of $1.6 billion or $3.04 a share, up from a loss of …
Crude oil futures settled below $40 a barrel on Wednesday for the first time since early April, according to a report by Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, the September West Texas Intermediate crude oil contract traded higher at $40.91 a barrel earlier in the day but fell 55 cents, or 1.4%, to settle …
ONEOK Inc. on Tuesday reported profits of $85.9 million for the second quarter, or 40 cents a share, up 12 percent compared to $76.5 million, or 36 cents a share earned for the same period a year ago. The company’s master limited partnership, ONEOK Partners LP, reported second quarter earnings of nearly $261.5 million, or …
Energy facts for consideration in Oklahoma. The average price for oil in Oklahoma in June was $44.94. Two years ago, it was $101.29 a barrel, according to a monthly report issued by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission on oil and gas activity. The nearly $45 average for June 2016 compares to $55.99 a barrel in June of …
Gasoline prices have again slipped in Oklahoma, reaching an average of $1.92, a drop of 2 cents over the past week, according to figures compiled by AAA Oklahoma. The organization says Oklahoma is tied with Arkansas for the fifth lowest average price in the nation. Fourteen states have averages under $2 a gallon with South …
One of Chesapeake’s latest oil wells is a 684 barrel-a-day well close to the Kingfisher County town of Dover. The completion report, as published by OK Energy Today, shows the MUEGGENBORG well is only a mile southeast of Dover. It was also a fast-moving operation since Chesapeake Operating LLC had a May 4 spud date …
Seventy Seven Energy Inc. announced on Monday that it has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after successfully completing its prepackaged restructuring and recapitalization efforts, according to a company press release. The Oklahoma City-based company filed for Chapter 11 reorganization in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on July 14, 2016. …
The bears clawed their way to the top of an unstable oil futures market as both West Texas Intermediate and Brent crude fell sharply on Monday, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, September WTI crude dropped $1.54, or 3.7%, to end at a three-month low of $40.06 a barrel, allowing the …
The State of Texas has joined North Dakota in filing suit against the Environmental Protection Agency in a challenge of new methane emission rules for the oil and gas industry. In a filing with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, Case #16-1257, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked for a review of the EPA’s final …
