Shut-in gas wells, wind farm setback requirements and natural gas energy standards are topics of some of the State Senate-approved bills to be handled Wednesday when the Oklahoma House Energy Committee meets. The committee will examine the energy bills already passed by the Senate, including SB2, the wind farm setback bill that was approved …
Chevron says one worker was injured in what was described as a “well control incident” at one of its well sites near the northern Colorado city of Greeley on Monday. Evacuations were ordered and a nearby school was closed when the incident happened Sunday afternoon. Weld County officials said the well was releasing “primarily …
** President Trump is expected to sign executive orders this week supporting the coal industry, including using emergency powers to force some coal plants slated for closure to stay open. ** One person was injured after a “well control incident” at a Chevron oil and gas facility northeast of Greeley, Colorado that prompted evacuations and …
Oklahoma’s Corporation Commissioners say they think it’s time to offer northeast Oklahomans the opportunity to attend in-person commission meetings in Tulsa. It’s what they explained to OK Energy Today after they held a recent meeting that was exempt from the state’s Open Meeting law and discussed the issue of Tulsa meetings. “Given the significant presence …
A new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission reveals one investment firm owns more than 11% of the shares in Oklahoma City’s Expand Energy. The Vanguard Group, based in Malvern, Pennsylvania, filed the report showing its ownership in Expand Energy totaled 11.47% or 26,702,490 shares. Founded in 1975, the company has about …
While crude oil prices fell 2% to a near four-year low on Monday over President Donald Trump’s latest trade tariffs, the pain suffered last week by Oklahoma energy stocks eased somewhat. While NGL Energy Partners still suffered a 13% drop in the value of its shares, Mammoth Energy saw its stocks soar more …
One of the nation’s two oil plays that saw increases in drilling activity in the past week was in Oklahoma. The Granite Wash rig count grew by one to reach a total of 11 rigs. The play is described by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists as a liquids-rich tight sands play about 160 …
The leader of the Southwest Power Pool grid is worried about the ability of the grid to meet the growing electricity demand and in a recent event said he anticipates a decline in excess power in the new few years. The comments are those of Lanny Nickell, SPP President CEO of the grid that …
Another oil and gas exploration company has completed the sale of its assets in one part of Texas so it can devote more efforts in the Permian Basin in West Texas. Matador Resources Company, Dallas, announced recently the sale of its remaining Eagle Ford shale position in South Texas and provided an update on …
The second quarter earnings report for Helmerich & Payne will be made public on Thursday, May 8 and investors are wondering if the company’s revenues will continue their decline as indicated the past two quarters. The Tulsa-based drilling rig contractor intends to hold a conference call later in the morning at 10 o’clock …
