Investors and others will learn how ConocoPhillips is doing financially when the company releases its fourth-quarter and full-year 2018 operating results later this month. The company plans to release the reports before the opening of markets on Jan. 31. Company leaders will host a conference call webcast on Thursday, Jan. 31 at 11 a.m. Central …
Many times, Cowboy humorist Baxter Black easily reflects the views of many Oklahomans. His latest column focused on environmentalists, wildfires and the Governor of California. He called the column, “The Emperor’s New Clothes, California Style” and took the governor and “ENVIRO-DENY-ERS” to task. “Hans Christian Anderson couldn’t say it better. I was watching “The Emperor …
Little movement—it’s what is reflected in many oil and gas producing states as well as some of the shale plays when it comes to this week’s rig counts. The national count remained at 1,075 while in Oklahoma, the count slipped by 4 to 136. Nationally, there were 4 fewer oil rigs as the count dropped …
The Denver Federal Appeals Court has ruled against Oklahoma City-based Enable Midstream in a pipeline trespassing fight with several Oklahoma Native American landowners dating back some 18 years. Enable lost most of its appeal, however the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled an Oklahoma City federal judge was wrong to grant a permanent injunction …
The head of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation warned this week that if the partial government shutdown continues much longer, some summer time highway construction projects will be missed by contractors. Executive Director Mike Patterson issued the warning at the State Transportation Commission’s monthly meeting where he said 45 upcoming projects totaling more than $137 …
Oklahoma U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin and other Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce committee now know some of the Democrats they’ll have to work with in the coming two years with Democrats in control of the House. And it’s likely they won’t be friendly to the oil and gas industry. The House Democratic Steering …
Sharply falling crude oil prices have resulted in the first decrease in the Oklahoma Energy Index in eight months and foretells an inevitable slowdown in oilfield activity in the months ahead. Dr. Russell Evans, executive director of the Steven C. Agee Economic Research and Policy Institute, said Oklahoma oil and natural gas companies have been …
The Williams Companies, Inc. announced the naming of a senior vice president of the Tulsa company’s Atlantic-Gulf Operating Area. Scott Hallam succeeds Frank Ferazzi who earlier announced his retirement. Hallam has most recently served as vice president and general manager, Eastern Interstates (including oversight of Williams’ Transco pipeline system) in the Atlantic-Gulf Operating Area. Previously, …
Oklahoma City’s Enable Midstream Partners, L.P. has followed through with leadership changes, formally making Craig Harris as the company’s chief operating officer. The move was earlier announced on Jan. 1 during a second quarter earnings call in which the firm said there were several organizational changes with new leadership roles, all designed to strengthen the …
A new market analysis claims the Greater Anadarko Basin still holds fast quantities of un-risked oil and natural gas and much of the basin is still untapped. The analysis by IHS Markit, a firm known for its critical information, analytics and solutions says the Basin holds an estimated 16 million barrels of oil and more …
