Concho Resources, headquartered in Midland, Texas announced it is selling its New Mexico Shelf assets in a $925 million deal with an affiliate of Spur Energy Partners LLC. The divestiture includes approximately 100,000 gross acres. Current production from the Company’s Shelf assets is approximately 25 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day. Following the sale, …
Facebook signs deal for wind power from West Texas
Facebook will be getting some of its electrical power from a Coke County, Texas wind farm. It reached a deal with ARES Infrastructure and Power strategy and Apex Clean Energy to receive power from the 525 MW Aviator Wind project located in Coke County, Texas. An additional unnamed corporate power purchase agreement for the …
Houston firm brings in 1,800 barrel well in Canadian County
The Houston energy firm, Travis Peak Resources LLC reported this week its 1,800 barrel a day oil well in Canadian County near Yukon. The Boris 1h-09, located at 9 11N 6W is about 4 miles southeast of Yukon and had a spud date of September 2018. Drilling was finished in October and completion was …
Williams finishes expansion of Northeast US pipeline
Tulsa’s Williams Cos. announced it has placed into full service its Rivervale South to Market project which is an expansion of the existing Transco natural gas pipeline system to meet growing heating and power generation demand for consumers in the northeast U.S. The Rivervale South to Market project provides 190,000 dekatherms of firm natural gas …
Another liquefaction train is completed by Cheniere Energy
Houston’s Cheniere Energy, Inc. announced that Substantial Completion of Train 2 of the Corpus Christi liquefaction project was achieved on August 28, 2019. Commissioning is complete and Cheniere’s EPC partner Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals, Inc. has turned over care, custody, and control of Train 2 to Cheniere. Cheniere, its subsidiaries, and Bechtel have now …
Firm agrees to $2.3 million in penalties over Arkansas oil spill
A Tennessee energy company has agreed to pay $2.3 million in civil penalties to settle alleged violations over a 2013 oil spill in southwest Arkansas. Delek Logistics Partners, headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee was accused of the violations from the spill that occurred at a storage and transfer station. An estimated 5,890 barrels of crude oil …
Southern Oklahoma—not enough workers to fill the jobs
A lot of “Help Wanted” ads can be seen in southern Oklahoma and the pattern has the attention of employers in cities like Ardmore. There, an Express Personnel spokeswoman indicated it’s a matter of not enough workers to fill the needs of companies. It’s a workforce issue. The Daily Ardmoreite explored the issue this week. …
Wind farm proposed at popular I-40 stop in New Mexico
Anyone who’s taken the drive along Interstate 40 west into New Mexico no doubt knows Clines Corners. It’s the cut-off toward Santa Fe or also a good stop for a break from driving across the long stretch of the interstate. But Clines Corners now wants to build a wind farm at the site. New Mexico’s …
Judge won’t dismiss lawsuit
A Tulsa federal judge has refused to dismiss the lawsuit filed by Broken Arrow-based AG Equipment Company against a Pakistan company. U.S. District Judge Claire V. Eagan made her ruling last month in the suit brought by AG Equipment in a dispute over contracts with Petro Allied Solutions Ltd and IE Services Ltd. AG hired …
Inhofe’s fight against methane rule sees success
The Trump administration’s recent move to replace the methane emissions standards created under the Obama presidency drew strong support from Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, a senator who fought the original rule beginning 5 years ago. He is a senior member of the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee and responded after EPA administrator Andrew …










