Houston’s Quintana Energy Services Inc. announced the sale of its legacy conventional pressure pumping operations in Kansas and Bartlesville, Oklahoma to Hurricane Services Inc. , a privately-held oilfield service company based in Wichita, Kansas, for gross cash consideration of $4.4 million. As part of the transaction, QES divested approximately 12,000 hydraulic horsepower, five facilities including …
Oklahoma City’s Park Energy Services, LLC, a portfolio company of Rock Hill Capital, announced that it has appointed Tim Knox as President and Chief Operating Officer effective August 19th, 2019. “We are very excited to announce the addition of Tim Knox to the team. As Park Energy continues to exceed our growth objectives, we knew …
Oklahoma City’s Chaparral Energy LLC reports no letup in its drilling program in the STACK where it filed still more completion reports of wells this week. The company filed reports on 4 wells in Garfield County including 3 on a single pad at 12 21N 6W or about 3 miles southeast of the city of …
Even as gasoline demand nationwide is reaching new levels, prices have fallen in the past week in Oklahoma to reach a new statewide average of $2.31 a gallon. It is 4 cents lower than a week ago, according to AAA Oklahoma. Oklahoma gasoline prices range from a low of $2.18 a gallon in Nowata county …
The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has announced that the boil order for the Town of Wayne Public Water Supply, located in McClain County, has been lifted. The water is now safe for human consumption. The order to boil water was issued due to the presence of E. coli. State and federal regulations require that …
Electric-car maker Tesla launched a new program over the weekend to allow customers to rent solar panel systems. Instead of plugging into a unit at a nearby restaurant or repowering the car while at home, customers can rent a solar panel. The only drawback is that Tesla is offering the solar panels in six states …
The force of a Central Kansas storm is still evident this week as winds were strong enough to topple 140 rail cars off the tracks. The storm hit Sunday morning near El Dorado, Newton, McPherson and Wichita. Multiple communities reported significant rainfall, trees and power lines down, including, but not limited to Butler, Harvey, …
Some leaders in Colorado say it’s time the state did what North Dakota did—-create a special state-savings fund financed through taxes on oil and gas. Sort of a Rainy Day Fund like the one created years ago in Oklahoma. The Denver Post is exploring the topic in a 3-part series. Here is part one: In …
An environmental fight is brewing in a community not 15 minutes from Santa Fe, New Mexico. Residents of the small town of Pecos are banding together to fight an Australia mining company that has already won approval to begin tests to see if the area is ripe for a major mining operation. The Santa Fe …
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved the state’s request for public assistance for four additional counties impacted by flooding and severe weather from May 7 to June 9. The approval means federal funding is now available in Noble, Okmulgee, Ottawa and Tillman counties to assist municipalities, counties, rural electric cooperatives, and the …