Roan Resources, Inc. based in Oklahoma City announced a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. It filed an amendment to its S-1 Registration Statement. The filing was made to satisfy Roan’s contractual obligation to register certain shares held by funds affiliated with certain members of our Board of Directors in accordance with the …
Flare mitigation company gets funding
Crusoe Energy Systems, Inc., a technology driven flare mitigation provider based in Denver announced it has successfully completed a $4.5 million seed financing round led by Bain Capital Ventures and Founders Fund Pathfinder, with additional participation from Wicklow Capital, Winklevoss Capital and Dragonfly Capital Partners. This investment brings Crusoe’s total funding to $5.1 million. Funding …
Williams gets FERC approval for expansion of East Coast pipeline
Williams reported that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing the Northeast Supply Enhancement project – an expansion of the existing Transco natural gas pipeline designed to serve New York markets in time for the 2020/2021 winter heating season. The Northeast Supply Enhancement project will provide …
Chaparral Energy loses appeal on royalty payment fight involving 2,000 wells
Oklahoma City’s Chaparral Energy has lost a federal court appeals in a legal fight in which a court ruled the company had underpaid royalty owners by deducting gas-treatment costs. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Oklahoma City federal court ruling in a case brought by Naylor Farms in 2011. As the lawsuit pointed …
Increased revenue reported by Murphy Oil
Arkansas-based Murphy Oil reported first quarter 2019 net income of $40 million or 23 cents per diluted share. Adjusted net income for the company headquartered in El Dorado was $27 million or 15 cents per diluted share. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) from continuing operations attributable to Murphy, totaled $311 million, …
Computer science bill sent to Oklahoma governor
Both chambers of the Oklahoma Legislature have passed a bill requiring the State Dept. of Education develop a rubric for implementing quality computer science programs in public schools by the end of 2019. Senate Bill 593, by Sen. Gary Stanislawski, R-Tulsa, and Rep. Jeff Boatman, R-Tulsa, also requests the State Board of Education to set …
Nation’s rig count drops while Oklahoma tries to rebound
The U.S. oil and gas rig count dropped again in the past week while the number of active rigs in Oklahoma added one to reach 103 rigs. Baker Hughes Co. reported the national count slipped by one to reach 990, down 42 rigs from a year ago when there were 1,032 active oil and gas …
Report reveals 2,000 barrel a day oil well in southern Oklahoma
Nearly 5 months after it brought in a well producing more than 2,000 barrels of oil a day, Marathon Oil Company filed a completion report with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. The Stephens County well is in the Springer play located at 10 2N 4W in an area south of Lindsay. Initial production on the Papa …
Unit Corporation reports losses while it focuses on more oil production
Tulsa’s Unit Corporation is making a shift to focus more heavily on oil production while at the same time reporting first quarter 2019 net losses of $3.5 million or 7 cents per diluted share. The loss compares to net income of $7.9 million or 15 cents a share in the first quarter of 2018. …
Tallgrass Energy honored by Denver Post
Kansas City-based Tallgrass Energy, LP, the firm with extensive pipeline operations carrying oil to the Cushing hub, was named one of The Denver Post’s Top Workplaces. The company has extensive operations in Colorado and Wyoming where it moves crude out of the DJ Basin. The honor was the fifth consecutive year for Tallgrass to …








