Continental Resources plans to spend two thirds less on capital expenditures this year compared to last year’s spending plan. The Oklahoma City company made the announcement Tuesday it had a budget of $920 million in non-acquisition capital expenditure…
OPEC Signals Boost Crude Prices on Tuesday
Hopes of global production cuts helped boost crude prices on Tuesday. March West Texas Intermediate crude added $1.11 to settle at $31.45 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On the London ICE Futures Exchange, March Brent crude gained $1.30 t…
Oklahoma, Other States Turn to Supreme Court for Stay of EPA Clean Power Plan
A coalition of Attorneys General is pleading that the Supreme Court put a stay on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan. Oklahoma has joined West Virginia, Texas and several other states in a lawsuit to stop the implementation of the E…
Gasoline Prices Average $1.53 in Oklahoma
Oklahoma has become one of only three states in the nation with a gasoline average prices below $1.60 a gallon, according to AAA Oklahoma’s Fuel Gauge Report which indicated the new statewide average is $1.53 per gallon.
It is the second-lowest point …
Halliburton Confirms 4,000 Layoffs in Last Few Months
Houston-based Halliburton confirms it laid off another 4,000 workers in the final three months of 2015 bringing the total to nearly 22,000 employees let go since 2014. The reduction amounts to a 25 percent cut in the company’s global workforce an…
AG Pruitt Opts Out of State Budget….Can Do More with Less
How it might affect his agency’s work in battling the Environmental Protection Agency and representing consumers in rate cases before the Oklahoma Corporation Commission we don’t know. But Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt is asking the governor t…
Downturn Creates Chance for Tulsa’s BlueStone Natural Resources to Expand
While many major oil and gas companies are retrenching amidst the energy downturn, Tulsa-based BlueStone Natural Resources is expanding with the recent $245 million purchase of bankrupt oil and gas producer Quicksilver Resources of Fort Worth, Te…
Democrats Charge Flint, Michigan Water Crisis Could Happen in Oklahoma Because of GOP Leaders
Could a Flint, Michigan water incident happen in Oklahoma? J-D Strong, director of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board certainly hopes it couldn’t, based on the trust he has in the Board employees and the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Qual…
Winter Storm Trips Up Crude Prices on Monday
The monster snow storm which hit the northeast U.S. also impacted oil prices, but crude managed to stay above $30 a barrel. March West Texas Intermediate crude slipped $1.85 to end trade at $30.34 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. March Bre…
Cypress Energy Partners Announces Distribution, Shows Confidence
Cypress Energy Partners will pay out a cash distribution for the fourth quarter of 2015. The Tulsa company’s board of directors approved the distribution of .406413 per limited partner unit which is unchanged from the previous quarter. It is a 4.88 per…