A hearing was held Wednesday by the Securities Exchange Commission to consider a rule to require oil and gas companies to open their books and reveal payments made to foreign governments. It was the third such consideration of such a rule after the American Petroleum Association was successful in challenging a version in 2012 followed …
Oklahoma’s U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe and James Lankford were among those who easily passed the compromise defense policy that includes measures to sanction those companies that help in the construction of the Russian-backed Nord Stream 2 and Turk Stream pipelines. The vote on the motion was approved 82-16 and the vote on the conference report …
** A filing with the Securities Exchange Commission shows ONEOK director Mark W. Helderman of Tulsa acquired another 6,000 shares in the company. He acquired the 6,094 shares at a value of $73.951 each, giving him ownership of 10,000 shares in the company. Helderman is a retired Managing Director and Co-Portfolio Manager at Sasco Capital …
North Dakota regulators indicate a company has not been fined for the Keystone Pipeline oil spill that occurred in October outside the city of Edinburg. But a fine is coming. A North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality told the Bismarck Tribune that the spill of 383,000 gallons of crude oil onto farm land on Oct. …
Oklahoma’s congressional delegation split its votes Tuesday in approving $1.4 trillion in spending in a pair of bills that left clean energy producers disappointed because tax credits were not extended. Reps. Tom Cole, a Republican and Kendra Horn, a Democrat voted to support each of the resolutions while Republican Reps. Kevin Hern and Markwayne Mullin …
The federal government estimates the downturn in the oil and gas industry has hurt Texas more than originally thought. The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas announced this week it doubled its estimates of job losses in the state this year through October. The Bank expects nearly 8,100 job losses in the state’s oil and gas …
CenterPoint Energy Inc., a Houston company with 7 million customers in Oklahoma and several other states is said to be looking into the possible sale of two services units, a sale that could bring more than $1 billion. The company has not confirmed the report by Reuters which explained the possible sale was being considered …
Chesapeake Energy Corporation announced its note exchange offer resulted in $3.22 billion dollars in notes validly tendered. It amounted to 71.4% of the existing notes as of 5 p.m. New York City time on Dec. 17, 2019. The company offered its new 11.5% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2025 for certain outstanding senior …
The latest completion reports filed by Harold Hamm’s Continental Resources confirms his Oklahoma City company located an area of the STACK that has resulted in massive oil production from more sister wells. There must have been a lot of back-slapping at Continental when the Blaine County wells were completed. The company produced 7 more sister …
Public Service Company of Oklahoma announced Tuesday it has been named a Utility Customer Champion in the 2019 Cogent Syndicated Utility Trusted Brand & Customer Engagement Residential study from Escalent, a top human behavior and analytics firm. The award honors utilities that exhibit exceptional performance on Brand Trust, Service Satisfaction and Product Experience. Of the 140 U.S. …