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NE Kansas to get new wind farm
EDF Renewables North America is certainly no stranger when it comes to wind farm construction in northern Oklahoma. This week, the company joined forces with Ameren Missouri to announce construction of a wind farm in northeast Kansas. EDF will build the 157 megawatt BRickyard Hill wind project in Atchison County and after construction, it …
Dividends announced by Energy Transfer
Dallas-based Energy Transfer Operating L.P. announced this week quarterly cash distributions on two if its shares. A 46-cent dividend will be paid on the Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Units and a 59 cent dividend will be paid on the Series D Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units. The firm with crude …
SemGroup wraps up sale of 49% of Maurepas Pipeline
Tulsa’s SemGroup Corp. announced it has wrapped up the $350 million sale of a 49 percent interest in the Maurepas Pipeline. The sale was made to investment funds managed by Alinda Capital Partners. The company said under the terms of the agreement, SemGroup has an option to acquire Alinda’s interest prior to the fifth anniversary …
Emails show oil leaders joining Wildlife Foundation
From Politico’s Morning Energy Report: ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance and Continental Resources CEO Harold Hamm quietly joined the board of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, according to a batch of emails released to the Sierra Club under the Freedom of Information Act. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke tells NFWF CEO Jeff Trandahl that “Hamm and …
Permits to drill for Oct. 22, 2018
Permits to drill issued for Oct. 22, 2018. Dewey County CAYMAN #19-14-16 1H, October 22 2018 16 19N 14W SWSWSWSW API: 04323665 Lat: 36.11661792952187, Long: -98.70724428637712 STAGHORN PETROLEUM II LLC HH, DR, 13800 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(9525) Seminole County SEBORN COKER #1, October 22 2018 13 7N 6E CSWSWSE API: 13302200 Lat: 35.07328023341717, Long: -96.62484163422594 RT ENERGY COMPANY …
Completion reports for Oct. 22, 2018
Completion reports for Oct. 22, 2018. GARVIN COUNTY Continental Resources Inc Springer(11418): Oil 291 Gas 314 Water 397 Flow 28 3N 4W Dicksion S2-21h, May 15, 2018 HH, OIL, TD: 18063 ft Lat: 34.70947, Long: -97.62576 API: 35049251700000
AG gives NextEra Energy more time
Attorney General Mike Hunter announced Monday the state has agreed to again extend the deadline for NextEra Energy Resources and the Department of Defense (DOD) to reach an agreement on a mitigation plan for a wind farm along a route of airspace the military uses for training. Earlier this month, Attorney General Hunter announced …
Arkansas federal judge rules sleeping truckers are still on the job
An Arkansas federal judge has ruled against P.A.M. trucking in a class-action lawsuit involving 3,000 drivers who argued they should be paid even while sleeping in their trucks. U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks in Fayetteville issued his ruling denying the Tontitown, Arkansas-based trucking company a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, The trucking company, with …
BLM yanks 149,000 acres out of oil and gas lease sale in Colorado
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper’s concerns about oil and gas drilling on the greater sage grouse have prompted the Colorado Bureau of Land Management to remove nearly 149,000 acres from a December sale of federal oil and gas leases. The BLM announced it would remove 142 parcels totaling 148,797 acres that are in the greater sage …
Drill bit manufacturer sold in $700 million acquisition
Reuters is reporting Blackstone Group has agreed to buy Ulterra Drilling Technologies of Fort Worth in a $700 million acquisition. Ulterra, manufacturer of drill bits and downhole tools is said to be one of several oilfield service firms shopped around in recent weeks. The company is not commenting about the sale. But sources indicate Blackstone …