Duke Energy Field Services (DEFS) yesterday showed it was notgoing to sit tight and wait for its midstream venture withPhillips’ GPM to begin, as it announced plans to acquire gatheringand processing assets in central Oklahoma from Conoco Inc. andMitchell Energy & Development Corp. The transaction is expectedto close March 31 after regulatory approvals are received. Nofinancial information was disclosed.
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Chesapeake Lost Nearly $1B in ’98
Chesapeake Energy 1998 year-end results were hammered bynon-cash impairment charges of $881 million. Due mainly to “thesevere decline in oil and natural gas prices during 1998″Chesapeake lost $934 million on revenues of $382 million.
Chesapeake Lost Nearly $1B in ’98
Chesapeake Energy 1998 year-end results were hammered bynon-cash impairment charges of $881 million. Due mainly to “thesevere decline in oil and natural gas prices during 1998″Chesapeake lost $934 million on revenues of $382 million.
Coastal Adds Midcontinent Reserves
Coastal Corp. subsidiary Coastal Oil & Gas bought oil and gasassets of Conoco in the Uintah Basin of northeastern Utah and thePiceance Basin of western Colorado. The properties are in two ofthe most prolific gas basins in the Rocky Mountains. Provedreserves are estimated at 500 Bcfe, about 95% gas.
Cash Follows Screen Up, Supported by Texas Heat
People saw the screen start higher Monday morning and “everybodywas off to the races,” a Midcontinent marketer said. Priceincreases were across the board but by widely varying amounts, evenamong neighboring pipes in a region. Everything basically followedthe Henry Hub futures contract, according to a Northeast trader.However, he and other sources agreed that virtually every point wasbacking off near the end of activity. “People just quit buyingafter the screen run-up,” he said.