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In 2006, the company acquired assets from Chase Oil and formed Concho Resources Inc. In 2007, the company became a public company via an initial public offering. [2] In 2008, the company acquired Henry Petroleum for $584 million. [3] In 2010, the company acquired assets in the Permian Basin from Marbob Energy Corporation for $1.65 billion. [4]
The Midland Cogeneration Venture (MCV) is a natural gas-fired electrical and steam co-generation plant in Midland, Michigan owned by Midland Cogeneration Venture Limited Partnership. When it began operation in 1991, it was the largest gas-fired steam recovery power plant in the world.
Tombalbaye enlisted Conoco, an American oil and gas company to search for oil reserves. The company found oil in several areas in 1973-1975, notably the Doba Basin in the Central African Rift system, and the Sedigui area of Lake Chad. In 1975, Tombalbaye was killed by soldiers in a coup d'état and he was replaced with a military junta. [3]
The Chad–Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project was a controversial project to develop the production capacity of oilfields near Doba in southern Chad, and to create 1,070-kilometre (660 mi) pipeline to transport the oil to a floating storage and offloading vessel), anchored off the coast of Cameroon, near the city of
Diamondback Energy, Inc. is an American company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration headquartered in Midland, Texas. As of December 31, 2020, the company had 1,788 million barrels of oil equivalent (1.094 × 10 10 GJ) of estimated proved reserves, of which 52% was petroleum, 24% was natural gas, and 24% was natural gas liquids.
The company was a first mover in long-lateral wells and 40+ stage completions, achieving an average of 2,800 barrels of oil equivalent per day by December 2011, when the company was sold to Statoil ASA (now Equinor) for $4.7 billion. [4]
In 2022, Michigan had a total summer capacity of 30,538 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 117,497 GWh. [2] In 2023, the energy mix was 45.7% natural gas, 22.9% nuclear, 19.2% coal, 6.9% wind, 1.7% biomass, 1.1% other gases, 1.1% petroleum, 1.1% solar, 0.2% hydroelectric, and 0.1% other. Coal use has decreased by half ...
Wesco was founded in 1952 by Bud Westgate. In the 1980s and 1990s, the company expanded by acquiring Rengo Oil (15 stores) and Weaver Oil (19 stores). Wesco now owns and operates a bulk fuel and propane business under the name Wesco Energy, along with six Subway locations and six Wesco Deli locations. [2]