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• Quintana Energy Services exits pressure pumping for conventional oil wells
  Houston oilfield service company Quintana Energy Services is exiting the pressure pumping business for...
  Houston oilfield service company Quintana Energy Services is exiting the pressure pumping business for conventional oil wells.
  
  In a Monday morning statement, Quintana reported entering into a $4.4. million deal to sell its conventional pressure pumping assets at five locations across Kansas and Oklahoma to Wichita, Kansas oilfield service company Hurricane Services.
  
  Although it is selling its pressure pumping assets for conventional oil wells, Quintana is keeping pressure pumping operations that support horizontal wells and hydraulic fracturing operations in the Permian Basin of West Texas, the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and the SCOOP/STACK play in Oklahoma.
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• Iran warns U.S. against seizing newly freed oil tanker
  Iranian officials warned the United States Monday to leave a supertanker detained by Britain last month...
  Iranian officials warned the United States Monday to leave a supertanker detained by Britain last month alone, now that it's been freed and heading toward Greece.
  
  The tanker, the Adrian Darya 1, left Gibraltar late Sunday and plotted a course for the Mediterranean. The vessel, formerly known as the Grace 1, was captured by British forces July 4 and U.S. officials suspect it planned to ship oil to Syria, in violation of U.S. and European Union sanctions.
  
  The United States requested to seize control of the ship, but the Gibraltar Supreme Court declined -- arguing the U.S. sanctions are stricter than the EU's.
  
  The U.S. government said the ship's the crude oil was subject to forfeiture based on violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
  
  The vessel is heading for Greece and is expected to arrive there next week.
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• 3.7 magnitude earthquake shakes parts of eastern Oklahoma
  QUINTON, Okla. (AP) -- No injuries were reported after a 3.7 magnitude earthquake was recorded in eastern...
  QUINTON, Okla. (AP) -- No injuries were reported after a 3.7 magnitude earthquake was recorded in eastern Oklahoma.
  
  The U.S. Geological Society says the earthquake was reported at 4:07 a.m. Sunday north-northeast of Quinton, about 123 miles (198 kilometers) southeast of Oklahoma City. The earthquake was recorded at a depth of 10 miles (16.1 kilometers).
  
  No damage was immediately reported. Geologists say damage is unlikely in temblors below magnitude 4.0.
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• BLM to offer 142 parcels totaling 271,404 acres in Nevada
  The Bureau of Land Management is holding a competitive oil and natural gas lease sale in Nevada on Oct....
  The Bureau of Land Management is holding a competitive oil and natural gas lease sale in Nevada on Oct. 1.
  
  The agency will offer 142 parcels totaling 271,404 acres for lease. The parcels are in Elko, Nye, Eureka and White Pine counties in Nevada.
  
  The sale complies with provisions of a federal court order that calls for longer public comment periods associated with management of the greater sage-grouse, a bird whose numbers are shrinking.
  
  
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• Oil ends higher after drone attack on Saudi production field
  Crude futures traded higher Monday, finding support after Yemen's Houthi rebels launched a drone attack...
  Crude futures traded higher Monday, finding support after Yemen's Houthi rebels launched a drone attack over the weekend on one of Saudi Arabia's largest oil fields. The Houthis on Saturday said they targeted the Shaybah oil field, which is owned by Saudi Arabian Oil Co., or Aramco, and holds about 14 billion barrels of oil, according to The Wall Street Journal.
  
  West Texas Intermediate crude for October delivery CLV19, the most active contract, rose $1.33, to end at $56.14 a barrel. The front-month September contract CLU19, rose $1.34 to end at $56.21 a barrel. October Brent BRNV19, rose $1.10, to close at $59.74 a barrel.
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