July 7, 2016 archive

Permits to Drill July 8, 2016

Blaine County SWAIM #1-14H, July 07 2016 23 16N 12W NWNWNENW API: 01123623 Lat: 35.85508862732768, Long: -98.44977589186672 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC HH, DR, 15898 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(10547) Kingfisher County LILLY #28-1H, July 07 2016 28 18N 8W SESWSESW API: 07325332 Lat: 36.00039135450561, Long: -98.06191864219537 GASTAR EXPLORATION INC HH, DR, 13037 ft, MISS’AN (EX CHESTER)(7925) Kingfisher County WIDGES …

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Completion Reports July 8, 2016

BLAINE COUNTY Chesapeake Operating Llc Mississippian(9343): Oil 1224 Gas 2564 Water 240 Flow 1 16N 10W Stark 1-16-10 1h, May 19, 2016 HH, OIL, TD: 18819 ft Lat: 35.89794, Long: -98.20829 API: 35011235670000 CANADIAN COUNTY Cimarex Energy Co Mississippi Solid: Oil 184 Gas 2182 Water 1868 Flow 20 14N 9W Sims 1h-2017x, May 08, 2016 …

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NGL Energy Seeks Shippers for Soon-to-be Finished Grand Mesa Pipeline Out of Colorado to Cushing

Tulsa-based NGL Energy Partners LP announces that because of more shipper interest, a second binding open season started Thursday for its wholly owned Grand Mesa Pipeline LLC crude oil pipeline. The announcement indicated potential shippers will have access to the open season documents upon execution of a confidentiality agreement with Grand Mesa. The Grand Mesa …

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North Dakota Approves $250 million Wind Farm Despite Local Opposition

Approved in North Dakota, a quarter-of-a-billion-dollar wind farm. The North Dakota Public Service Commission voted this week unanimously in support of the $250 million wind farm and an electric transmission line in the southwest part of the state. The decision came after the commission made history in March when it heard 15 hours of testimony …

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Texan’s Lawsuit Still Alive Against TransCanada’s Gulf Coast Pipeline

A judge’s recent ruling in Texas is keeping alive a man’s lawsuit against TransCanada’s southern route of the Keystone XL pipeline, the one completed two years ago carrying oil from Cushing south to the Gulf Coast refineries. Texas landowner Michael Bishop filed suit, accusing TransCanada for “fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud, misrepresentation, perjury, theft, bribery, …

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TransCanada Moves Ahead with Texas Lawsuit Against White House

TransCanada Keystone Pipeline LP is still fighting the Obama administration in the President’s rejection of the Keystone Xl pipeline. It recently urged a Texas federal judge to nullify the administration’s denial of the cross-border permit for the pipeline. In a filing in Houston, TransCanada argued the President’s action and claim of constitutional authority lacks historical support. …

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US Ethanol Exports Fell 42% in May

Figures released this week by the U.S. Energy Information Administration showed U.S. ethanol exports for May fell to a 9-month low. They totaled 55.7 million gallons, a drop of 42% or 40 million gallons from April. The Renewable Fuels Association indicated that Canada replaced China as the top destination. Nearly 21.5 million gallons were shipped …

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Oklahoma’s Still in a Recession….Oil and Gas Revenue Sees Slight Improvement

The news this week from Oklahoma State Treasurer Ken Miller did not give much indication the state’s economy was improving. If anything, it’s just bumping along with only a slight improvement in gross production tax collections on oil and gas. Otherwise, the state remains in the recession it entered a year ago. “Receipts from all …

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