July 14, 2016 archive

Completion Reports July 15, 2016

KINGFISHER COUNTY Chesapeake Operating Llc Miss’an (ex Chester): Oil 870 Gas 2172 Water 157 Flow 8 16N 9W Calvin 8-16-9 1h, June 16, 2016 HH, OIL, TD: 18931 ft Lat: 35.87075, Long: -98.18162 API: 35073252620000 Chesapeake Operating Llc Mississippian(9458): Oil 1134 Gas 2472 Water 190 Flow 18 16N 9W Indominus Rex 18-16-9 1h, May 30, …

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Permits to Drill July 15, 2016

Blaine County TRACE TILLMAN BIA #1-20-17XH, July 14 2016 20 15N 13W NESWSWSW API: 01123626 Lat: 35.75590851725963, Long: -98.6132729862173 MARATHON OIL COMPANY HH, DR, 22560 ft, MISSISSIPIAN(11260), WOODFORD(12650), HUNTON(12835) Canadian County HERMAN 03_34-15N-8W #1HX, July 14 2016 03 14N 8W SESESESE API: 01724923 Lat: 35.71185378611124, Long: -98.03095278177288 DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION CO LP HH, DR, 18985 …

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Devon Finalizes $1.1 billion sale of Canadian Pipeline

Oklahoma City’s Devon Energy announced Thursday it is going ahead with a nearly $1.1 billion sale of its 50 percent ownership in a western Canada Access Pipeline. As OK Energy Today reported earlier, Wolf Midstream Inc. is the buyer. “With the highly-accretive sale of Access, Devon’s divestiture program is now complete with proceeds totaling $3.2 …

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House Fails to Block Enforcement Funding for EPA

  Efforts by Republicans in the U.S. House to block funding for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Criminal Enforcement Division didn’t get far as they were defeated late Wednesday. Here’s how Politico’s Morning Energy Report laid out what happened: “On Wednesday night , lawmakers voted down some Republican amendments targeting EPA – including ones to block …

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Solar Panels to Make Up Mother Road Sidewalk in Missouri

Solar panels along the historic Route 66—the Mother Road— are coming, at least in the state of Missouri according to a re port by NBC News. Missouri’s Transportation Department says it will test a new type of pavement that also will help generate electricity through built-in solar panels. A company named Solar Roadways based in Idaho …

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Arrest Warrant Issued for Choctaw Bookkeeper Accused of $7M Embezzlement

A Choctaw man charged with embezzlement is wanted after he skipped a federal plea hearing on Wednesday, according to a report in The Oklahoman. Rodney Alan Hager is accused of transferring over $7 million from his family’s business, J&B Pipe Supply Company, to Mall Concepts of Oklahoma, Inc. Hager is a former bookkeeper employed by …

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Noted Oklahoma Oilman Dead at 92

Oklahoma oilman Robert L. Parker Sr. was buried this week. He died July 9 at the age of 92 and for many years, led the company known as Parker Drilling Co. Over the course of his career in energy, he was named by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 to be chairman of the U.S. Energy …

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Chesapeake Reaches $51 million Settlement of Hundreds of Royalty Lawsuits in Fort Worth

Oklahoma City’s Chesapeake Energy has agreed to pay nearly $51 million to settle hundreds of lawsuits filed over royalty fights around Fort Worth, Texas. The company had been accused of cheating property owners out of millions of dollars in natural gas royalties. Attorneys at a Fort Worth law firm announced this week that 91 percent …

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House Committee Follows through with Subpoena Threat of Attorneys General

A U.S. House Committee whose members include Oklahoma Congressmen Frank Lucas and Jim Bridenstine has followed through with a threat to subpoena attorneys general in two states and environmental groups in their climate change probe of Exxon. Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) issued the subpoenas to New York Attorney General Eric …

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States Continue Challenge of EPA’s Clean Water Act

Oklahoma is among nearly 30 states urging the Denver Federal Appeals Court to revive the U.S. Chamber of Commerce challenge to the federal clean water rule. In filings, the states say the court is not bound by a Sixth Circuit ruling that circuit courts hold jurisdiction over the claims. The states also want the 10th …

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