September 19, 2016 archive

Completion Reports September 20, 2016

  ALFALFA COUNTY Chesapeake Operating Llc Mississippi Lime(5338): Oil 634 Gas 1826 Water 2957 Artificia 2 27N 11W Jbh 11-27-11 2h, July 27, 2016 HH, OIL, TD: 10334 ft Lat: 36.84141, Long: -98.35309 API: 35003231100001 Chesapeake Operating Llc Mississippi Lime(5384): Oil 281 Gas 1535 Water 2353 Artificia 2 27N 11W Jbh 11-27-11 1h, July 29, …

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Permits to Drill September 20, 2016

Canadian County AUSTIN BIA #1-27H, September 19 2016 27 14N 9W SESWSESW API: 01724937 Lat: 35.65344001508161, Long: -98.14801445156144 CIMAREX ENERGY CO HH, DR, 16128 ft, MISS’AN (EX CHESTER)(10600), WOODFORD(11150) Grady County CHARLIE BROWN #1-17-8XH, September 19 2016 17 5N 6W NWNWSENE API: 05124067 Lat: 34.90888196713745, Long: -97.85082362914615 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC HH, DR, 23205 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(16253), …

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Billionaire Icahn Unloads Millions of Shares in Chesapeake Holdings

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has dumped nearly half of his holding in Chesapeake Energy, going from 9.4 percent ownership of the Oklahoma City company down to 4.6 percent. He explained in a statement on Monday that it was done for tax purposes. “We believe that over the last few years Doug Lawler and his team …

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Oklahoma’s Improvement in Wind Energy Rankings

  Just take a long drive across the western half of the state of Oklahoma and you’ll see just how much the wind energy industry has grown in the state. And it’s still growing! While the state is ranked number four nationally for installed wind power capacity, it is soon expected to climb to number …

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Corporation Commission Delays Translate into Higher Costs

Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony remains disappointed that the State’s regulatory body has received low marks nationally for its delays in handling some utility requests, including one that hasn’t had action in more than 2,000 days. So Anthony has the issue on Tuesday’s agenda of the Commission’s public meeting that starts at 9:30 a.m. It …

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Gasoline Pipeline Leak Results in Higher Prices in Southeast U.S.

Oklahoma has not experienced any fuel shortages from a Southeast gasoline pipeline leak but several other states have. Colonial Pipeline says it might restart its Line 1 this week but the delay will continue causing some gas station outages and prices increases for a few more days. An estimated 336,000 gallons of gasoline spilled in the …

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$10 billion Transportation Plan Explained in Series of Public Meetings

  The Association of Central Oklahoma Governments plans to begin a series of public meetings as it seeks public comment on a plan to invest more than $10 billion in central Oklahoma’s multimodal transportation system. ACOG Executive Director John G. Johnson will deliver one of the public presentations Tuesday night at the Norman public library. …

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Earthquake Network Adds Sensors to Oklahoma’s Quake Watch

As the Tulsa World reported this week, the Tulsa Geoscience Center has become active in learning more about Oklahoma’s increased earthquakes. The Center also recently received its first sensor from the Quake-Catcher Network, making it the first one of the Tulsa area. The Center has become a part of a nationally effort  involving citizens in …

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Confusion over Weekly Rig Counts

Those oil and gas rig counts issued on Fridays by Houston-based Baker Hughes Company can sometimes be confusing. Take for instance the case of the firm’s report that the rig count in Kansas is zero, same as it was last week. However, another listing of rig activity indicates Kansas has at least 31 active rigs. …

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90-Degree Weather Still With the State This Week

Some hot weather will continue to be around this week even as energy workers are sweating away out in the oil and gas fields, working on wind generators or repairing power lines. That’s the forecast from the Oklahoma Mesonet where Gary McManus is the State Climatologist. “The truth is, summer isn’t dead, and while it …

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