November 7, 2016 archive

Joel Kanvik Named General Counsel for Blueknight Energy

Oklahoma City-based Blueknight Energy Partners, L.P. announced the addition of Joel Kanvik as general counsel, according to a company press release issued on Monday. Kanvik’s hiring follows the August departure of Chris Paul, who resigned from Blueknight to become the general counsel for Gulf Oil. “Joel brings more than two decades of legal experience and …

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Crude Oil Futures on the Rise Following Monday’s Settlements

Oil futures settled higher on Election Eve Monday following worries about oil supplies after a 5.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the Cushing storage hub, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, December West Texas Intermediate crude tacked on 82 cents, or 1.9%, to settle at $44.89 a barrel. On London’s ICE Futures Exchange, …

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Completion Reports November 8, 2016

  CANADIAN COUNTY Casillas Operating Llc 27 14N 7W Querencia 27-14-7 1wh, September 09, 2016 HH, DRY, TD: 13800 ft Lat: 35.65370, Long: -97.94049 API: 35017249200001 ELLIS COUNTY Jones Energy Llc Cleveland(8175): Oil 148 Gas 23 Water 168 Flow 10 20N 26W Bay 15 6h, July 03, 2016 HH, OIL, TD: 13345 ft Lat: 36.21856, …

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Permits to Drill November 8, 2016

Creek County BERTIE WOOSTER #30-2, November 07 2016 30 15N 9E CSESW API: 03729356 Lat: 35.74271249065056, Long: -96.3985695646031 RUSH CREEK OPERATING LLC SH, DR, 2550 ft, LAYTON(950), CLEVELAND(1200), PRUE(2250), RED FORK(2500) Garvin County NEPSU #J-7A, November 07 2016 26 4N 4W E2W2NESW API: 04925084 Lat: 34.78825271738821, Long: -97.59182655571576 MERIT ENERGY COMPANY SH, DR, 8650 ft, …

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New Cushing Earthquake Plan Coming Soon from Corporation Commission

“We will be taking further action in the area,” said Matt Skinner with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission following the Sunday night earthquake at Cushing. The Commission’s Oil and Gas Division responded immediately after the 7:44 p.m. earthquake that measured 5.0 magnitude according to the U.S. Geological Survey or 4.6 magnitude according to the Oklahoma Geological …

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Cushing Earthquake Leaves Extensive Damage—-One Hurt

Cushing city leaders say it could be another day or two before they’re able to make a total assessment of damage from the 5.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Sunday night. An estimated 40 to 50 buildings were damaged, some extensively and at least one, according to aerial footage indicated it had collapsed and was destroyed. …

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Court Rules Against Sierra Club in LNG Export Project at Corpus Christi

The Sierra Club suffered a setback when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled against its challenge of the government’s approval of an LNG export project in Corpus Christi, Texas. The Court upheld the orders of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission which approved the Corpus Christi Liquefaction project of Cheniere Energy. The …

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Federal Judge in New Mexico Asked to Keep Environmentalists Out of Lawsuit Against BLM

A lawsuit filed by an oil and gas industry group against the Bureau of Land Management for failing to hold oil and gas lease auctions has taken another turn in New Mexico. The Western Energy Alliance has asked a federal judge to keep nine environmental groups out of the lawsuit, contending groups such as the …

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EPA Sued Over Air Pollution from Cattle and Hog Feedlots

The latest lawsuit filed against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency comes from a coalition of environmental, animal rights and citizen action groups who contend the federal government has failed to address air pollution from large-scale livestock farms. Seven environmental groups field suit in the District of Columbia, demanding the EPA respond within 90 days. The …

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Pipeline Protesters Want Developer Removed from Texas Commission

  Those protesters fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota took their aim recently at the chief executive of the company. They demonstrated outside a meeting of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission where Kelcy Warren, CEO of Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners is a commissioner. Nearly 100 people protested, demanding he resign as commissioner. …

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