November 2016 archive

IEC Disapproves Inclusion of Access Road Program, Finalizes Report Content

Oklahoma’s Incentive Evaluation Commission met on Tuesday afternoon to take action on the 2016 Industrial Access Road Program and finalize the advisory group’s report. During the November 23 meeting, Deby Snodgrass, Oklahoma’s Secretary of Commerce, asked for the removal of the Industrial Access Road Program from the 2016 incentives list. Snodgrass explained that the program …

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Crude Oil Futures Fall Short on Tuesday, OPEC Announcement on Production Cut Due on Wednesday

Crude oil futures plummeted on Tuesday as the futures market awaits OPEC’s announcement regarding a possible production cut, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. January West Texas Intermediate crude fell $1.85, or 3.9%, to settle at $45.23 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. January Brent crude, the global benchmark, declined $1.86, or 3.9%, to end trading …

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Completion Reports November 30, 2016

  CANADIAN COUNTY Casillas Operating Llc 27 14N 7W Querencia 27-14-7 1mh, September 09, 2016 HH, DRY, TD: 13925 ft Lat: 35.65370, Long: -97.94059 API: 35017249190001 CARTER COUNTY Kodiak Oil & Gas Inc Deese(1076): Oil 28 Water 2 Pump 4 2S 2W Wheeler 155, November 02, 2016 SH, OIL, TD: 1650 ft Lat: 34.40655, Long: …

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Permits to Drill November 30, 2016

  Ellis County BURGTORF #1-21H, November 29 2016 21 21N 25W NWNWNENW API: 04523626 Lat: 36.28935951477699, Long: -99.88670804770663 PPP PETROLEUM LP HH, DR, 12382 ft, CLEVELAND(7608) Grady County WEST #1-33HXL, November 29 2016 33 5N 7W NESWSESW API: 05124088 Lat: 34.85583201384521, Long: -97.94682871749444 UNIT PETROLEUM COMPANY HH, DR, 16898 ft, MARCHAND(10161) Jefferson County HARRIS #2, …

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Pipeline Protesters Face Monday Deadline to Clear Out

  Those Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters in North Dakota who have the support of some Oklahoma Native American leaders, have until Monday to clear out from the federal land where they have made an encampment since last Spring. North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple has ordered them to immediately leave the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers …

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EPA Prepares for Current Leaders to be Swept Out in Trump Administration

A clean sweep at EPA. While Donald Trump has met with possible candidates to take over the leadership of the EPA, his transition team has also arrived at the offices of the Environmental Protection Agency. The agency’s transition director announced this week that “between now and Inauguration Day, the team will be meeting with EPA …

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Rep. Mullin to Join in Election of New Chairman of House Energy and Commerce Committee

The chairmanship of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee is expected to be determined by week’s end. It is considered a highly-sought-after position and the steering committee will meet Wednesday, following by presentations on Thursday by the interested candidates. Oklahoma U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin is a member of the committee and will no doubt …

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Pruitt up for Consideration as EPA Head?

There is more indication that Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt was interviewed by Donald Trump this week not for a position in the Justice Department but as a possible head of the Environmental Protection Agency. He met with Trump on Monday in New York City, as did former Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Chairwoman Kathleen …

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T-Boone Picks up $146 million Judgment from 3 West Texas Energy Companies

Oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens and his Mesa Petroleum Partners LP have won a $146 million dollar judgment in a lawsuit against three West Texas oil and gas companies they accused of cutting Mesa out of its share of a Permian Basin deal. It was a recent unanimous verdict by a Reeves County, Texas jury …

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Swiss Vote to Keep Nuke Plants——Finland Moves to Dump Coal

In case you missed it—–what two European countries are doing in regards to their energy production. Voters in Switzerland have turned down a plan to speed up the country’s move to dump nuclear energy. In a referendum on Sunday, they voted 54.2 percent to 45.8 percent against the plan promoted by the Green party to …

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