December 2016 archive

Permits to Drill December 30, 2016

  Blaine County STARK #2H-1LMX, December 29 2016 01 16N 10W NWNENENE API: 01123714 Lat: 35.89800046206522, Long: -98.20814658272121 NEWFIELD EXPLORATION MID-CON INC HH, DR, 19799 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(9078), WOODFORD(9659) Blaine County STARK #8H-1LMX, December 29 2016 01 16N 10W NWNENENW API: 01123715 Lat: 35.89776403624742, Long: -98.21809245458965 NEWFIELD EXPLORATION MID-CON INC HH, DR, 19860 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(8388), WOODFORD(9770) …

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Anadarko Unloads $1.2 billion in Marcellus Shale Assets

A $1.24 billion sale of assets in the Marcellus Shale has been announced by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. It’s agreed to sell its operated and non-operated upstream assets and operated midstream assets in north-central Pennsylvania to Alta Marcell Development, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alta Resources Development LLC. The divestiture includes nearly 195,000 net acres with …

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Nation’s Ethanol Production Drops a 2nd Week

Another down week for the nation’s ethanol production. The Energy Information Administration says it was down about 8,000 barrels a day from the previous week. Production averaged 1.028 million barrels a day which translates into 43.18 million gallons daily. However, the four-week average for ethanol production was an all-time high of 1.032 million barrels a …

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Oklahoma’s STACK Oil Play Produces More Wells

More oil and gas wells are reported being completed and producing in Oklahoma’s popular and oil-rich STACK play. As indicated on the completion reports published this week by OK Energy Today, producers were reported by Continental Resources, Devon Energy and Houston, Texas based Oklahoma Energy Acquisitions LP. Most of the STACK wells came in with production …

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Pruitt Under Fire by Six Liberal Democratic US Senators—–But are They Hypocrites asks One Organization?

Six Democrats on the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee chaired by Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe are going after Attorney General Scott Pruitt for his role in leading a nonprofit group that received money from an arm of the Koch brothers’ network. But they are also being called hypocrites from at least one …

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Former Legislator Suggests Cutting Oil and Gas Exemptions

  Oklahoma’s oil and gas industry won’t like what former longtime state legislator Jerry Ellis of Valliant is suggesting.  A cut in exemptions for the industry. Speaking out this week on the state’s budget crisis, the former Democratic Representative and Senator said it should be considered among the actions to be taken by the legislature …

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Crude Oil Futures Move Up on Wednesday Before Weekly Inventory Data Reports

Contributing to a fourth consecutive increase, crude oil futures rose on Wednesday as traders remained optimistic while awaiting weekly data on inventories, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude futures for delivery in February tacked on 16 cents a barrel, or 0.3%, to finish at $54.06 a barrel—their highest close …

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Completion Reports December 29, 2016

  BLAINE COUNTY Continental Resources Inc 4 14N 13W Nw Cowan 1-4-9xh, October 26, 2016 HH, GAS, TD: 23294 ft Lat: 35.72440, Long: -98.59568 API: 35011235600000 CANADIAN COUNTY Devon Energy Production Co Lp 26 13N 9W Hobson 26-13n-9w 4h, December 02, 2016 HH, GAS, TD: 17358 ft Lat: 35.56649, Long: -98.13217 API: 35017247980000 DEWEY COUNTY …

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Permits to Drill December 29, 2016

  Beaver County SIZELOVE #3-1, December 28 2016 03 3N 27E NESWSWNE API: 00724215 Lat: 36.75546767886508, Long: -100.1349313515085 LATIGO OIL AND GAS INC SH, RC, 3720 ft, CHASE(2722) Blaine County STARK #5H-1LMX, December 28 2016 01 16N 10W NENWNWNE API: 01123711 Lat: 35.8977640197696, Long: -98.2138793200893 NEWFIELD EXPLORATION MID-CON INC HH, DR, 19640 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(9114), WOODFORD(9721) …

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Virginia Congressman Says Pruitt as EPA Chief Would be Good for the Environment and Coal

  Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has the support of Virginia Congressman Morgan Griffith who says the man nominated by Donald Trump to head the Environmental Protection Agency will be good for the environment and coal. Writing an op-ed piece recently in the Roanoke Times, the Republican U.S. Representative from the 9th Congressional District in …

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