January 20, 2017 archive

Montana Fracking Law Challenged in Court

Some landowners, conservationists and health advocates in Montana have gone to court challenging a state law that allows energy companies to conceal the chemicals they use in fracking. Their lawsuit was filed this week in an attempt to force the energy companies to reveal which chemicals are used in hydraulic fracturing. The law in question …

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Boynton Town Leaders Suspect Illegal Activities Led to Empty Water Tower

  The Muskogee County Sheriff’s office is working with city leaders in the eastern town of Boynton to determine if someone’s possible illegal actions might have led to the town’s water tower being emptied this week. Travis Wilson, the town’s water operator told the Muskogee Phoenix he suspected “foul play” caused the water loss. At …

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More STACK Wells Completed

They are not record-producing wells, but they are still producers—-the latest to be completed and producing oil in Oklahoma’s STACK.  Reports published by OK Energy Today show another four wells are producing in Canadian County, one of the handful of counties that make up the STACK. Citizen Energy Ii LLC, based in Tulsa had the largest …

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Was Deadly Waukomis Oil Explosion Set by Victim?

While investigators have determined the identity of a person killed in a Wednesday night explosion of an oil tank battery near Waukomis, there are reports they are looking into whether the victim set fire to the tanks and was caught in the blast. The victim was Keith Milacek, 33 who was operations manager for Centennial …

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Senate Report by Inhofe Includes Attack on EPA and Fond Comments for a Retired Adversary

They might have been at odds when it came to politics and the environment, but Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe offered fond comments about former U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer in a report on accomplishments of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. It was a report for the EPW committee in the 114th congress, a …

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NY Times Under Fire over Perry Story—-Accused of Fake News

A New York Times story this week that former Texas Governor Rick Perry knew little about the Energy Department before he was nominated to become the U.S. Energy Secretary resulted in other publications calling it “fake” news. Among those making the claim of fake news is the Daily Caller. The journalism organization took on  New …

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Crude Oil Futures Rise on Thursday as IEA Data Confirms OPEC Output Decline

On the eve of the U.S. presidential inauguration, crude oil futures rose Thursday after a report from the International Energy Agency confirmed a decline in output by OPEC members, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, February West Texas Intermediate crude rose by 29 cents, or 0.6%, to settle at $51.37 a …

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Completion Reports January 20, 2017

  BLAINE COUNTY Continental Resources Inc 36 13N 13W Bird 1-36-1xh, November 14, 2016 HH, GAS, TD: 25439 ft Lat: 35.56536, Long: -98.53388 API: 35011235810000 CARTER COUNTY Continental Resources Inc 36 3S 3W Mary Catherine 1-36h, October 03, 2016 HH, GAS, TD: 18991 ft Lat: 34.24627, Long: -97.46954 API: 35019261890000 GARVIN COUNTY Casillas Operating Llc …

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Permits to Drill January 20, 2017

Alfalfa County BRUNER 2412 #1H-04 C, January 18 2017 04 24N 12W S2S2SWSE API: 00323270 Lat: 36.57966671759819, Long: -98.48692613234988 MIDSTATES PETROLEUM COMPANY LLC HH, DR, 11200 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(6249) Blaine County MARCIA 11_2-13N-11W #1HX, January 19 2017 14 13N 11W NWNWNWNE API: 01123728 Lat: 35.60875626731244, Long: -98.33927425014122 DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION CO LP HH, DR, 24008 ft, …

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