March 6, 2017 archive

Growing Concern Over Production Sinks Crude Oil Futures on Monday

As signs of further domestic growth in crude production worried traders, oil futures fell slightly on Monday, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, April West Texas Intermediate crude fell 13 cents, or 0.2%, to settle at $53.20 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On the London ICE Futures Exchange, the …

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Completion Reports March 7, 2017

  BLAINE COUNTY Continental Resources Inc Hunton(11085): Oil 125 Gas 1128 Water 2704 Gas Lift 24 16N 11W Donna Mae 2-13h, November 29, 2016 HH, OIL, TD: 16314 ft Lat: 35.85406, Long: -98.31892 API: 35011236610000 Continental Resources Inc Mississippian(ex Chester): Oil 1130 Gas 2841 Water 1210 Flow 4 16N 11W Wintersole 1-4-33-28xh, January 08, 2017 …

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Permits to Drill March 7, 2017

  Carter County OIL CITY UNIT #59, March 06 2017 27 3S 2W SENWSENW API: 01926270 Lat: 34.26943029857037, Long: -97.39878262699371 KODIAK OIL & GAS INC SH, DR, 1150 ft, PONTOTOC(850) Garfield County SMITTY #2-13H, March 06 2017 12 23N 5W SWSESESE API: 04725088 Lat: 36.47751900289334, Long: -97.67695462780043 SK PLYMOUTH LLC HH, DR, 11076 ft, MISSISSIPIAN(5656) …

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Energy Workers Find Homeless Man Living in Stairwell

Workers in one building at Chesapeake Energy’s Oklahoma City campus had quite a surprise in February when they found a 40-year old man living in the stairwell. A police report shows James Lloyd Blackmon, 40 was arrested on Feb. 21 after employees found he had “set up camp inside one of their buildings.”  The report …

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Inhofe’s Appointments in Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

The Republican and Democratic leaders of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee have finalized and announced the membership of the committee’s four subcommittees. Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe, former chairman of the full committee was named chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee. He also sits on the Clean Air and Nuclear Safety subcommittee …

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Kansas to Get Another Ethanol Plant

Oklahoma doesn’t have one but Kansas is getting another bio-refinery. The $175 million plant being built by ethanol pioneer ICM is going up in Colwich, a small town at the northwest side of the city of Wichita. Called ICM Element, the plant will produce 70 million galls a year of ethanol. An estimated 50 permanent …

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$200 million Pay Package for Possible New Railway CEO?

Consider this under the topic of “Not a bad job if you can get it.” A move is afoot to hire a new CEO at CSX, one of North America’s major railroads and give him a $200 million pay package. CSX doesn’t operate in Oklahoma. It’s mostly a rail system located in the eastern half …

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Questions Remain About What Kind of Environmental Enforcer Scott Pruitt Will Be

As Scott Pruitt enters week three of his rein over the Environmental Protection Agency, environmentalists are still curious as to what kind of enforcement of environmental laws he will demand and carry out. As Environment and Energy reporter Mike Soraghan wrote this week, “Pruitt’s philosophy on environmental enforcement is mostly unknown. He doesn’t have much …

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EPA’s Energy Star Program Likely to Be Eliminated

An EPA program aimed at improving energy ratings in homes and offices across the country could be eliminated under a White House preliminary budget proposal. The Energy Star program, which includes Oklahoma’s state government as well as utilities could get the axe as the Trump administration seeks ways to save money and finance the President’s …

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Senator Wants Bill Heard Giving Immunity to Those Who Shoot Down Drones

Drones and those who might shoot them down over private property are the subject of a bill headed to the State senate floor. Sen. Ralph Shortey, R-Oklahoma City authored Senate Bill 660 which would make property owners who destroy drones flying over their land immune from civil action. He’s hoping to have the bill heard this …

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