March 28, 2017 archive

Completion Reports March 29, 2017

  BLAINE COUNTY Continental Resources Inc Mississippi(11275): Oil 1335 Gas 4904 Water 1284 Flow 22 15N 11W Homsey 1-22h, February 15, 2017 HH, OIL, TD: 16120 ft Lat: 35.76795, Long: -98.36159 API: 35011236220000 CANADIAN COUNTY Devon Energy Production Co Lp Woodford(11765): Oil 306 Gas 2920 Water 1594 Flow 30 13N 8W Ted 30-13n-8w 3h, February …

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Permits to Drill March 29, 2017

  Canadian County EDEN 1308 #1-4MH, March 28 2017 04 13N 8W NENENENE API: 01724989 Lat: 35.63782766933825, Long: -98.04893389260727 MARATHON OIL COMPANY HH, DR, 14266 ft, MISSISSIPPI LIME(9118) Canadian County CANA SWD #4-30, March 28 2017 30 11N 7W NENWNENE API: 01724988 Lat: 35.405476156303074, Long: -97.97587531029299 CIMAREX ENERGY CO SH, DR, 7550 ft, PERMIAN(2956), PENNSYLVANIAN(3526) …

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Deep Budget Cuts Loom at EPA, DOE and Interior Department

Scott Pruitt’s Environmental Protection Agency as well as the U.S. Energy Department are set to take some deep cuts in spending under recommendations from the Trump White House, according to POLITICO’s Morning Energy Report. POLITICO obtained a budget breakdown showing the EPA would lose $247 million. It includes a loss of $48 million in to …

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Dakota Access Pipeline Ready to Move Oil

The Dakota Access Pipeline, the one that drew thousands of protesters from Oklahoma and other states over the past several months is ready to begin shipments of oil. In a brief court filing with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Dallas-based energy Transfer Partners said oil is already in the pipeline under …

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SW Oklahoma Could See Severe Wx Today

  Southwestern and southern Oklahoma could see some severe weather today (Tuesday) including the prospects of some tornadoes and large hail. As State Climatologist Gary McManus put it in today’s Mesonet report, “Keep your head on a swivel.” He warned the ingredients are there today for a supercell thunderstorm to form in Southwest Oklahoma and …

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Cold War Legacy Sites Subject of US Senate Hearing

Cleaning up the nation’s cold war legacy sites—-it’s what Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Inhofe and others on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will explore during a hearing on Wednesday. The full committee will hear testimony from five witnesses including Alexandra K. Smith who is the Nuclear Waste Program Manager at Washington State Department of …

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Drilling Activity on the Increase in Kingfisher County

The oil and gas exploration in Oklahoma’s STACK isn’t letting up if one of the latest filings of permits to drill is any indication. Seven requests for Kingfisher county were filed on March 27 as seen in OK Energy Today. The requests were filed by Newfield Exploration, Overflow Energy LLC, and Chesapeake Energy. Newfield filed …

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Merger of Energy Transfer Partners and Sunoco Logistics Moves Ahead

A year after Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. ended a proposed $33 billion merger with Williams Cos. of Tulsa, the Dallas-based company is moving ahead on a merger with Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. The Williams Cos. merger, announced in 2015, turned into a legal mess and fight. But now the Securities and Exchange Commission has approved …

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Williams Partners Seeks FERC Approval for Additional Natural Gas Pipeline in New York State

Tulsa’s Williams Partners L.P. says its Transco interstate natural gas pipeline system is seeking approval from the federal government for its Northeast Supply Enhancement project, one that carries a $926 million price tag. Transco’s filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to move ahead with the project to satisfy New York State’s appetite …

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