May 22, 2017 archive

Energy Trucks Parked at State Capitol to Remind Legislators of Recovering Industry

Name recognition comes easy for one of the world’s largest oil field services companies like Halliburton. It becomes more visible and apparent to state leaders when there are two large service trucks parked on the Oklahoma Capitol surface lot as the legislative session winds down. In a story published on Monday in The Oklahoman, reporter …

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Crude Oil Futures Rise on Monday With OPEC Expected to Extend Production Agreement

Crude oil prices continued to climb on Monday as expectations grow for an extension to the OPEC production agreement, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. With the June contract expiring at the session’s end, West Texas Intermediate crude added 40 cents, or 0.8%, to settle at $50.73 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. July WTI ended …

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Completion Reports May 23, 2017

  BLAINE COUNTY Carrera Energy Llc Mississippian: Oil 213 Gas 1696 Water 2499 Flow 22 18N 12W Butterfinger 22-1h, February 28, 2017 HH, OIL, TD: 14093 ft Lat: 36.02793, Long: -98.47541 API: 35011236880000 GARVIN COUNTY Citizen Energy Ii Llc Hunton: Oil 58 Gas 692 Water 282 Gas Lift 14 4N 4W Nayro 3h-11, February 17, …

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Permits to Drill May 23, 2017

  Alfalfa County BAKER 2512 #1-28 SWD, December 01 2016 28 25N 12W SWSWSESE API: 00323264 Lat: 36.609254422333485, Long: -98.49091367892261 MIDSTATES PETROLEUM COMPANY LLC SH, DR, 7205 ft, PERMIAN 3494 6(MISSISSIPPIAN), ENDICOTT(4578), TONKAWA(4903), COTTAGE GROVE(5331), OSWEGO(5684), HUNTON(6801), WILCOX(7155) Alfalfa County HARVESTER 11-25-12 #1H, May 22 2017 11 25N 12W NENENENW API: 00323278 Lat: 36.666169221457004, Long: …

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Devon, Pruitt and Lankford Targeted by NY Times Article

Devon Energy, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and U.S. Sen. James Lankford are targets of a new political piece by the New York Times, accusing the three of working to overturn climate rules and regulations aimed at controlling the oil and gas industry. Entitled “How Rollbacks at Scott Pruitt’s E.P.A. Are a Boon to Oil and …

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63-year old Natural Gas Pipeline Being Replaced Under Arkansas River

Two years after a natural gas pipeline ruptured under the Arkansas river between Little Rock and North Little Rock, a replacement line is going to be installed. And the developer maintains the new line will be much safer. The 3,100-foot line will replace the 63-year old pipeline that ruptured May 231, 2015 near the Clinton …

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Drone Bill Passed by State House and Returned to State Senate

The bill requiring utility companies to obtain permission before flying drones over private property was back before the Oklahoma State House on Saturday during the rare weekend meeting. House Bill 1326, authored by Rep. Casey Murdock (Felt-R) had been changed in the Senate but Representatives rejected them and approved the measure a second time on …

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Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters Set up New Camp in Iowa

Neighboring farmers in Iowa don’t like it, but some of the protesters who tried to block the final construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota have created a new settlement. They moved onto a 14-acre site near Williamsburg, Iowa to create a permanent pipeline protest encampment they call the Little Creek Camp. It …

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Texas Panhandle Energy Group Wants President’s Recognition of Industry

Oil and gas leaders in the Texas Panhandle who formed a group called the Panhandle Import Reduction Initiative three years ago are asking President Trump to correct what it claims are unfair trade policies hurting the U.S. oil and gas industry. They also want the President to recognize oil and gas among core industries in …

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Special Meeting Date Set for ONEOK Merger Vote

Tulsa-based ONEOK Inc. has announced a special meeting of its shareholders will be held in June to vote on the proposed merger with ONEOK Partners. The merger agreement was announced Jan. 31, 2017 and at the June 30 special meeting in Tulsa, ONEOK Partners unitholders will vote on the merger agreement. Under the proposed merger, …

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