June 21, 2017 archive

Completion Reports June 22, 2017

  BEAVER COUNTY Lime Rock Resources Ii-a Lp Marmaton-tonkawa: Oil 18 Gas 113 Water 32 Pump 22 4N 25E Barby Ranch Unit 2-8, May 06, 2017 SH, OIL, TD: 7310 ft Lat: 36.79427, Long: -100.34765 API: 35007239150003 CARTER COUNTY Xto Energy Inc Woodford(10223): Oil 140 Gas 840 Water 1484 Flow 11 4S 3E Renee 6-11h2, …

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Permits to Drill June 22, 2017

  Blaine County WALD RANCH FEDERAL #1-27-22XH, May 09 2017 27 14N 13W S2NESESE API: 01123797 Lat: 35.65473331081946, Long: -98.56229925178546 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC HH, AM, 23758 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(13318), WOODFORD(14138) Kingfisher County OK STATE 18-17-6 #2H, April 11 2017 18 17N 6W SWSWSWSW API: 07325606 Lat: 35.942387655424874, Long: -97.88878122998416 CHESAPEAKE OPERATING LLC HH, AM, 11750 ft, …

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Alliance Defends Appointment of U.S. Senator to Board

The Washington, D.C.-based Alliance to Save Energy takes issue with our report pointing out how Tennessee U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander was named to the group’s board, despite his opposition to a NextEra Energy wind farm in his state. Spokesman Ben Evans wasn’t defending Sen. Alexander’s stand against the wind farm but rather his appointment to …

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AG Hunter Puts California on Notice Over Energy Disclosures

  Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter’s threatening legal action against the state of California after it required insurance companies to publicly reveal any investments in fossil fuels. California’s move to urge companies to sign a pledge to divest from the coal industry prompted Hunter and eleven other state attorneys general and one governor to send …

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Schlumberger Joins Forces to Create New Horizontal Well Business

Schlumberger Limited, the company with operations in Oklahoma announced this week it joined with Production Plus Energy Services to create something they call Joint Venture Entities. The purpose is to develop the HEAL System technology and business. The creation was actually effective at the end of May and JV started functioning worldwide as HEAL Systems. …

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The Solar Energy Fight in Arkansas

A solar energy fight is underway in Arkansas and on one side are environmentalists while on the other side are power companies and even the State Attorney General. The fight is focused on net metering and whether the state should eventually create a two-channel billing system  which would use a different electricity rate for surplus …

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What Researchers Learned About the Pawnee Earthquake

Researchers at the Oklahoma Geological Survey, Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma were among those who contributed to a new report that studied the Pawnee earthquake last fall. The 5.8 magnitude quake in September 2016 was the largest recorded seismic event in Oklahoma and led to the report in Seismological Research Letters, an …

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Expansion Announced for Broken Arrow’s Alfa Laval

  Forty-three years after locating in Broken Arrow, the Alfa Laval Air-Cooled Exchangers company is expanding. Known historically as ACE, the firm announced this week its expansion, indicating a “competence center” will be located on land adjoining the existing operation. The center will house operations for the Alfa Laval Spiral Heat Exchanger range. “Alfa Laval’s …

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Continental Resources Hits Another Large Well in Oklahoma’s STACK

Oklahoma City-based Continental Resources Inc. has brought in another 1,000-plus barrel a day well in Oklahoma’s STACK. This time, the well was in Blaine County as indicated in the completion reports published by OK Energy Today. The Mowery, located at 36 15N 11W which is northeast of the community of greenfield, produced 1,071 barrels a …

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Oklahoma Energy Index Reflects Overall Recovery Despite Slight Dip

The state’s oil and natural gas industry continues its recovery from the oil price rout that started in 2014, according to the Oklahoma Energy Index. With activity levels in the oil and gas industry rising 13 percent higher than a year ago, the index moved slightly lower for the month of April. “Despite a slight …

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