June 2017 archive

Completion Reports June 6, 2017

  KINGFISHER COUNTY Oklahoma Energy Acquisitions Lp Miss’an (ex Chester): Oil 306 Water 1400 Gas Lift 20 17N 6W Motorhead 1706 4-20mh, April 13, 2017 HH, OIL, TD: 12635 ft Lat: 35.94101, Long: -97.86681 API: 35073254630000 LOGAN COUNTY Red Bluff Resources Operating Llc Mississippian(5691): Oil 176 Gas 162 Water 1264 Pump 20 17N 2W Wilcox …

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Permits to Drill June 6, 2017

  Custer County KNUTE #1-33-4XH, June 05 2017 33 15N 15W NENWNWNW API: 03922504 Lat: 35.73920505831344, Long: -98.80841698688361 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC HH, DR, 24312 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(14252) Dewey County CHERRY MASH SWD (K. M. SMITH 1-6) #1, June 02 2017 06 16N 15W CNE API: 04322198 Lat: 35.895552826751, Long: -98.83158662403042 CARRERA ENERGY LLC SH, RE, 10650 …

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The GOP Shift From Debating Climate Policy to Opposing It was Fueled by Big Money — and Galvanized by Barack Obama’s Executive Orders

(Courtesy of The New York Times)   WASHINGTON — The campaign ad appeared during the presidential contest of 2008. Rapid-fire images of belching smokestacks and melting ice sheets were followed by a soothing narrator who praised a candidate who had stood up to President George W. Bush and “sounded the alarm on global warming.” It …

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President Trump Voices His Conscience, Withdraws from Paris Climate Accord

Following President Trump’s withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Climate Accord on Thursday, it’s evident that the man who occupies the executive branch has merely acted on his longstanding belief that climate change was a false concept, according to a recent article published by Peter Baker of The New York Times. “Global warming …

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Trump Withdrawal From Paris Climate Accord Sinks Crude Oil Futures on Friday

Crude oil futures ended lower on Friday as President Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord increased worry among investors, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, July West Texas Intermediate crude slid 70 cents, or 1.5%, to settle at $47.66 a barrel. WTI lost 4.3% for the week, which was the …

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Rig Counts: Oklahoma Adds Three Active Rigs, U.S. Increases by Eight

Oklahoma had the second-best rig growth last week with the addition of three new rigs while the U.S. rig count increased by eight, according to the Baker Hughes rig count and Red Top Rig Report released on Friday. Canada gained six rigs for a total of 99. Canada is up 58 rigs when compared with …

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Oklahoma Activists Will Plant Tobacco to Protest Diamond Pipeline

An Oklahoma veterans activist group with ties to the Standing Rock protest will challenge the controversial Diamond Pipeline by planting tobacco in its course, according to a press release issued by the group on Saturday. The Oklahoma Water Protectors announced their intent to sow sacred traditional Mvskoke (Muscogee/Creek) tobacco plants in the pathway of the …

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Turbine Blade Failures Rare But Happen

As NextEra Energy investigates the cause of a broken wind turbine blade at its Enid wind farm, similar incidents may help explain why some of the equipment failures occur. Although turbine blade failures are considered rare, structural failures like the recent incident at NextEra Energy’s Breckinridge wind farm project have been reported. Earlier in January, …

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GE Turbine Blade Failure Reported at NextEra Energy’s Enid Wind Farm Project

Florida-based NextEra Energy is investigating an incident involving a catastrophic turbine blade at its Breckinridge wind farm project in Garfield County, according to a report by Ryan Miller of The Enid News & Eagle. Data from NextEra turbine monitors revealed the unit went offline on Wednesday night around 10 p.m. The damaged GE blade broke …

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Completion Reports June 5, 2017

  BLAINE COUNTY Cimarex Energy Co Mississippian: Oil 331 Gas 2829 Water 1685 Flow 1 15N 13W Watts 1h-0136x, May 10, 2017 HH, OIL, TD: 21916 ft Lat: 35.79839, Long: -98.53205 API: 35011236840000 KINGFISHER COUNTY Chaparral Energy Llc Mississippian(7338): Oil 585 Gas 576 Water 1504 Flow 3 16N 6W Jester 1606 1umh-3, May 02, 2017 …

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