September 11, 2017 archive

WTI and Brent Crude Rise on Monday

Oil prices finished higher on Monday as traders and investors assessed the impact of Hurricane Irma on Florida’s energy demand and Hurricane Harvey’s damage to oil refineries on the Gulf Coast, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. October West Texas Intermediate crude added 59 cents, or 1.2%, to settle at $48.07 a barrel on the New York Mercantile …

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Completion Reports September 12, 2017

  ALFALFA COUNTY Chesapeake Operating Llc Mississippian(5268): Oil 109  3 27N 9W Schultz 3-27-9 1h, August 17, 2017 HH, TA, TD: 10305 ft Lat: 36.84100, Long: -98.16004 API: 35003222480001 CADDO COUNTY Excalibur Resources Llc Hoxbar: Oil 429 Gas 481 Water 343 Pump 13 11N 13W Wyatt 1h-24, June 26, 2017 HH, OIL, TD: 15217 ft Lat: 35.42183, Long: -98.52580 API: 35015232770000 CARTER COUNTY Wildhorse …

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Permits to Drill September 12, 2017

  Blaine County HECKENBERG #2-30-19XH, September 11 2017 30 13N 13W NWSWSWSE API: 01123853 Lat: 35.56693064228062, Long: -98.62253892158937 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC HH, DR, 24805 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(14683) Canadian County LOUDERMILK #1H-32-29, September 11 2017 05 10N 5W SENENENE API: 01725065 Lat: 35.37535274810408, Long: -97.74300121147844 CITIZEN ENERGY II LLC HH, DR, 19315 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(8500), WOODFORD(8700) Dewey County WILLIAMS #3-27HLC, …

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Phillips 66 Donates Another $3 million for Hurricane Harvey Aid

Phillips 66 has contributed another $3 million to help victims of Hurricane Harvey in south Texas. The $3 million is on top of the $1 million initially donated by the company. The donation is being shared equally by the Rebuild Texas Fund, United Way of Greater Houston and the American Red Cross. The money will …

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City of Lawton Intensifies Search for New Water Resources

The City of Lawton is in the process of exploring for new water wells and apparently has located at least one potentially good site. The Lawton Constitution reports it is one of ten sites originally drilled by a consulting firm hired two years ago to find more water sources for the city. The contract with …

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Latest Oklahoma Earthquake Lawsuit Moved to OKC Federal Court

The latest lawsuit accusing more than two dozen energy companies of causing Oklahoma’s earthquakes has been transferred to Oklahoma City U.S. District Court. It is a continuation of a lawsuit filed Jan. 12, 2016 by Lisa Griggs and April Marler, residents of Logan County. The suit was removed to federal court then voluntarily dismissed by them …

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Former Employees Drop Lawsuit Against Chesapeake Energy

  A lawsuit brought against Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy by three former employees alleging the company was responsible for the loss of tens of millions of dollars in its retirement program has been dropped by the former workers. The original suit was filed in March 2017 by David A. Scholl, Brian K. Glover and Dennis …

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Seventy Seven Energy Wants Attorneys Sanctioned Over Lawsuit

Attorneys for Seventy Seven Energy Inc. laid it on the line recently, asking an Oklahoma federal judge to levy sanctions against a shareholder saying the firm filed a lawsuit just to generate attorneys’ fees. The motion by the Oklahoma City energy company came in a lawsuit being heard by U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange. The …

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BLM Pressured to Protect New Mexico Indian Park From Oil and Gas Drilling

The federal government is under pressure to put more restrictions on oil and gas drilling on public land near the Chaco Culture National Historical Park in northwestern New Mexico. The State’s Democratic members of the congressional delegation are applying the pressure after the Bureau of Land Management earlier had agreed to defer all leases within …

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Oklahoman House Members Supported Self-Driving Speedup

Oklahoma’s U.S. Representatives saw no problem recently in approving a proposal to speed the deployment of self-driving cars without human controls. The House unanimously voted in support of a move to put the federal government in regulation of the self-driving cars and barred states from blocking development of the vehicles. Representative Doris Matsui said the …

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