June 21, 2018 archive

Permits to drill June 14-20

This weekly report includes new Permits that have been Approved (or existing permits that have been Amended) between June 14th and close of business on June 20th.  There are two links on each line: – The SPOT link will take you to the well location on Google Maps.  So, if you need it, this will …

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Completions report for June 14-20

Here is the Weekly Completions Report.  The table below provides a summary of the Completion tickets (Form 1002A) that have been published between June 14th and close of business on June 20th.  The B.Derrishaw well, which was completed in 1956, is included because it is being converted to a disposal well. The table includes the Initial Production data …

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Senators claim Science Foundation is playing politics with government money

The National Science Foundation is under fire from four U.S. .Senators over its grant-making process and two of the Senators are Jim Inhofe and James Lankford. They joined Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Rand Paul of Kentucky in requesting the Foundation’s Inspector General Allison Lerne to investigate their concern that the NSF has “issued several …

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Oklahoma DEQ defends transfer of coal ash regulatory power from EPA

While at least one environmental group threatened to file suit against the EPA over transfer of its enforcement of coal ash regulations to the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, the DEQ says it’s been operating the program for a number of years. In response to an inquiry from OK Energy Today, Erin Hatfield, Director of …

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Colorado oil and gas operators agree to steps on ozone alert days

Some oil and gas operators in Colorado have agreed to take steps this summer to reduce their ozone emissions on poor air-quality days. The Colorado Oil and Gas Association announced this month the steps will help prevent the northern Front Range, an area that includes metro Denver, from slipping from a “moderate” ozone attainment area …

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Frack Master is now behind bars charged with $80 million oil investment scam

They called him the “Frack Master” and this week federal agents arrested Christopher Faulkner in an $80 million oil investment scam run out of Dallas. He earned the nick name because of his promotion of the oil and gas industry. But the Securities and Exchange Commission shut down his Breitling Energy after suing the firm …

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Urging customers to do energy efficiency isn’t cheap

When it comes to the efforts of electric utilities on energy efficiency customer incentives, they reported spending $3.6 billion in 2016. The U.S. Energy Information Agency said it figured out to be $24 a customer on average. The findings came in the EIA’s survey of electric power sales, revenue and energy efficiency. The average reported …

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DOT honors engineer

Taylor Henderson was named State Maintenance Division Engineer for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation in June 2018. Henderson will be responsible for managing activities of the Maintenance Division, including general repair of bridges, interstates and highways; mowing; beautification efforts; litter cleanup and snow and ice removal. Henderson began his career at ODOT in the Oklahoma …

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Tulsa’s Paladin Land Group wins honors again

Tulsa’s Paladin Land Group, the city’s largest broker and consultant for oil and gas land services became one of only two “non-operator” businesses ever to receive the Company of the Year award from the Tulsa Association of Petroleum Landmen when it was recently named the 2017-18 recipient. “We are excited and humbled by this honor …

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Slow start for states’ carbon capture movement

The effort unveiled this week to create a Governors’ Partnership on Carbon Capture was larger than the result. While Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin joined the formation led by Montana and Wyoming’s Governors Steve Bullock and Matt Mead, many others were invited to join. Oklahoma was joined by Louisiana, Kansas and Utah in creating the partnership …

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