September 2018 archive

Earthquake update in northern Oklahoma

Another small earthquake was recorded in northern Oklahoma over the weekend. It was late Sunday night just west of Cushing, according to the U.S. Geological Survey and measured 2.7 magnitude. It happened close to the site of the largest earthquake ever recorded in the state. It was a 5.8 magnitude quake in September 2016 near …

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Flooded North Carolina coal ash dump flows into nearby river

From the Associated Press: Gray muck is flowing into the Cape Fear River from the site of a dam breach at a Wilmington, North Carolina power plant where an old coal ash dump had been covered over by Florence’s floodwaters. Forecasters predicted the water will continue to rise through the weekend at the L.V. Sutton …

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Gasoline prices jump in OKC

– Gasoline prices in Oklahoma City have risen 5.0 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.61/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 669 stations in Oklahoma City. This compares with the national average that has fallen 0.8 cents per gallon versus last week to $2.83/g, according to GasBuddy. Average gasoline prices on …

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Completion reports for Sept. 21, 2018

Completion reports for Sept. 21, 2018 BEAVER COUNTY Foundation Energy Management Llc 25 5N 26E Minars 25c, November 01, 2017 SH, DRY, TD: 8888 ft Lat: 36.86805, Long: -100.20282 API: 35007244830000 CADDO COUNTY Kaiser-francis Oil Company Marchand(10171): Oil 161 Gas 352 Water 113 Flow 29 9N 11W Mcpherson 20-9-11 1h, January 25, 2018 HH, OIL, TD: 15670 ft Lat: 35.23179, Long: -98.38187 …

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Permits to drill for Sept. 21, 2018

Permits to drill for Sept. 21,  2018. Garfield County ORANGE 2205 #1OH-14, September 21 2018 23 22N 5W NENENENE API: 04725170 Lat: 36.37527889461907, Long: -97.6940408389133 CHAPARRAL ENERGY LLC HH, DR, 11500 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(5860) Garfield County MANGO 2205 #1OH-23, September 21 2018 23 22N 5W NENENENE API: 04725171 Lat: 36.37527889390924, Long: -97.6941427396411 CHAPARRAL ENERGY LLC HH, DR, 11500 …

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Oklahoma and national rig counts slipped in past week

Most of the oil and gas producing states reported little growth in rig activity in the past week, with the exception of Texas. Oklahoma saw a drop of 3 to 136 working rigs compared to 127 a year ago. Nationally, the count fell by two to 1,053, still 118 more than a year ago. The …

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Louisiana’s environmental protest law to get legal challenge

Like Oklahoma, the state of Louisiana joined the growing effort to crack down on pipeline and energy protesters.  Louisiana’s law went into effect in August and already it faces a challenge following the recent felony arrests of environmental protesters at the site of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline which is the last leg of the Dakota …

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SandRidge forced to look for new permanent leader…CEO says he won’t take it on permanent basis

Don’t count on him to be the permanent leader of SandRidge Energy. It’s what William M. Griffin, Jr., Interim President and Chief Executive Office has told the board. The revelation was confirmed when SandRidge Energy made a filing on Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. (Click here to read.) The filing stated that Griffin …

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Oklahoma pipeline developer wraps up corporate merger

Houston’s Cheniere Energy, Inc. and Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings, LLC have wrapped up their previously announced merger of Cheniere Partners Holdings with a wholly owned subsidiary of Cheniere. As a result of the merger, all of the publiclyl-held shares of Cheniere Partners Holdings not owned by Cheniere were canceled . Shareholders received 0.4750 shares …

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ExxonMobil joins climate change fight

ExxonMobil’s joined the crowd in becoming part of a world-wide effort by oil and gas producers to fight climate change. The Company said it will join the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative which is a voluntary initiative representing 13 of the world’s largest producers. The group will focus on development of practical solutions in areas …

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