October 2, 2018 archive

NextEra Energy agrees to stop wind farm construction over military airspace fight

Attorney General Mike Hunter on Tuesday announced an agreement between NextEra Energy Resources and the Oklahoma Strategic Military Planning Commission (OSMPC) that will halt construction of a windfarm along a route of airspace the United States Air Force uses for training to allow the Department of Defense (DOD) to complete a mitigation plan. Other than …

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Former Koch Industries exec lands job at EPA

Former Koch Industries executive David Dunlap has gone to work for the Environmental Protection Agency where he is the new deputy assistant administrator for research and development. He had been director of policy an regulatory affairs at the Wichita, Kansas based company since 2010. There he focused on water and chemical policy. He previously worked …

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Magellan wraps up $1.4 billion sale of BridgeTex pipeline company

Tulsa’s Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. announced it has closed its part of the $1.438 billion sale of part of the BridgeTex Pipeline Company. Magellan, together with Plains All american Pipeline L.P. sold 50% interest in the line to OMERS, a benefit pension plan for municipal employees in Ontario, Canada. The closing leaves OMERS with a …

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Denver energy company expands its holdings in San Juan Basin

  While Williams of Tulsa is getting out of the San Juan Basin and the Four Corners oil and gas area, DJR Energy LLC based in Denver is entering the play in a big way. DJR Energy announced it has agreed to acquire Encana Corporation’s San Juan Basin assets which include 182,000 net acres. Combined …

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ConocoPhillips sells part of natural gas fields in the Pacific

ConocoPhillips says its entered into an agreement to sell part of its 30 percent interest in the Greater Sunrise Fields in the Pacific to the government of Timor-Leste. It’s a $350 million deal, according to ConocoPhillips. But it is also conditioned on the government receiving funding approval from the Timor-Leste Council of Ministers and National …

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State record keepers make it official……record rains fell last month in southern Oklahoma

Those were record-setting rains in September in southern Oklahoma…just ask any of the oil and gas crews operating in the region. The Oklahoma Climatological Survey, in a report this week indicated the official rainfall on Sept. 21 at Fittstown was 14.2 inches, the second highest daily total in the state since records began in the …

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Williams finishes $1.1 billion sale of Four Corners assets

Tulsa’s Williams Co. announced it has wrapped up the $1.125 billion cash sale of its assets and equity in the previous Four Corners Area business in New Mexico and Colorado to Harvest Midstream Company. Houston-based Harvest Midstream Company, an affiliate of Hilcorp Energy Company has taken over operation of the assets which include 3,700 miles …

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Northern Oil and Gas expands holdings in Bakken

A Minnesota oil and gas exploration company that focuses its efforts in the Bakken shale of North Dakota and Montana has wrapped up its largest acquisition. Northern Oil and Gas Inc. announced it closed on the purchase of W Energy Partners in a purchase involving nearly $115 million in cash and 51,47,961 shares of Northern …

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Newfield’s pad drilling pays off in Kingfisher county

Houston’s Newfield Energy must have been sitting on a list of completion reports before filing them this week with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. Regardless, its latest multi-well pad drilling paid off. Eleven reports were filed by the exploration company—six in Kingfisher County, two in Garvin County, one in Dewey County and two in Canadian county—-showing …

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Completion reports for Oct. 1, 2018

Completion reports for Oct. 1, 2018. CANADIAN COUNTY Newfield Exploration Mid-con Inc Mississippian(7621): Oil 564 Gas 411 Water 473 Flow 12 14N 6W Allen 1406 1h-1x, April 09, 2018 HH, OIL, TD: 18312 ft Lat: 35.69774, Long: -97.79766 API: 35017251570001 Newfield Exploration Mid-con Inc Mississippian(7689): Oil 653 Gas 463 Water 797 Flow 25 14N 6W Moffat 1406 1h-13x, March 22, 2018 HH, OIL, TD: 18579 ft …

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