October 2018 archive

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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Permits to drill for Oct. 1, 2018

Permits to drill for Oct. 1, 2018.   Alfalfa County STATE OF OKLAHOMA ‘A’ #1-33, September 28 2018 33 29N 12W N2N2SWSW API: 00323342 Lat: 36.944950174560994, Long: -98.50662420439922 TRANS PACIFIC OIL CORPORATION SH, DR, 5800 ft, DOUGLAS(4100), KANSAS CITY(4380), OSWEGO(4600), CHEROKEE(4750), MISSISSIPPIAN(4875), MISENER(5340), HUNTON(5355), SYLVAN DOLO(5365), VIOLA(5400) Blaine County SIMEON 1910 #3-6MH, October 01 2018 06 …

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No letup in small earthquakes in northern Oklahoma

There apparently is no letup from the small earthquakes rattling the northern Oklahoma areas around the Logan County town of Coyle and east of Woodward. The latest quake recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey happened several minutes after midnight on Tuesday, Oct. 2. The USGS recorded the 2.9 magnitude quake at 12:06 a.m. and its …

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Oklahoma natural gas production increased in July

Natural gas production hit another record high in July according to recent figures released by the Energy Information Administration. Gross gas production from the lower 48 states rose to 92.5 Bcf/d which was a nearly 2 percent increase from June and nearly 12 percent higher than July 2017. Oklahoma’s natural gas production in July was …

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Weyerhaeuser in fight over endangered frog

Timber giant Weyerhaeuser, the company with large operations in southeast Oklahoma’s mountainous forests was part of the U.S. Supreme Court’s October session. The company is involved in a fight over a frog in Louisiana. Weyerhaeuser filed suit against the Interior Department challenging it reach of the Endangered Species Act. The fight is over the Fish …

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Supreme Court to decide whether a state can enforce a gasoline tax against Indian tribes

Oklahoma state leaders might be paying close attention later in the month as the U.S. Supreme Court considers the right of a state to enforce a fuels tax on an Indian tribe. At stake is the case of a tribal gas retailer in Washington state. The state Supreme court ruled that tribal treaties from the …

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