November 13, 2019 archive

Completion reports for November 13, 2019

Completion reports filed for November 13, 2019. BECKHAM COUNTY Fourpoint Energy Llc Missourian(u Granite Wash): Oil 174 Gas 1704 Water 981 Flow 34 11N 25W Henson 27-11-25 3hc, August 03, 2018 HH, OIL, TD: 16163 ft Lat: 35.39257, Long: -99.82554 API: 35009219940000 Fourpoint Energy Llc Missourian(u Granite Wash): Oil 215 Gas 1800 Water 938 Flow 34 11N 25W Henson 27-11-25 2hb, July 28, 2018 HH, OIL, …

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Permits to drill for November 13, 2019

Permits to drill issued for November 13, 2019. Beaver County SLATTEN #1, October 22 2019 32 4N 22E SENWSESE API: 00725710 Lat: 36.76369945782106, Long: -100.70669018444039 GLB EXPLORATION INC SH, AM, 7700 ft, HOOVER(4600), TORONTO(4810), CHESTER(6910) Stephens County BOARDWALK #1-5MH, April 02 2019 32 1N 4W SWSESESE API: 13727562 Lat: 34.50779536009624, Long: -97.6355953206973 CASILLAS OPERATING LLC HH, AM, …

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Brief energy news

** Energy companies and business groups are considering asking the Supreme Court to review Obama-era standards for ozone pollution. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, American Petroleum Institute, and others on Nov. 8 asked Chief Justice John Roberts for extra time to weigh appealing a lower court’s decision that largely upheld the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2015 ozone caps. ** The …

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Osage tribe campaigns to get government to open county to new drilling

With a shutdown of oil and gas drilling in Oklahoma’s Osage County, it means less revenue for the county. And it continues to disturb leaders of the Osage tribe who control the minerals in the northeast county. This week in Tulsa, the 18th annual Osage Oil and Gas Summit will focus on the actions of …

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Get ready for record holiday travel

The Transportation Security Administration is expecting a record breaking number of flyers this upcoming Thanksgiving holiday travel period with more than 26.8 million passengers traveling through security screening checkpoints nationwide Nov. 22 through Dec. 2. TSA officials are prepared to process the volume of passengers at airport security checkpoints, working closely with airports and airlines …

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Record cold weather this week in Oklahoma

State Climatologist Gary McManus with the Oklahoma Mesonet says there’s no doubt about it, Oklahoma had record low temperatures this week. He says just compare the readings this week… to those already in the record books. “Just eyeballin’ it, looks like we broke low temperature records throughout the state, as well as heckuva lot of …

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Cheaper prices at the gas pumps in Oklahoma

Gasoline prices in Oklahoma dropped four cents on average in the past week reaching a new average of $2.32 a gallon while nationally the average increased a penny to $2.61 a gallon. AAA Oklahoma reports the lowest prices found in Oklahoma were averages of $2.21 a gallon in Washington County in the northeast and the …

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Oryx Midstream completes $135 million purchase of pipelines in Permian Basin

Oryx Midstream, a Houston firm founded in part by Tulsa’s WPX Energy and other investors six years ago is acquiring crude oil gathering assets in the Permian Basin in a $135 million deal. Targa Resources had been shopping its holdings and this week attorneys for both companies confirmed the sale. The sale included the crude …

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San Antonio leaders take stand against proposed new pipeline

Austin, Texas isn’t alone in its stand against new pipelines. The City Council in San Antonio has approved a similar stand against a new line to carry crude products out of the Permian Basin to refineries along the Gulf Coast. It took the action after Enterprise Products Partners of Houston announced plans to build a …

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Icahn leery of Occidental Petroleum’s big debt

Investor Carl Icahn says he might not be finished selling his shares in Occidental Petroleum after stating it is “extremely dangerous” to own shares in the company. Icahn, who engineered a 2018 take-over of the SandRidge Energy Board in Oklahoma City says he’s not comfortable with the pile of debt amassed by Occidental Petroleum. Most …

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