November 18, 2019 archive

Completion reports for November 18, 2019

Completion reports filed for November 18, 2019. BLAINE COUNTY Chisholm Oil & Gas Operating Llc Mississippi Lime(8940): Oil 872 Gas 4938 Water 1782 Esp 36 18N 11W Sean O’brien 18-11-36 1mh, June 10, 2019 HH, OIL, TD: 14285 ft Lat: 35.98611, Long: -98.31902 API: 35011241930000 GARVIN COUNTY Marathon Oil Company Mississippian(14267): Oil 653 Gas 2891 Water 636 Flow 18 3N 4W Screaming Mimi 0304 1-18-7mxh, September …

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Permits to drill for November 18, 2019

Permits to drill issued on November 18, 2019. Carter County SW WILDCAT JIM DEESE UNIT #10-4, November 18 2019 07 2S 2W NWSENWNW API: 01926346 Lat: 34.402903635872605, Long: -97.45450204931653 MACK ENERGY CO SH, DR, 4400 ft, DEESE(2900) Carter County SW WILDCAT JIM DEESE UNIT #7-1, November 18 2019 06 2S 2W NWSWSESW API: 01926345 Lat: 34.40642218616491, Long: …

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Layoffs at OKC’s Gulfport Energy

Oklahoma City’s Gulfport Energy Corporation announced  it is laying off 13 percent of its workforce, suspending its share repurchase program and continuing discounted debt repurchases. In making the announcement, the company described the company’s employment reduction as a “13% reduction in headcount.” “Gulfport’s Board and management team are committed to taking timely and decisive action …

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Stock exchange warning issued to Chaparral Energy

Oklahoma City’s Chaparral Energy, Inc. has been officially warned by the New York Stock exchange that its shares are in low trading and the firm could be removed from the exchange. The company was notified last week that the average closing price of Chaparral Energy’s shares of common stock had fallen below $1.00 a share …

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Judge rules against nuclear watch group in New Mexico

A federal judge in New Mexico has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the environmental group Nuclear Watch New Mexico against the U.S. Department of Energy and its Los Alamos nuclear weapons laboratory. U.S. District Court judge Judith C. Herrera granted summary judgment to Los Alamos National Security, LLC, a firm created in 2006 for the …

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Oil majors unloading weak financial assets

Add up what the Big Oil majors are trying to sell as they attempt to end the bleeding from low oil prices and it comes to $27 billion across the world. It’s almost like a gigantic garage sale. Some of the unloading of assets is in New Mexico and West Texas. BP is trying to …

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Energy news in brief

— Amazon already has two fulfillment centers in Oklahoma and now has announced plans for a second center in Mississippi. The one-million square foot DeSoto County operation will create 500 new full-time jobs. ** Montana Public Service Commission Chairman Brad Johnson  admits he would have done things differently after issuing a press release about a …

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Southern Colorado wind farm to go online

  Black Hills Energy expects its recently completed 60-megawatt wind farm near Walsenburg in southern Colorado to start operating by the end of the year. Officials from the utility recently joined Pueblo County and city officials to mark completion of construction of the Busch Ranch II wind project, according to the Denver Post. Black Hills …

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Four LNG projects to get FERC votes this week

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is expected to vote Thursday on four liquefied natural gas export terminals in Texas after more than three years of review. If approved, all four projects would take natural gas from the Permian Basin of West Texas, the Eagle Ford Shale of South Texas and other sources and then use …

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Democrats target pipelines and operators

The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, of which Oklahoma Rep. Markwayne Mullin is a member, is to vote this week on several energy and environmental bills. One is a proposed effort to improve the safety of pipelines. The “SAFER Pipelines Act of 2019 was introduced last week. Democrats who created the bill say it …

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