December 2019 archive

Completion reports for December 30, 2019

Completion reports filed for December 30, 2019. ALFALFA COUNTY Trans Pacific Oil Corporation Mississippi: Oil 2 Gas 13 Water 187 Pump 22 28N 12W Shaw B 1-22, September 09, 2019 SH, OIL, TD: 5975 ft Lat: 36.89122, Long: -98.47304 API: 35003233750000 Trans Pacific Oil Corporation Mississippi: Oil 45 Gas 279 Flow 13 29N 12W Kilmer A 1-13, August 14, 2019 SH, OIL, TD: 5700 ft …

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Permits to drill for December 30, 2019

Permits to drill for December 30, 2019. Canadian County EVERY 1405 #2-30MH, December 30 2019 19 14N 5W SWSWSWSW API: 01725579 Lat: 35.66791409705786, Long: -97.77966438784983 RED BLUFF RESOURCES OPERATING LLC HH, DR, 12519 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN (LESS CHESTER)(7600), HUNTON(7950) Grady County ASP 0606-27-34 #1SHX, December 30 2019 22 6N 6W SWSWSESE API: 05124745 Lat: 34.97215169486355, Long: -97.81644590699298 WARWICK-BACCHUS …

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Energy news in brief

** —ExxonMobil said it has secured more than 1.7 million acres for exploration offshore Egypt. The acquisition includes acreage in the 1.2 million North Marakia Offshore block, which is located approximately five miles offshore Egypt’s northern coast in the Herodotus basin. The remaining 543,000 acres is in the North East El Amriya Offshore block in the Nile …

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Injured remain hospitalized after aircraft plant explosion in Wichita

Two of the 15 people injured in a Friday explosion at Textron Aviation in Wichita remain hospitalized.  Both are listed in serious condition. Sedgwick County fire investigators blamed a rupture of a three-inch liquid nitrogen line on the explosion in a building that houses composite manufacturing and experimental aircraft fabrication. The nitrogen is used in …

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Lowest and highest weather marks of 2019 in Oklahoma

From the record amount of tornadoes in Oklahoma—even some in late December to the highest temperatures and the most rainfall—they all were recorded in 2019 by the Oklahoma Mesonet. State Climatologist Gary McManus noted in Monday’s Mesonet report that the number of tornadoes increased by one on December 28 in eastern Oklahoma, reaching a year’s …

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More methane emissions rules likely in New Mexico

  As New Mexico begins exploring regulatory ways to reduce methane emissions from the state’s oil and gas industry, an advisory panel has released a report explaining how those emissions are produced. It also offers suggestions how the state might be able to curb pollution from the industry. The 300-page report was released this month, …

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Oil production declines reported in Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico

Declines in oil production in the Permian Basin of West Texas and southeast New Mexico are predicted in 2020.  A new report from IHS Markit also indicated that newer, unconventional wells are exhibiting faster production declines. The analysis by IHS Markit involved more than 150,000 producing oil wells across the basin, according to the Carlsbad …

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Major progress reported on construction of Permian Highway pipeline

  SUBSCRIBE Since launching construction on its $2 billion, 430-mile long Permian Highway Pipeline in the summer, Kinder Morgan reports significant progress. More than 50 percent of the initial 100-mile route from Pecos County, Texas east has been finished. Kinder Morgan is building the line along with EagleClaw Midstream and Altus Midstream Processing. It is …

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Green supporters applaud efforts in New Mexico and Colorado

Governors of New Mexico and Colorado are seen as among new Democratic state leaders who are pushing for more green climate efforts. Their efforts have caught the attention of supportive environmentalists who claimed New Mexico had seen no clean energy movements over the previous 8 years of Republican administrations.   New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan …

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Dry week in Oklahoma has firefighters on alert for wildfires

New Year’s week sees only a slight chance of moisture in northern Oklahoma and state forestry officials believe wildfire chances are not high. The latest wildfire update from the Oklahoma Forestry Department indicated drying conditions will continue Tuesday but winds will be light, thus limiting the opportunity for fire spread potential. “Wednesday into Thursday: Warmer …

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