December 6, 2019 archive

Completion reports for December 6, 2019

Completion reports filed for December 6, 2019. GRADY COUNTY Continental Resources Inc Mississippian(11472): Oil 123 Gas 950 Water 4585 Flow 2 6N 5W Triple Rimer 3-35-26xhm, September 11, 2019 HH, OIL, TD: 22040 ft Lat: 35.02881, Long: -97.70423 API: 35051245620000 KAY COUNTY Snr Northern Oklahoma Operating Llc Mississippi Lime- Mississippi Chat: Oil 30 Gas 120 Water 450 Pump 32 25N 1E Etu 32-1, October 02, 2019 …

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Permits to drill for December 6, 2019

Permits to drill issued for December 6, 2019.   Grady County ADAMS 27-34 #1XH, August 23 2018 27 6N 6W NENENWNE API: 05124450 Lat: 34.97074846601418, Long: -97.81649938251752 RED WOLF OPERATING LLC HH, AM, 25000 ft, WOODFORD(14099) Grady County ADAMS 27-34 #2XH, August 23 2018 27 6N 6W NENENWNE API: 05124451 Lat: 34.970748461842106, Long: -97.81659951341376 RED WOLF OPERATING …

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Energy news in brief

** University of Iowa officials will review four bids for a 50-year, multibillion-dollar deal to operate the school’s utilities system.  **  A developer sues a mid-Michigan township after it adopted a 90-day moratorium effectively blocking a proposed 850-acre solar project.  ** There is still hope for offshore wind in California, but development in the Southern part of the state is impeded by military considerations. …

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Rig activity declines in Oklahoma and the U.S.

The number of oil and gas rigs drilling for new sources of energy dropped again in the past week, both in Oklahoma and across the U.S. Oklahoma’s count slipped by one to 50 rigs compared to the 142 rigs active in the state last year at this time. The U.S. count dropped by three to …

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Energy companies lose rulings in federal courts in Arkansas and New Mexico

Federal judges have made recent rulings affecting energy companies in Oklahoma and New Mexico. U.S. District Judge P.K. Holmes III of the Western District of Arkansas in Fort Smith ruled in a case involving a lawsuit filed by OK Foods, Inc. against Continental Carbonic Products, Inc. and electrical power provider AES Shady Point LLC. The …

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EPA Watchdog scolds Scott Pruitt

Almost 20 months after former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt resigned as administrator of the EPA in the Trump administration, Democrats are still hounding him and holding him up for criticism. So is the EPA’s watchdog. In the past week, the EPA’s Inspector General released a report stating the EPA violated two executive orders in …

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ONEOK gets okay to move propane into Midwest

Tulsa-based ONEOK has won federal approval of a move to transport more propane into the Midwest because of a shortage of the fuel. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has voted in support of two amendments to oil pipeline tariffs to accomplish the move. ONEOK North System won the go-ahead to transfer some of its allocated …

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Chesapeake warned its low prices could mean removal from NYSE

Weeks after some of its trusts received delisting warnings from the New York Stock Exchange, Chespeake Energy in Oklahoma City received the same warning in the past week. The NYSE warned the company that its trading of stock could be removed if the price of shares didn’t improve above $1. The warning came after Chesapeake …

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New Mexico minister tells UN he fears oil and gas expansion in his state

A minister from Carlsbad, New Mexico is one of those who spoke to the UN’s COP 25 Climate Change Conference in Spain, expressing concern over the growth of the oil and gas boom in his state. The Rev. David Rogers expressed a fear of environmental damage caused by the fossil fuel industry as it widens …

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Rig counts worldwide are down according to Baker Hughes

Baker Hughes announced that the Baker Hughes international rig count for November 2019 was 1,096, down 34 from the 1,130 counted in October 2019, and up 105 from the 991 counted in November 2018. The international offshore rig count for November 2019 was 247, up 5 from the 242 counted in October 2019, and up 41 from the 206 counted in November 2018. The average …

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