Completion reports filed on March 13, 2020. CANADIAN COUNTY Cimarex Energy Co Woodford(11786): Oil 862 Gas 8822 Water 1312 Flow 22 11N 8W Bltw Com 1h-2227x, July 26, 2019 HH, OIL, TD: 21156 ft Lat: 35.41780, Long: -98.04255 API: 35017254040000 Cimarex Energy Co Woodford(9980): Oil 71 Gas 1066 Water 1640 Flow 17 11N 6W Ashcraft 1-19h, June 14, 2018 HH, GAS, TD: 14636 ft Lat: 35.42141, …
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Permits to drill for March 13, 2020
Permits to drill issued on March 13, 2020. Canadian County GLORIETTA 7_6-12N-8W #3MHX, March 12 2020 18 12N 8W NENWNWNE API: 01725614 Lat: 35.52159595232358, Long: -98.08600035270892 TRAVIS PEAK RESOURCES LLC MU, DR, 21473 ft, MISSISSIPPI(11055) Kay County ETU #19-3, June 26 2019 19 25N 1E NENWSWSE API: 07124911 Lat: 36.62560521940822, Long: -97.23638772316659 SNR NORTHERN OKLAHOMA OPERATING SH, …
EPA won’t release pictures of Scott Pruitt’s soundproof phone booth
One environmental news organization reports the EPA is refusing to reveal a photograph of one of former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s more controversial projects—his “privacy booth” created to protect his phone calls. E and E news says EPA officials claim that releasing a picture of it could violate someone’s privacy or put someone’s life at …
US and Oklahoma rig counts see few changes despite oil price war
Despite the dramatic plunge in oil prices, the U.S. oil and gas rig count dropped only one to 792 in the past week while Oklahoma remained steady with a count of 46 active rigs. However, the rig counts were also obtained as oil prices plummeted and companies started making cuts in capex for 2020. It …
Work close at hand for Keystone XL pipeline
Preliminary work has started on the route of the proposed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline in Montana, while those fighting the project wait for a federal judge’s ruling to block the line. TC Energy, based in Canada said equipment began moving to the site in the past few days and crews will begin mowing and …
Consumer Champion Award given to state regulator
AARP Oklahoma State Director Sean Voskuhl and AARP Oklahoma State President Joe Ann Vermillion presented Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett with the AARP Oklahoma Consumer Champion award on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. AARP Executive Council members Wayne Blackmon, Teewanna Edwards, Mary Ann Morris, Modina Allen and Mary Overall were also in attendance to honor …
More oil companies cut their budgets in oil price war
Devon has cut its cap-ex amidst the oil price war. So has ONEOK and Murphy Oil and Dallas-based Matador Resources. More companies are making similar moves. Others in the oil-rich Permian Basin are following suit as oil tumbled into the $30 to $31 a barrel range. Some observers say most companies will likely go into …
Former Kerr McGee company hit with $18 million fine over deadly blast
Oil and gas regulators in Colorado are seeking an $18 million fine against Kerr McGee, a subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum which was later bought by Occidental Petroleum and accused in a 2017 explosion that killed two men and burned a woman in Firestone, Colorado. Occidental stands accused of failing to follow state laws for pipeline …
BCE-Mach partnership busy in northern Oklahoma
The wells haven’t been startling producers, but the efforts of Oklahoma City-based BCE-Mach LLC are evident in northwestern Oklahoma. The company is exploring the Mississippi Lime as promised two years ago. Since late February, the company has filed completion reports on at least 20 horizontal wells in Alfalfa and Woods counties. The largest producer …
EOG Resources finds success in the SCOOP
Oklahoma’s SCOOP has yielded three single-pad wells producing more than 1,600 barrels of oil a day for Houston-based EOG Resources Inc. The company filed completion reports this week for three Candi 1411 wells at 23 8N 4W, a site located two miles northeast of the city of Blanchard in McClain County. Each had a …