June 22, 2020 archive

Completion reports for June 22, 2020

Completion reports filed on June 22, 2020. CANADIAN COUNTY Chaparral Energy Llc Mississippi(9745): Oil 507 Gas 3374 Water 820 Flwg 19 12N 6W Fuji 1206 1smh-19, March 29, 2020 HH, OIL, TD: 14829 ft Lat: 35.49499, Long: -97.88025 API: 35017255850001 POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY Arrowhead Energy Inc Hunton(4650): Oil 9.5 Water 245 Pump 21 8N 3E Pearcy 3-21, November 14, 2019 SH, OIL, TD: 5004 ft Lat: …

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Permits to drill for June 22, 2020

Permits to drill issued on June 22, 2020. Canadian County MCNEFF 22-27-10-5 #1XH, June 19 2020 22 10N 5W SWNENENW API: 01776001 Lat: 35.33276914421883, Long: -97.71725435923327 OTC/OCC NOT ASSIGNED SH, RC, 19721 ft, WOODFORD(8900) Carter County LINDLEY #1-35, June 22 2020 35 3S 2W CSWNE API: 01920968 Lat: 34.247163903704724, Long: -97.38512164891394 ARDMORE PRODUCTION & EXPLORATION SH, DP, …

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$40 oil hits the states

  Crude oil prices settled at more than $40 a barrel Monday in U.S. trading while overseas it reached nearly $43 a barrel. For some producers, it might be the break-even point for them to start making a profit once again. In March, the break-even price had dropped to $25 for some producers while a …

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House to deal with another COVID-19 stimulus package

  Oklahoma’s US House delegation is back in Washington this week preparing for a full legislative session and one of the House goals is to build support for infrastructure and pandemic stimulus legislation. Some attended President Trump’s Saturday night rally in Tulsa and now prepare to debate the infrastructure package which includes a House Select …

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How one Oklahoma company took advantage of a price-fixing law

  Oklahoma City’s Chesapeake Energy is among those firms mentioned in a report about the weekend expiration of the U.S. Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act. The law lengthened criminal antitrust penalties and also offered companies such as Chesapeake to report price-fixing. The law was enacted in 2004 and Chesapeake Energy is among those who …

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Kansas regulators start probe of Evergy’s agreement with investor

    The Kansas Corporation Commission has opened an investigation into an agreement between Evergy Inc. and investor Elliott International. According to a news release from KCC spokeswoman Linda Berry, there are concerns about how the agreement could negatively affect Kansas electric customers. Evergy and Elliott came to an agreement in March after months of …

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Kansas judge rules against NextEra in wind farm fight

  A district court judge in Hutchinson, Kansas has ruled against NextEra Energy in its fight to begin building a new wind farm to be located between Hutchinson and Wichita. The Reno County judge recently ruled on a key element in a lawsuit filed by NextEra Energy over the denial of a permit for its …

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EPA reopens Washington headquarters after COVID-19 pandemic

  The EPA is reopening its Washington headquarters on June 23, according to an internal email sent Thursday night. Employees will “have the option to return to the office,” wrote Donna Vizian, the Environmental Protection Agency’s principal deputy assistant administrator for the Office of Mission Support. The reopening also applies to the EPA’s satellite office …

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Energy news in brief

** Houston pipeline operator Enterprise Products Partners will have to renegotiate with a Brazoria County landowner after a Texas appeals court ruled it couldn’t use eminent domain to cheaply acquire land for a planned pipeline. ** Enbridge has partially reopened the Line 5 pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac after shutting it down due to “significant damage” to an anchor support. …

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The new WOTUS takes effect

  Millions of acres of wetlands and hundreds of thousands of stream miles that have been regulated by the federal government for more than four decades are as of Monday officially outside the scope of federal reach as the Trump administration’s new definition of Waters of the U.S. takes effect in 49 states. In an …

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