May 19, 2021 archive

Completion reports for May 19, 2021

CREEK COUNTY Wfd Oil Corporation Dutcher: Oil 50 Flow 24 14N 9E Golden Nugget 1-24, November 03, 2020 SH, OIL, TD: 3620 ft Lat: 35.67959, Long: -96.30420 API: 35037294410000 NOBLE COUNTY Blake Production Company Inc Red Fork(4334): Oil 106 Gas 259 Water 1173 Pump 10 22N 1E Rissmann 22-1-3 1hr, May 05, 2020 HH, OIL, TD: 10568 ft Lat: 36.40519, Long: -97.18643 API: 35103244890001 OKLAHOMA …

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Permits to drill for May 19, 2021

Bryan County ROBINSON #1-27, May 11 2021 27 6S 7E SWNWNENE API: 01320172 Lat: 34.01127634262975, Long: -96.5559243730183 GULF EXPLORATION LLC DH, DR, 7200 ft, VIOLA(4815), BROMIDE(5415), MCLISH(6230), OIL CREEK(6944) Garvin County SOMERS 0404 #2-31-30SXH, February 03 2021 06 3N 4W SWNENENW API: 04925334 Lat: 34.7675258393936, Long: -97.66142733947298 MARATHON OIL COMPANY MU, AM, 22610 ft, SPRINGER(12590) Grady County …

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Crude oil prices drop to lowest levels in 3 weeks

  Crude oil prices suffered a second straight day as both US and prices overseas lost more than $2 a barrel and tumbled to their lowest levels in three weeks. West Texas Intermediate crude for June delivery dropped $2.13 to $63.36 a barrel in trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Global benchmark Brent crude …

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Rep. Lucas wants briefing on Colonial Pipeline attack

Oklahoma U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas joined Wednesday by the chairwoman of a House Committee in asking Energy Secretary Granholm to brief them on the Colonial Pipeline Company ransomware attack. Lucas is the Ranking Member and Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson chairs the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology which has broad authority over all energy …

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Supreme Court overturns well investment debate

  The Oklahoma Supreme Court has overturned a lower court ruling in a lawsuit over arbitration between a Wynona well servicing company and a Bartlesville investment advisory group. In a ruling announced this week, the high court ruled in favor of Focus Group Advisors, LLC of Bartlesville, an investment advisory firm that was sued in …

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Texas Gov. signs bill barring cities from banning natural gas

  Texas has followed Oklahoma in creating a law that bans cities and local governments from banning natural gas as a fuel. The move by Oklahoma was first made in 2020 in response to the effort a few years ago by California to ban natural gas use. Oklahoma Rep. Terry O’Donnell, R-Catoosa and Sen. Mark …

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Will BLM headquarters remain in Colorado?

    Is the Bureau of Land Management under the Biden administration and new Interior Secretary Deb Haaland considering sending the BLM headquarters back to Washington, DC? Reports indicate the BLM has started a survey of its employees how to revamp the headquarters to improve operations. E & E News said the intent is to …

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Power plant at center of Texas and New Mexico fight

  A fight is underway over a natural gas plant on the Texas-New Mexico border near El Paso as nearby residents make the claim the plant is worsening the region’s already poor quality. The Newman Power Station sits between El Paso, Texas and Chaparral, New Mexico and its operators plan to use natural gas to …

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Energy news in brief

** The Biden administration will waive sanctions on the corporate entity and CEO overseeing the construction of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline into Germany, according to two sources briefed on the decision. The decision indicates the Biden administration is not willing to compromise its relationship with Germany over this pipeline and contradict’s Biden’s campaign rhetoric in which …

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Petroleum Alliance staff makes new hire

  The Petroleum Alliance, Oklahoma’s largest trade association representing the entirety of the state’s oil and natural gas industry, has announced the addition of veteran environmental and regulatory affairs professional Angie Burckhalter to its staff. Burckhalter joins the Alliance as Senior Vice President of Environmental and Regulatory Affairs and brings with her more than 30 …

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