Kansas regulators are being asked by Black Hills Energy for authority to increase the bills of its customers, adding another $14.50 a month, in part due to the February winter storm. The natural gas utility serves more than 117,000 Kansas customers in 50 counties according to the Kansas Reflector. Click here for Kansas Reflector …
July 2021 archive
Senators respond to BLM nomination with tree-spiking bill
The efforts of Oklahoma US Sen. James Lankford and others to stop the President’s nomination of environmental extremist Tracy Stone-Manning from heading the Bureau of Land Management prompted other Senators to file legislation against the tree-spiking the woman was accused of doing in the 1980s. Wyoming GOP Sen. John Barrasso, the ranking member of …
5,600 barrels a day from 4 well Ovintiv pad in STACK
This is crazy Part II—Ovintiv Mid-Continental Inc. Earlier in the week OK Energy Today reported how the company recently completed 3 wells on a single pad near Kingfisher and had combined production of more than 4,000 barrels of oil a day. Wrong! It was closer to 5,600 barrels of oil a day. That’s because …
Williams releases 2020 sustainability report
Tulsa’s Williams released its 2020 Sustainability Report, a comprehensive review of environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance metrics as the company meets growing demand for clean, affordable and reliable energy while protecting the environment and building strong communities. “Our 2020 Sustainability Report outlines the important role natural gas plays today in a viable and …
Energy news in brief
** Lime Rock Resources, acquirers and operators of producing oil and gas properties in the United States, announced today that it has reached a definitive agreement to buy oil and gas properties in the Delaware Basin of Texas for $508.3 million from a private seller. The transaction is expected to close on September 30. ** The …
Radical environmental activists sabotage railway lines
The FBI is investigating at least 41 incidents of railway sabotage in Washington state in the year and a half—sabotage that has resulted in derailed trains carrying crude oil. Many of the suspected terrorist attacks involve environmental activists who joined forces with Native American tribes reported the Guardian. Click here for Guardian story.
New Mexico’s largest utility warns of 2022 brownouts over shutdown of coal powered plant
As executives of Public Service Company of New Mexico went before state regulators this week, they warned of electric power brownouts in 2022 because of the planned shutdown of the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station. PNM, the largest utility in New Mexico faces the potential brownouts because it cannot replace the San Juan with …
Completion reports for July 28, 2021
CANADIAN COUNTY Urban Oil & Gas Group Llc 6 13N 8W Calumet Cottage Grove Unit (Reese 3-6) 6-6, June 21, 2021 SH, INJ, TD: 8150 ft Lat: 35.62837, Long: -98.09822 API: 35017225480003 Urban Oil & Gas Group Llc 31 14N 8W Calumet Cottage Grove Unit (Loretta 1) 6-31n, April 29, 2021 SH, INJ, TD: 8125 ft Lat: 35.64471, …
Permits to drill for July 28, 2021
Jackson County ALEX #2, May 14 2021 03 1N 20W NESESESE API: 06520316 Lat: 34.58132004343642, Long: -99.28186143831566 FULCRUM EXPLORATION LLC SH, AM, 1800 ft, PONTOTOC(1060), CISCO(1575), CANYON(1630) Jackson County ALEX #5, May 14 2021 03 1N 20W SESENESE API: 06520317 Lat: 34.583713212633334, Long: -99.28186120292146 FULCRUM EXPLORATION LLC SH, AM, 1800 ft, PONTOTOC(1060), CISCO(1575), CANYON(1630) Kingfisher County MARY …
Another increase in crude oil prices
Crude oil prices rose in Wednesday’s trading and finished near $75 a barrel following word that U.S. crude inventories fell more than analysts had predicted. Global benchmark Brent crude for September delivery finished up 26 cents or 0.4% and settled at $74.74 on ICE Futures Europe. West Texas Intermediate crude for September delivery rose …