September 2016 archive

Trump’s Energy Cadre Expands to Include Larry Nichols, Kathleen Hartnett White

Donald Trump’s inner circle on energy issues has expanded beyond Continental Resources’ Harold Hamm who was previously identified as a key advisor for the Republican presidential candidate. Trump’s advisors also include Larry Nichols, chairman emeritus of Oklahoma City-based Devon Energy Corporation and Kathleen Hartnett White of the Texas Public Policy Foundation as well as scholars …

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Crude Oil Futures Rise on Wednesday as OPEC Agrees to Limit Production

Oil futures surged on Wednesday following news that OPEC members agreed on the need to cap crude production, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. Members of the oil group were considering a production limit of between 32.5 million and 33 million barrels a day, according to The Wall Street Journal, citing sources familiar with the matter. In …

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Completion Reports September 29, 2016

ALFALFA COUNTY Chesapeake Operating Llc 28 27N 12W Barbara Ann 28-27-12 2h, September 07, 2016 HH, TA, TD: 10600 ft Lat: 36.78340, Long: -98.49240 API: 35003232280000 Chesapeake Operating Llc 26 27N 12W Dwight 26-27-12 1h, September 07, 2016 HH, TA, TD: 10244 ft Lat: 36.78342, Long: -98.45613 API: 35003232160000 Chesapeake Operating Llc 28 27N 12W …

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Permits to Drill September 29, 2016

Blaine County CHISHOLM TRAIL 19_18-16N-9W #1HX, August 17 2016 25 16N 10W SENENENE API: 01123638 Lat: 35.83986936463127, Long: -98.20777612945126 DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION CO LP HH, AM, 20805 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(8710), WOODFORD(10075), HUNTON(10155) Canadian County JOHNSTON 31-12-7 #1H, September 28 2016 31 12N 7W SWSWSESE API: 01724941 Lat: 35.46507769305746, Long: -97.9764311333939 CHESAPEAKE OPERATING LLC HH, DR, 20250 …

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North Dakota Archaeologists Find No Trace of Burial Grounds in Pipeline Path

The State of North Dakota has dealt a blow to those Native Americans protesting construction of a nearly $4 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline near their land where they claim burial grounds and other artifacts were present. A state inspection of the oil pipeline site has found no sign of such Native American artifacts or …

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Zero Emission Tax Credits to be Reviewed by State’s Evaluation Commission

  The Oklahoma group tasked with reviewing tax credits and their value as the state government wrestles with dwindling revenues meets Thursday to take up the issue of the Zero Emission Tax Credit., It will be one of the main items on the latest meeting of the Incentive Evaluation Commission.  The meeting agenda says thee …

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McClendon Estate Denies Claims of Charities

The estate of the late Aubrey McClendon continues rejecting claims of the hundreds of groups and businesses that contend they are owed money following the energy leader’s death in March 2016. A report in The Oklahoman indicates two charities are the latest to see their claims rejected. The estate denied a $500,000 claim by the …

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Senator Calls OSHA Another “out of control agency” that Needs to be Stopped

“This is another example of why the American people don’t trust the federal government.”   Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb)   Nebraska Sen. Deb Fisher delivered a scathing attack Wednesday on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for violating federal laws when it issued new standards for anhydrous ammonia storage in 2015. In remarks on the Senate …

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Hamm Calls Clinton’s Solar Energy Plan “Silliest Thing I’ve Ever Heard”

“The silliest thing I’ve ever heard.”  It’s what Oklahoma oilman Harold Hamm says of Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s energy plan to install 500,000 solar energy panels to produce electricity in the U.S. Interviewed by Stuart Varney on the Fox News Business Channel, Hamm scoffed at the idea. “This is a very shallow energy plan,” …

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Sierra Club’s Saturday Summit to Focus on State’s Solar Power Capacity

  The Oklahoma Sierra Club will sponsor a Saturday Summit in Oklahoma City on Saturday featuring Solar Energy. Attorney and former Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Jim Roth, Pawnee Mayor Brad Sewell, Oklahoma City Councilman Ed Shadid and several solar executives will speak during the October 1 event to be held in the south conference room of …

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