His efforts over the years in energy measures before the U.S. Senate earned Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe in those controversial. Hillary Clinton emails released this month by WikiLeaks. A search of the Clinton emails on the WikiLeaks website showed Sen. Inhofe was mentioned 98 separate times. Some involved his stance in support of a South …
October 2016 archive
OCC Hosting 2016 Oil and Gas Institute in Tulsa on October 21
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s 2016 Oil and Gas Institute will be held on Friday, October 21, 2016 at the OU-Tulsa Schusterman Center. Topics to be covered at this year’s program include earthquakes, municipal regulation and key issues raised by the advancement in drilling technology. “This is an opportunity for attorneys, energy professionals and others to …
Halliburton, U.S. Silica Announce Single Shipment Record Move of 19,000 Tons of Frac Sand
Houston-based Halliburton Company and Maryland-based U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. announced Thursday the companies likely set a North American record by moving nearly 19,000 tons of U.S. Silica White® frac sand in a single train shipment from Ottawa, Illinois to Elmendorf, Texas. According to a Halliburton press release, BNSF Railway was used to transport the largest shipment of …
Despite Weekly Gains, WTI and Brent Crude Slide on Friday
Oil futures fell on Friday despite a fourth consecutive week of gains as traders, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, November West Texas Intermediate crude lost 9 cents, or 0.2%, to settle at $50.35 a barrel. For the week, prices rose 1.1%, after posting gains in each of the last three weeks. …
Mammoth Energy Goes Public
Oklahoma’s newest publicly traded company is Mammoth Energy Services Inc. as the company finished a $116 million initial public offering. It was the first oil-field services company IPO since August of 2014. Executives were on hand Friday to ring the opening bell at Nasdaq. By later in the day, shares were trading at $14, below …
More Oil and Gas Rigs Reported in Oklahoma and U.S.
Oil and gas drilling rig counts make another dramatic increase nationally and in Oklahoma, increasing by 15 in the past week in the U.S. and going up 3 to reach a total of 73 in Oklahoma. Figures from Baker Hughes Company in Houston, those reflecting services offered by the company show the national rig count …
Completion Reports October 17, 2016
ALFALFA COUNTY Chesapeake Operating Llc Mississippian(5551): Oil 92 Gas 1777 Water 1987 Artificia 26 26N 11W Arlene 26-26-11 1h, August 12, 2016 HH, GAS, TD: 10485 ft Lat: 36.70945, Long: -98.34888 API: 35003231850001 Chesapeake Operating Llc Mississippian(5673): Oil 33 Gas 987 Water 693 Artificia 26 26N 11W Arlene 26-26-11 2h, August 15, 2016 HH, …
Permits to Drill October 17, 2016
Hughes County MEADORS #25-2H, October 14 2016 36 9N 10E SENWNENW API: 06324621 Lat: 35.21592353095455, Long: -96.20566706035386 CALYX ENERGY III LLC HH, DR, 8930 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(3530), WOODFORD(3800) Kay County JENKINS LEASE #6, October 14 2016 22 27N 3E SWNENE API: 07124865 Lat: 36.808125967749376, Long: -96.96069198537108 TURNTABLE ENERGY INC SH, DR, 3800 ft, TONKAWA(1903), LAYTON(2406), …
Oil Tank Battery Operator Facing Corporation Commission Citations
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission has red tagged an oil tank battery operation in Norman following another leak in a residential neighborhood of Norman. A spokesman at the OCC indicated the operation of the Frank Tullius battery has been the site of several previous spills in violation of the state regulations enforced by the Commission. The …
North Dakota Oil Production Falls Below 1 million Barrels Daily
Reflecting just how badly the oil and gas downturn has hit some states, North Dakota’s oil production in August fell below 1 million barrels a day. The North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources says that’s well below the record 1.22 million barrels a day set in December 2014. The record was set just as …