Even late into the week, some residents near a deadly anhydrous ammonia leak 40 miles north of Omaha, Nebraska still weren’t allowed into their homes. The evacuation continued as officials with Tulsa-based Magellan Midstream Partners pipeline investigated the leak that killed a 59 year old farmer who drove into the cloud Monday night. As of …
October 2016 archive
$19 million Energy Upgrade for Tinker’s Former GM Plant
Tinker Air Force Base is about to get a nearly $19 million energy efficiency project to be carried out by Oklahoma Gas and Electric and Honeywell. Honeywell says the challenge will be retrofitting the massive former GM vehicle assembly plant, replacing the hot water system with new boilers, the chilled water system and retrofitting light …
Chesapeake Makes Changes in Drilling to Produce Less Wastewater
Chesapeake Energy Corp. is working with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to make significant changes in the way it drills in northern Oklahoma, a change that produces far less wastewater than its normal operations in the Mississippian Lime.. The Journal Record reports CEO Doug Lawler discussed the changes at his company’s analyst day.
WTI and Brent Retreat but Remain Above $50 on Thursday
Oil futures receded on Thursday, one day after rising to their highest level since mid-July of last year due to an unexpected weekly drop in U.S. crude supplies and optimism surrounding OPEC’s plan to limit output lifted production, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On Thursday, November West Texas Intermediate crude fell $1.17, or 2.3%, to settle …
Completion Reports October 21, 2016
CREEK COUNTY Hall Greg Oil & Gas Llc Cleveland(1937): Oil 15 Water 35 Pump 5 19N 8E Blevins 2-5, July 27, 2016 SH, OIL, TD: 2000 ft Lat: 36.15496, Long: -96.47770 API: 35037293420000 GARVIN COUNTY Xanadu Exploration Company Deese 1: Water 70 Pump 1st Bromide(5111): Oil 2 Water 17 Pump 28 3N 1W Green …
Permits to Drill October 21, 2016
Beckham County THOROUGHBRED #1H-36, October 20 2016 36 11N 21W NWNENWNW API: 00921982 Lat: 35.39245676705259, Long: -99.37900781681098 LE NORMAN OPERATING LLC HH, DR, 17994 ft, DES MOINES(13000) Dewey County CURRY TRUST #1-32H, October 20 2016 32 17N 19W NENWNWNE API: 04323484 Lat: 35.912746518727765, Long: -99.24650678013109 JMA ENERGY COMPANY LLC HH, DR, 13689 ft, CLEVELAND(9004) Greer …
Energy Industry to be Spotlighted in Upcoming OSU Economic Outlook Conference in OKC
The 2017 Oklahoma Economic Outlook Conference to be held by the Oklahoma State University Center for Applied Economic Research and the Spears School of Business will be held Dec. 6 at the Metro Technology Centers Springlake Campus in Oklahoma City. This year’s conference will focus on what the sponsors call a “focus on trajectory of …
Permian Oil Production to Increase……Leases Top $45,000 per Acre
Experts are predicting the oil production in the Permian Basin will total more than 2 million barrels a day next month and it will be the highest total since 2007, according to the Energy Information Administration. The EIA indicates the Permian is the only oil play in the U.S. that will see an increase in …
Unfinished Work Leads to Lawsuit filed by Continental Against Seismic Contractor
A dispute over seismic surveys has led to a lawsuit filed by Continental Resources Inc. against one of its contractors. The suit filed in Oklahoma City federal court was against Silverthorne Scoop Seismic LLC of Texas and accused the company of not completing 3-D seismic surveys and failing to pay subcontractors. The suit (cv-01187-M) indicated Continental was …
State’s Biggest Earthquakes—-Not Where Scientists Thought They Would Occur
The director of the Oklahoma Geological Survey says studies show the biggest earthquakes recorded in the state, including the 5.8 magnitude event last month at Pawnee have been at the edges of vulnerable faults, not close to them where active wastewater injection wells are located. It’s what Jeremy Boak told a meeting this week of …