CARTER COUNTY Kiester Operating Company 19 2S 3W A N Harley 4-ki, September 01, 2016 SH, INJ, TD: 625 ft Lat: 34.36254, Long: -97.55817 API: 35019254530002 Kiester Operating Company 19 2S 3W A N Harley 2-ki, October 05, 2016 SH, INJ, TD: 597 ft Lat: 34.36259, Long: -97.55705 API: 35019254560002 Kiester Operating Company 19 …
November 17, 2016 archive
Permits to Drill November 18, 2016
Blaine County HW FORNEY #2, November 17 2016 21 15N 13W CNW API: 01122421 Lat: 35.765055806043, Long: -98.59230336623082 MARATHON OIL COMPANY SH, RC, 10980 ft, DOUGLAS(7275), RED FORK(9870) Blaine County IKE #1-20-17XH, November 17 2016 20 15N 12W SWSWSWSW API: 01123685 Lat: 35.75478652498588, Long: -98.50739541869159 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC HH, DR, 22393 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(10800), MISSISSIPPI …
Drought Getting a Grasp of More Parts of Oklahoma
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows dry conditions in Oklahoma are getting dryer. “Paints a really nasty picture for SE U.S. through Oklahoma into the High Plains,” is how Gary McManus of the Oklahoma Mesonet put it in Thursday’s report. The Panhandle and southeastern Oklahoma are in areas described as where the “drought persists” while …
Natural Gas Inventories Grow—–Prices Hold Steady
With record setting high temperatures this week in Oklahoma, prices of propane for winter heating purposes aren’t doing much. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported Thursday that residential heating oil and propane prices started the winter heating season at levels similar to last winter’s levels. “Inventories of both fuels are near or above five-year …
OSU Inks Contract for New Airplane Transportation System
A contract was scheduled to be signed Thursday in Stillwater paving the way for research and development that could lead to a working prototype of an automated system for handling landed aircraft. The contract is between the New Product Development Center at Oklahoma State University and Airplane Transporting Systems. The ATS is what the University …
Texas Official Agrees—-Wastewater Injection Wells Can Cause Earthquakes
A statement by Texas Railroad Commissioner Ryan Sitton that oil and gas wastewater injection wells are possibly causing earthquakes in Texas is getting some attention in the industry. “I take the issue of induced seismicity very seriously,” said Sitton in announcing his collaboration with the Bureau of Economic Geology Center for Integrated Seismicity Research. “The …
BNSF Considers Covers for Coal Cars as part of Settlement with Environmental Groups
Covers might be seen soon on BNSF Railway cars carrying coal in the northwestern part of the U.S. It’s part of a tentative agreement reached this week between the rail company that rolls through Oklahoma with environmental groups who alleged the coal spilled from the trains has polluted waterways in Washington state. BNSF has denied …
Continental’s Blaine County Density Tests Result in Big Production
Continental Resources and its density unit tests in Blaine County are coming through for the company’s STACK exploration with results now known for 8 wells from its density tests. The Oklahoma City company, founded and operated by billionaire Harold Hamm filed six more completion reports this week for its LUDWIG density testing with five showing production …
Devon Energy Settles With Feds Over Lost Oil and Gas Leases in Montana
The U.S. Interior Department announced a settlement this week with Oklahoma City-based Devon Energy over the cancellation of 15 leases the company had to drill for oil and gas on Montana land considered sacred by the Blackfeet Tribe. The company’s leases covered parts of the Badger-Two Medicine area of the Lewis and Clark National Forest …