November 18, 2016 archive

Completion Reports November 21, 2016

  ALFALFA COUNTY Chesapeake Operating Llc Mississippi Lime(6222): Oil 63 Gas 1697 Water 2704 Artificia 20 25N 12W Leslie Living Trust 20-25-12 1h, September 25, 2016 HH, GAS, TD: 10640 ft Lat: 36.63696, Long: -98.50558 API: 35003232300000 GARVIN COUNTY Ranken Energy Corporation Deese1: Oil 1 Gas 47 Water 26 Pump 19 3N 1W Jc 1-24, …

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Permits to Drill November 21, 2016

  Blaine County HOUSES QUARTER #10-7-6XH, November 18 2016 07 16N 11W SENENESE API: 01123686 Lat: 35.87627081182859, Long: -98.40319907919287 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC HH, DR, 15507 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(9320) Canadian County TED #1H-2314X, November 18 2016 23 14N 8W NWNENWSW API: 01724946 Lat: 35.67423527929843, Long: -98.0278701154955 CIMAREX ENERGY CO HH, DR, 17052 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(8800), WOODFORD(9930) Canadian County …

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Williams to Appeal $16 million Judgment Over 2013 Chemical Plant Explosion in Louisiana

A jury in New Orleans awarded $16 million to four workers injured in the deadly 2013 petrochemical plant explosion at an operation run by Tulsa-based Williams Cos. It’s the second major award in the incident. In late September, a jury awarded four other workers $13.6 million for injuries they suffered at the Williams Olefins Geismar …

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OIPA’s Mike Terry Announces Retirement

Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association (OIPA) President Mike Terry has announced he will retire, ending a decade-long tenure as the head of the state’s largest oil and natural gas advocacy group. Terry’s retirement will take effect Dec. 31, 2017. “It has been an honor to serve the industry I love and the people in it,” Terry …

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North Dakota’s Oil Production Falls Again

As oil production in Oklahoma is on the upswing, the downturn is still taking away revenue and production in what once was one of the biggest oil producing sections of the country—-North Dakota’s Bakken play. The North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources reports September production dropped by more than 10,000 barrels, doing from more than …

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Court Rules Against Gas Line Developer Wanting to Survey on Private Land

Constructing a pipeline is getting to be quite a challenge these days. While hundreds of Native Americans are protesting the building of the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota, landowners in West Virginia are fighting a natural gas pipeline developer. And they’ve won a West Virginia Supreme court ruling that the developer will not …

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Cause Probed in Deadly Natural Gas Blast in Canton, Ohio

It was a worker for a gas company investigating a leak who was killed this week in a natural gas explosion in Canton, Ohio. The person worked for Ameren Illiniois. Eleven others were injured in the massive blast that happened just before 6 p.m. on Wednesday. “All of the sudden, I heard the biggest kaboom …

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State’s Largest Earthquake at Pawnee Leads to Lawsuit Against Two Oil and Gas Firms

The Sept. 3 earthquake that measured 5.8 magnitude in Pawnee has led to the filing of a class-action lawsuit against at least two oil and gas companies, blaming them for the damages. The suit was filed Thursday in Pawnee County District court (CJ-2016-78) by James Adams and others against Eagle Road Oil LLC, Cummings Oil …

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Crude Oil Futures Down on Tuesday, OPEC Production Cut Questioned

  Oil futures dropped on Thursday as some traders remained skeptical that OPEC would  be in a position to require compliance among all members that they must adhere to a production limit, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch.. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, December West Texas Intermediate crude fell 15 cents, or 0.3%, to settle at $45.42 …

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