December 23, 2016 archive

Completion Reports December 26, 2016

  CREEK COUNTY Chizum Oil Llc 18 15N 8E Aundres 3-18, February 19, 2016 SH, GAS, TD: 4000 ft Lat: 35.78150, Long: -96.49980 API: 35037293310001 KINGFISHER COUNTY Chesapeake Operating Llc 2 18N 6W Hill 2-18-6 1h, October 19, 2016 HH, OIL, TD: 11361 ft Lat: 36.05876, Long: -97.81303 API: 35073253510000 LINCOLN COUNTY White Star Petroleum …

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Permits to Drill December 26, 2016

  Blaine County KRACKEL #31-1H, December 23 2016 31 18N 12W SESWSESE API: 01123708 Lat: 35.985876628459415, Long: -98.51417924725587 CARRERA ENERGY LLC HH, DR, 14523 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(9600), WOODFORD(10300)Grady County BELYEU 33-9-5 #1WH, December 23 2016 04 8N 5W NWNWNWNW API: 05124099 Lat: 35.20293242789336, Long: -97.74009817773239 JONES ENERGY LLC HH, DR, 15700 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(10420), WOODFORD(10550), HUNTON(10650) Grady …

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Oil and Gas Rig Counts Grow in Oklahoma and the U.S.

Both Oklahoma and the nation added more oil and gas drilling rigs in the past week, according to figures released Friday by Houston-based Baker Hughes Company. Oklahoma added 6 rigs to reach 84 while the nation’s count grew by 16, hitting a total of 653. The newest figure nationally includes 13 more oil rigs to …

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Anxiety Grows over Future of EPA

As we approach the end of 2016 as well as the Obama administration, many wonder what 2017 and a Donald Trump administration will mean for the environment and the laws in place to protect it. Of course there is anxiety among some over Trump’s vow to kill the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, the one …

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Ken McQueen Appointed to New Mexico’s Top Energy Post

A former oil and natural gas industry executive with Tulsa ties was appointed Tuesday to lead the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department. Ken McQueen previously served as a vice president of Tulsa’s WPX Energy, where he managed the company’s assets in the San Juan Basin of northwestern New Mexico and southern Colorado. …

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Crude Oil Futures Settle Higher on Thursday After Jump in Supply Inventories

Crude oil futures rebounded on Thursday, gaining ground after a surprise setback due to an unexpected jump in domestic inventories, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, February West Texas Intermediate crude added 46 cents, or 0.9%, to settle at $52.95 a barrel. February Brent crude, the global benchmark, rose 59 cents, …

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