December 2016 archive

Completion Reports December 13, 2016

  CANADIAN COUNTY Marathon Oil Company Mississippian(8827): Oil 382 Gas 1171 Water 1019 Flow 25 13N 7W Oyler 1307 2-24mh, October 03, 2016 HH, OIL, TD: 14530 ft Lat: 35.57975, Long: -97.90298 API: 35017248620002 GRADY COUNTY Citizen Energy Ii Llc Woodford: Oil 140 Gas 647 Water 2025 Gas Lift 30 10N 5W Huffman 1h-30-19, October …

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Permits to Drill December 13, 2016

  Alfalfa County GREGORY 2412 #1-15 SWD, December 12 2016 15 24N 12W NENWNWNE API: 00323266 Lat: 36.56386899466382, Long: -98.46912320695846 MIDSTATES PETROLEUM COMPANY LLC SH, DR, 7511 ft, ENDICOTT(4631), TONKAWA(4953), COTTAGE GROVE(5403), OSWEGO(5786), HUNTON(7010), WILCOX(7359) Alfalfa County NONIE 2412 #1-04 SWD, December 09 2016 04 24N 12W SESWSWSE API: 00323265 Lat: 36.579666708830835, Long: -98.4870793853573 MIDSTATES …

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Perry Meeting With Trump to Discuss Top Energy Secretary Post

Following a sidelines discussion with President-elect Donald Trump at the Army-Navy football game in Baltimore on Saturday, former Texas Governor Rick Perry was expected for a formal meeting in New York on Monday to discuss the possibility of heading up the U.S. Energy Department, according to numerous media sources. The meeting was quickly confirmed on …

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Chesapeake Keeps Top Spot for Ohio’s Utica Shale

Three Oklahoma City-based energy companies are busy at work in Ohio these days. Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy Corporation remains the top driller in Ohio’s Utica Shale according to a recent report by Kallanish Energy. Chesapeake received 825 permits since late 2010 from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and its Division of Oil and Gas …

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Natural Gas, WTI and Brent Crude Settle Higher on Friday

Crude oil and natural gas futures finished higher on Friday as traders monitored the OPEC production cut and forecasts for below-average temperatures bolstered the markets, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, January West Texas Intermediate crude tacked on 66 cents, or 1.3%, to settle at $51.50 a barrel, marking a 2.2% gain …

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Bribery Fight Takes Another Step at Supreme Court Level

The fight over a 1989 bribed Corporation Commission vote took another step late Friday as ATT filed a motion with the State Supreme Court to suppress some 4,000 pages of documents that detail the bribe by a late Southwestern Bell Telephone company attorney of a sitting Corporation Commissioner and of corporation commission staff. ATT filed …

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Permits to Drill December 12, 2016

  Beckham County MCCURRY #3-21HB, December 09 2016 21 11N 25W SESESESW API: 00921978 Lat: 35.40841728779909, Long: -99.85042664097148 FOURPOINT ENERGY LLC HH, DR, 16984 ft, MO’AN (UP GRANITE WASH)(11705) Beckham County MCCURRY (MCCURRY 4-21H) #4-21HC ST, December 09 2016 21 11N 25W SWSESESE API: 00921871 Lat: 35.408280194574374, Long: -99.84288205667627 FOURPOINT ENERGY LLC HH, DP, 16890 …

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City of El Reno Sells Airpark Mineral Rights for $4.8 million

The city of El Reno recently raked in $4.8 million over the competitive bidding for the three-year lease rights to minerals on the City’s Airpark. Haggard Land Company based in Oklahoma City cast the winning bid offering $15,000 per acre and a 20 percent royalty on any oil or natural gas it pulls from beneath …

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Rig Numbers Soar Nationally but Slip in Oklahoma

National rig counts soared in the past week, climbing by 27 while the number of active oil and gas rigs in Oklahoma slipped by one, according to the last information from Houston-based Baker Hughes Company. The national count swelled to 624 including 21 more oil rigs to reach a total of 498. The number of …

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US House Passes Water Bill that Includes Settlement of Oklahoma Water Fight

The Water Bill passed Thursday by the U.S. House included the Oklahoma Water Rights Settlement between Oklahoma City, the state of Oklahoma, the Chickasaw Nation and the Choctaw Nation. It was a deal reached earlier in the year and announced by Gov. Mary Fallin. The measure, formally known as the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation …

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