2016 archive

Environmentalists Mount Opposition to West Texas Drilling Around Balmorhea State Park

Environmental groups are mounting a fight against the plans of Houston-based Apache Corp. to begin drilling in its newly-found Alpine High play in far west Texas. Of big concern to some of the groups is the plan to drill around Balmorhea State Park and its famous spring-fed pool, described as the largest in the world, according …

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Oil and Gas Money Split on Presidential Candidates

America’s oil and gas industry leaders are apparently split as they pour money into the Presidential campaigns of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. As it stands less than two weeks before voters decide on who to send to the White House, it appears Hillary Clinton has received slightly more money than Trump, according to a …

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Drone Attacks Helicopter—-Deputies Forced to Shoot it Down at Protest Site in North Dakota

The Dakota Access Pipeline protest supported by some Oklahoma Native American tribes saw North Dakota law enforcement officials shooting at an unmanned aircraft over the weekend. The Morton County Sheriff’s office said a helicopter that was monitoring the latest protest against the nearly $4 billion pipeline was approached by a drone in what the office …

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Part of Seaway Pipeline Reopened After Oil Spill at Cushing

    Officials with Enterprise Products Partners say most of the oil that leaked Sunday night from its Seaway Crude Pipeline system at Cushing was contained in a retention pond The leak happened at a facility belonging to Enbridge Inc., a joint-owner of the Seaway Crude Pipeline company with Enterprise. Enterprise shut down the 400,000-bpd pipeline …

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USGS Says Underground Wastewater Disposal Wells Responsible for Seismic Activity

  An underground wastewater disposal from oil and natural gas production is to blame for the third-largest earthquake in Oklahoma, according to a report issued Monday by the U.S. Geological Survey. The USGS said the 5.1 magnitude earthquake that struck northwest of Fairview in February was likely induced by distant disposal wells. The agency’s report …

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Oil, Natural Gas Settle Lower on Monday as Iraq Remains Unwilling Participant in OPEC Deal

Oil futures retreated on Monday following news that Iraq is unwilling to participate in OPEC’s coordinated production deal, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. December West Texas Intermediate crude dropped 33 cents, or 0.7%, to settle at $50.52 a barrel on the New York Mercantile after a brief dip below $50. December Brent crude, the global benchmark, fell 32 …

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Completion Reports October 25, 2016

OKMULGEE COUNTY Wfd Oil Corporation Dutcher: Oil 5 Gas 20 Pump 33 15N 11E Minnie 1-33, July 27, 2016 SH, OIL, TD: 3015 ft Lat: 35.72697, Long: -96.15630 API: 35111275070000 PAYNE COUNTY White Star Petroleum Llc Mississippian(4155): Oil 70 Gas 347 Water 1000 Pump 18 17N 4E Cotton 18-19-17n-4e 1mh, September 12, 2016 HH, OIL, …

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Permits to Drill October 25, 2016

  Grady County PAULINE #6-27X22H, October 24 2016 27 5N 6W SENWNWSE API: 05124075 Lat: 34.87586513845044, Long: -97.81822277367209 VITRUVIAN II WOODFORD LLC HH, DR, 24000 ft, SYCAMORE(14665), WOODFORD(15000), HUNTON(15285) Grady County ROMANOFF #1-25-24-13XH, October 24 2016 25 7N 5W NESWSESW API: 05124076 Lat: 35.045134711893674, Long: -97.68168819727347 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC HH, DR, 26201 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(10750), WOODFORD(11097), …

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Oklahoma has Lowest Gasoline Prices in the U.S.

Oklahoma now has the lowest pump price average in the nation, according to the Fuel Gauge Report from AAA Oklahoma. The State’s new average is $2.01 a gallon, a drop of 3 and a half cents in the past week.  Bartlesville and Lawton have the lowest averages of $1.89 each. For Lawton, that’s a 9 …

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Latest Big Wells Discovered in STACK by Newfield Exploration

Houston, Texas based Newfield Exploration continues with its discoveries of major oil producing wells in Oklahoma’s STACK, the massive oil play located in Canadian, Blaine and Kingfisher counties. As show on OK Energy Today’s Completion Reports, Newfield’s biggest find in recent weeks was a well producing 1,229 barrels of oil a day at a site …

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