February 14, 2017 archive

Completion Reports February 15, 2017

  BLAINE COUNTY Continental Resources Inc 19 13N 13W Robbie Ray 1-19-18xh, December 21, 2016 HH, GAS, TD: 22578 ft Lat: 35.58703, Long: -98.63138 API: 35011235760000 Continental Resources Inc 4 15N 11W Laura Fiu 1-4h, December 12, 2016 HH, OIL, TD: 15930 ft Lat: 35.79822, Long: -98.37428 API: 35011236180000 Continental Resources Inc 31 16N 11W …

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Permits to Drill February 15, 2017

  Carter County RD MCCREA #1-32-29XH, February 09 2017 32 3S 2W SWSESENE API: 01926250 Lat: 34.25330617120718, Long: -97.42385277073548 AVALON OPERATING LLC HH, AM, 16000 ft, WOODFORD(6850), HUNTON (LS CHIMNEY HILL)(9250) Coal County OWL ROAD #2-4/9H, August 18 2016 04 1N 9E NWNWNWNW API: 02921344 Lat: 34.59205536175464, Long: -96.37137498027366 BRAVO ARKOMA LLC HH, AM, 14000 …

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Deadly Pipeline Fire Extinguished West of New Orleans

The pipeline fire that killed one worker and injured two others in south Louisiana last Thursday night was finally extinguished on Monday morning. It happened at a Phillips 66 pipeline station at Paradis west of New Orleans. The cause has yet to be determined. But the explosion and fire forced the evacuation of nearly 60 …

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Physicians Groups Combine to Offer Better Rural Health Care

Two medical providers are teaming up to provide better health care in rural Oklahoma. OU Physicians, the state’s largest physicians group, and Xpress Wellness Urgent Care, an Oklahoma-based health care provider in rural Oklahoma, today announced a clinical affiliation agreement designed to enhance care across the state. Xpress Wellness provides walk-in treatment for non-life threatening …

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Pruitt’s EPA Confirmation Vote this Week?

Sounds like the nomination of Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head the EPA could be voted on in the U.S. Senate this week.  However, Democrats are still asking for a delay as they want to get his office emails sought in an open records request. They want to see communications between Pruitt and any oil …

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Decision Made to Close Navajo Generating Station

Environmentalists are cheering about it. Others say it will hurt the region’s economy. They are reacting to the vote taken Monday by the owners of the Navajo Generating Station to close the largest coal plant west of the Mississippi River. In two years, the coal plant in northern Arizona will be shut down by The …

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Federal Judge Won’t Halt Final Work on Dakota Access Pipeline

Disappointed but not surprised. It’s the reaction of an attorney for the Native American tribes and environmentalists fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline after a Federal judge denied their request for a restraining order. The ruling on Monday means Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners will be allowed to continue drilling to finish the $3.8 billion project. The …

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Colorado A-G Threatens to Sue Boulder County Over Drilling Moratorium

Colorado and the county of Boulder could find itself in a court fight over a moratorium on oil and gas drilling. State Attorney General Cynthia Coffman last week demanded that Boulder drop its moratorium but the county refused to meet the deadline of Friday. It opens the door for the Republican Attorney General to move …

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State Agency Under Probe After Paying Ransom to Computer Hackers

An unidentified Oklahoma state government agency is under investigation over a ransom-ware attack that locked its computers last year and agency leaders decided to pay the ransom. Word of the incident was revealed last week during a hearing of the House government Modernization Committee. Mark Gower, director of the Information technology Cyber Command testified during …

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Chesapeake and McClendon Estate Settle Differences Over Proprietary Data

Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy Corporation and the estate of Aubrey McClendon have agreed to settle a multimillion-dollar dispute, according to a report by The Oklahoman. Chesapeake filed a civil lawsuit in Oklahoma County District Court on February 17, 2015 against American Energy Partners L.P. alleging McClendon committed acts of corporate theft by misappropriating highly sensitive …

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