April 2017 archive

Permits to Drill April 11, 2017

  Canadian County BARLOW 1305 #1-18MH, December 19 2016 19 13N 5W NENWNENE API: 01724963 Lat: 35.59402660362512, Long: -97.76520265989652 MARATHON OIL COMPANY HH, AM, 13089 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(7744) Canadian County COWBOY #1H-27-22, April 10 2017 34 11N 7W NENENENW API: 01724994 Lat: 35.390882375780684, Long: -97.92894233008238 CITIZEN ENERGY II LLC HH, DR, 21500 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(10350), WOODFORD(10600) Kay …

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Gasoline Prices Jump in Oklahoma—-Could Go Higher

  Gasoline prices are up again in Oklahoma, reaching a new statewide average of $2.15 a gallon, according to the latest price report from AAA Oklahoma. It’s a 9-cent jump compared to one week ago when the average was $2.06. “There are a lot of things putting upward pressure on oil and gas prices,” said …

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State Dependent on “Capricious Whims” of Energy Industry

Guthrie Rep Jason Murphey is fighting a new “services” tax by suggesting its proponents are all too eager to have the state continue to be dependent on what he calls the “capricious whims” of the energy sector. Writing in the McCarville Report, the legislator put it this way, “If I were a sneaky out-of-state resident …

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Caution Urged in Fence Line Repairs in Wildfire Zones

As farmers and ranchers in northwest Oklahoma work to replace miles and miles of destroyed fence posts from the deadly and disastrous wildfires in March,  they are being urged to use caution because of the buried oil and natural gas pipelines. As one drives along the highways near Buffalo, workers are still busy replacing burned …

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Keystone XL Opponents in Nebraska Step Up Their Fight

Observers of the fights by environmentalists against corporate energy projects are putting their money on the Keystone XL pipeline project in Nebraska as the site of the next messy protest. With the protesters gone from the site of the last work at the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota, the focus is turning toward TransCanada’s …

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Pruitt Hit with FOIA Ethics Request from California Democratic AG

Not just Democrats in the U.S. Senate are bombarding EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt with requests, but so is California Attorney General Xavier Becerra. He is the latest to demand copies of emails and virtually every communication Pruitt has made but this time, the request focuses on ethics issues. Becerra’s request is a formal Freedom of …

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Democrats Demand More Answers from Pruitt at EPA

Democrats in the U.S. Senate are still fighting EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt over the move to eliminate the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, sending him a letter demanding answers to what his plans are to replace it. Twenty-three Democrats sent him a recent letter with eight questions about his future plans to replace the Clean …

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Can New Oil and Gas Group Convince Legislature to Make Tax Changes?

A week after rallying at the state capitol, members of the newly-formed oil and gas group fighting to have the state apply the 7 percent gross production tax to all wells have to wonder about their prospects of convincing the legislature. Obviously there was a great deal of optimism on the day the Oklahoma Energy …

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Chaparral Energy is All In on STACK Play After Emerging From Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

A corporate revolution is afoot at Oklahoma City-based Chaparral Energy Inc. During last week’s results call, the company formally introduced its new CEO and board of directors while focusing on its financial strength and business operations following an exit from Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. “This past year has been a transformative one for Chaparral,” said …

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Williams Files Proxy Statement for Annual Meeting in May

The Williams Companies, Inc. will hold its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 18, 2017, according to the company’s Form DEF 14A proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. The official document states the meeting will begin at 2 p.m. at the Williams Resource Center Theater located at One Williams …

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