April 2017 archive

Permits to Drill April 20, 2017

  Blaine County SUCCOTASH 26-15N-13W #1H, April 19 2017 26 15N 13W SWSESESE API: 01123783 Lat: 35.74036978707537, Long: -98.54559573725291 PALOMA OPERATING CO INC SH, DR, 13850 ft, MISSISSIPPI(12325), WOODFORD(13192) Canadian County ASHCRAFT #1-19H, April 19 2017 19 11N 6W NWNENENE API: 01724999 Lat: 35.42020519515801, Long: -97.86744056531268 CIMAREX ENERGY CO HH, DR, 14594 ft, WOODFORD(9604) Canadian …

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Legal Wind Storms Hit NextEra Energy in Oklahoma and Texas

Florida-based NextEra Energy is used to wind.  It likes wind to run its wind farms. But lately, it’s running into the kind of wind storms it doesn’t want. While battling lawsuits over its proposed wind farms in western Oklahoma, NextEra Energy is also hoping to get court approval to buy Oncor, the largest regulated electric …

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State House Approves Large Tire Fees for Recycling Fund

A bill adding to the cost of trashing old tractor and large-truck tires has won approval in the Oklahoma House. Senate Bill 426 was passed on a 67-25 vote this week as Rep. John Pfeiffer of Orlando pushed the measure to make changes in Oklahoma’s Used Tire Recycling Indemnity Fund. He explained it will allow …

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Pruitt to Visit Missouri Coal-Fired Power Plant as Part of Coal Tour

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s heading to Missouri with his “Back-to-Basics” tour, visiting a coal-fired power plant on Thursday. His visit to the Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. Thomas Hill Energy Center near Moberly will come a week after he went to a Pennsylvania coal mine and declared the war on coal was done. Missouri U.S. Sen. Roy …

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Oil Settlements Take a Tumble on Tuesday

Crude oil futures settled lower Tuesday as concerns mound over further growth in U.S. production output, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. May West Texas Intermediate crude fell 24 cents, or 0.5%, to settle at $52.41 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. June Brent crude, the global benchmark, fell by 47 cents, or 0.9%, to end …

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Completion Reports April 19, 2017

CARTER COUNTY Kodiak Oil & Gas Inc Pontotoc(812): Oil 6 Water 32 Pump 27 3S 2W Oil City Unit 42, March 23, 2017 SH, OIL, TD: 1152 ft Lat: 34.26034, Long: -97.39659 API: 35019262350000 COTTON COUNTY Gladiator Operating Llc 5 4S 13W Miller 5-1, February 27, 2017 SH, DRY, TD: 5188 ft Lat: 34.24270, Long: …

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Permits to Drill April 19, 2017

  Canadian County GARRETT 4-9-11-6 #1HX, April 18 2017 04 11N 6W NWNENENE API: 01724996 Lat: 35.463484348108466, Long: -97.83228582983389 JONES ENERGY LLC HH, DR, 19114 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(8797), WOODFORD(9038), HUNTON(9165) Canadian County JACKSON #1406 1H-6X, April 18 2017 08 14N 6W SWSESWSW API: 01724997 Lat: 35.697240249336744, Long: -97.86736220882189 NEWFIELD EXPLORATION MID-CON INC HH, DR, 18613 ft, …

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Filing Deadline in 26-year old Bribed Corporation Commission Vote Challenge

Wednesday is the deadline for filings in the $16 billion dollar lawsuit filed by six consumers who contend a 1989 rate request approved for Southwestern Bell Telephone company was tainted by a bribed Corporation Commission vote more than a quarter of a century ago. The six filed an appeal with the State Supreme Court last …

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EPA Rewriting WOTUS With Help of Former Asst Oklahoma AG

She went from being an Assistant Attorney General out of law school in Oklahoma to now being in charge of the EPA’s rewrite of the Waters of the U.S. regulation. Sarah Greenwalt is in charge of the massive project after Scott Pruitt took her and a few other Oklahomans with him to Washington to run …

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Wind Operator Attempts to Get Lawsuit Dismissed from Federal Court

  While attorneys for NextEra Energy Resources prepare to defend their lawsuit against the city of Hinton next month, they are busy attempting to get another lawsuit dismissed in Oklahoma City federal court. They’ve submitted a motion to have the lawsuit filed by the Scenic Prairie Preservation Association dismissed. The Association sued NextEra, the largest wind …

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