In a reversal of sorts, New Mexico and three other states filed suit this week against the Trump administration over the President’s decision to restart the sale of coal leases on federal lands. When it comes to environmental issues, it has been Republican Attorneys General who went to court in the past several years against …
May 2017 archive
NTSB Joins Probe of Deadly Natural Gas Explosion in Colorado
The federal government has joined the probe into a natural gas explosion that destroyed a Firestone, Colorado home and killed two men last month. The National Transportation Safety Board has started looking into the matter because pipelines are a method of transporting oil and natural gas. The Denver Post reported this week investigators are probing …
Move to Scrap Methane Waste Rule Fails in U.S. Senate
Most U.S. Senators from oil and gas producing states voted Wednesday in support of a Congressional Review Act move to scrap the Obama-era rule to control methane waste on public lands. But in the end, the vote failed 49-51 leaving other options to either repeal or change the regulation. Oklahoma U.S. Senators Jim Inhofe and …
SandRidge Posts $51 Million Net Income for First Quarter of 2017
Oklahoma City-based SandRidge Energy Inc. reported a first quarter net income of $51 million, or $1.90 a share, according to a report by The Oklahoman. This compares with a reported loss of $313 million, or 47 cents a share, during the first quarter of 2016. James Bennett, SandRidge President and CEO reported the company had …
Brent Crude Settles Above $50 as Oil Futures Rally on Wednesday
Crude oil futures rebounded on Wednesday after government data revealed the biggest weekly decline in domestic crude supplies so far this year, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, June West Texas Intermediate crude rose $1.45, or 3.2%, to settle at $47.33 a barrel. July Brent crude, the global benchmark, added $1.49, or 3.1% …
Completion Reports May 11, 2017
LOVE COUNTY Mid-con Energy Operating Llc 12 6S 2W Hdsu Daube Wilkins 2-12, March 14, 2017 SH, INJ, TD: 8505 ft Lat: 34.05082, Long: -97.35308 API: 35085211790001
Permits to Drill May 11, 2017
Blaine County OLD BEAR WOMAN BIA #1-13H, May 10 2017 13 14N 12W NWSESESE API: 01123799 Lat: 35.682950592829734, Long: -98.42077370419393 MARATHON OIL COMPANY HH, DR, 17535 ft, MISS’AN LM(12613) Blaine County LORENE #1-8-5XH, May 10 2017 17 14N 12W SENWNWNW API: 01123800 Lat: 35.69481343994431, Long: -98.50610438937075 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC HH, DR, 23503 ft, CHESTER(11358), …
Neighbors Fighting Landowner’s Plan to Create Disposal Wells
Some Canadian County families who are fighting a neighbor’s plan to create saltwater disposal wells on his property will have to await a decision from a Corporation Commission Administrative law judge. That’s where Harold Poage has gone after neighbors complained for the past two years about his other activities of hauling dirt off the 120 …
FERC Appointees Draw Support of Sen. Inhofe
President Trump’s two choices to serve on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission draw support from Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe. One was Neil Chatterjee, an aide to senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell and a long time energy advisor of his. The other was Robert Powelson, a member of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. “Neil Chatterjee …
Pipeline Mapping Bill Killed by GOP in Colorado
Republicans in the Colorado legislature used a late-night filibuster this week to block an attempt by Democrats to require that all oil and gas producers provide the locations of all their gas lines. The attempt by Democrats to pass the bill before midnight came as a result of an April house explosion that killed …