May 2017 archive

Completion Reports May 8, 2017

  PAYNE COUNTY White Star Petroleum Llc Red Fork(3279): Oil 28 Gas 32 Water 353 Pump 31 18N 4E Hartley 31-1rc, February 24, 2017 HH, OIL, TD: 8638 ft Lat: 35.98628, Long: -96.92267 API: 35119240740002 TILLMAN COUNTY Tri-c Resources Llc 7 3S 17W Gause Trust 1, April 18, 2017 SH, DRY, TD: 5500 ft Lat: …

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Permits to Drill May 8, 2017

  Alfalfa County REBECCA 2412 #1H-13 A, May 05 2017 12 24N 12W S2S2SWSE API: 00323277 Lat: 36.565117285289254, Long: -98.43315336756498 MIDSTATES PETROLEUM COMPANY LLC HH, DR, 11200 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(6397) Alfalfa County REBECCA 2412 #1H-12 B, May 05 2017 12 24N 12W SESWSWSE API: 00323276 Lat: 36.56511728239024, Long: -98.4332044423191 MIDSTATES PETROLEUM COMPANY LLC HH, DR, 11200 …

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Crude Oil Futures Sink on Thursday as U.S. Output Rises, Libyan Recovery Looms

Oil prices plunged by nearly 5% on Thursday, with rising domestic output sending prices back to levels unseen since the initiation of OPEC’s output deal in November and a potential recovery in Libyan crude production, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, June West Texas Intermediate crude fell $2.30, or 4.8%, to settle …

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Completion Reports May 5, 2017

  DEWEY COUNTY Jma Energy Company Llc Cleveland: Oil 82 Gas 165 Water 2513 Flow 3 17N 19W 4gh 1-3h, April 10, 2017 HH, OIL, TD: 13560 ft Lat: 35.97159, Long: -99.20820 API: 35043234870000 KINGFISHER COUNTY Oklahoma Energy Acquisitions Lp Mississippian (ex Chester): Oil 430 Water 1467 Gas Lift 1 15N 6W White King 1506 …

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Permits to Drill May 5, 2017

  Blaine County REDMAN BIA #1-28H, May 04 2017 28 15N 11W SWSESWSW API: 01123796 Lat: 35.74039124735792, Long: -98.38154338717989 MARATHON OIL COMPANY HH, DR, 17212 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(10470) Coal County STELLA TUCKER #2-22/27H, May 04 2017 15 1N 10E SWNWSESW API: 02921336 Lat: 34.551532043721835, Long: -96.24434197221576 BRAVO ARKOMA LLC HH, DR, 18739 ft, WOODFORD(7967) Coal County …

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Pruitt Says It Again—–Paris Climate Accord is a Bad Deal for U.S.

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt says the President is close to a decision whether the U.S. will continue to take part in the controversial Paris environment accord, something President Trump has vowed to cancel. Interview on Fox Business on Wednesday, Pruitt, the former Oklahoma Attorney General repeated his assertion that the Paris climate agreement is a …

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About 2,500 Rural Electric Cooperative Customers Still Without Power from Weekend Panhandle Snow Storm

Much of the snow that fell in the weekend blizzard in the Oklahoma Panhandle is gone, but the power outages remain. However, Tri-County Electric Cooperative based in Hooker indicates progress in restoration of power has been quick. As of Thursday morning, the Cooperative reported 2,155 customers in Texas County still were without electrical power. Cimarron …

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Highway Work Suspended Till Budget is Fixed

With less than two weeks remaining in the legislative session and still no budget agreement, the State Transportation Commission decided this week to put the hold on new construction projects. “Suspending current highway construction due to a proposed reduction in state funding is not something ODOT has ever been faced with,but we are preparing for …

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Kansas Regulators Asked to Reconsider Denial of Great Plains Energy’s Purchase of Westar Energy

Two big energy companies in Kansas denied a merger by the Kansas Corporation Commission filed a Petition for Reconsideration on Thursday. Great Plains Energy and Westar Energy announced Thursday the petition had been filed after the KCC issued an order April 19 denying Great Plains Energy’s purchase of Westar. The two firms are asking the …

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Oklahoma Trespassing Laws Beefed Up Against Protesters

A bill born partially out of protests by environmentalists against oil and natural gas pipelines in North Dakota has been signed into law by Gov. Mary Fallin. House Bill 1123, authored by Rep. Scott Biggs, R-Chickasha, creates a new misdemeanor level and two new felony levels for trespassing. “This law isn’t about lost hunters or …

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