June 2017 archive

Environmental Group Contends Texas has Worst Methane Pollution in the U.S.

A new report by the Texas Grassroots Network claims the state is home to some of the worst methane pollution and ozone smog in the country. The report, entitled “Oil and Gas Pollution’s Impacts on Texas Families” charged Texas lacks meaningful standards for detecting and repairing leaks. “Each day, oil and gas activities across the …

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Drilling Rights Bring Higher Prices

Even with oil prices in the $45 range, oil and gas developers aren’t backing off from paying high prices to drill on land in Oklahoma’s two big oil plays, the STACK and the SCOOP. As The Oklahoman reported this week, two companies recently paid more than $1 million each to do drilling in Kingfisher and …

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Despite Opposing a Wind Farm, US Senator is Named to Save Energy Board

Maybe U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander had a good reason to oppose a $100 million wind farm proposed by NextEra Energy in his home state of Tennessee. But there appears to be a bit of contradiction this week when he was named as one of seven new Directors to the Alliance to Save Energy. The Republican …

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STACK is Busier Than Ever

There’s good reason ONEOK announced this week a $130 million plan to expand its natural gas and oil gathering pipeline systems in Oklahoma’s STACK—–the STACK is busy. Witness the completion reports indicated in OK Energy Today on Tuesday. All seven well completions came in the STACK. While they weren’t the monster wells of a thousand-plus …

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GOP Legislator Critical of Republicans Over Gas Tax Vote

Like those who say congress doesn’t see beyond the Beltway in Washington, D.C., a Guthrie legislator is critical of his own GOP colleagues for not seeing beyond the state capitol. “The decision to vote on the gas tax increase demonstrated the Republicans’ inability to see beyond the artificial bubble that surrounds the capitol,” wrote Rep. …

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Congressmen Want Easier Cross-Border Energy Operations

Oklahoma U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin has joined forces with Texas Democratic Rep. Gene Green in introducing a bill to expand cross-border energy infrastructure. The two sided up to introduce H.R. 2883, the Promoting Cross-Border Energy Infrastructure Act which is meant to encourage and promote the construction of energy infrastructure across border lines with North American …

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Oklahoma’s Oil and Gas and Wind Operations Helped Build President Trump’s Wealth

Oil companies and wind energy firms with operations in Oklahoma are among those that helped make up President Trump’s fortune and they are listed in a 98-page financial disclosure report released by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. The report shows at least $1.4 billion in assets and a long list of firms he either …

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Completion Reports June 20, 2017

  BLAINE COUNTY Continental Resources Inc Mississippian(9583): Oil 479 Gas 1073 Water 433 Flow 22 16N 11W Coetta 1-15-10xh, April 21, 2017 HH, OIL, TD: 21039 ft Lat: 35.85496, Long: -98.36577 API: 35011236780000 Continental Resources Inc Woodford(11002): Oil 408 Gas 2322 Water 3581 Flow 24 16N 11W Binder 3-13h, February 26, 2017 HH, OIL, TD: …

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Permits to Drill June 20, 2017

  Blaine County HC FIU #1-12-13XH, June 19 2017 01 13N 13W SESESESE API: 01123816 Lat: 35.62389917450447, Long: -98.52676414032084 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC HH, DR, 24987 ft, WOODFORD(14657) Creek County THURMAN #5-1, June 19 2017 05 16N 8E SENWNESW API: 03729161 Lat: 35.89222180570883, Long: -96.4883351249053 CLARK MORAN RESOURCES LLC SH, RC, 3665 ft, CLEVELAND(1636), PRUE(2360), BARTLESVILLE(2700), …

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ONEOK Announces $130 million Expansion in STACK Play

ONEOK, Inc. announced Monday plans for $130 million in an expansion of its Mid-Continent natural gas liquids gathering system to better serve Oklahoma’s wildly-growing STACK oil play. Backed by a long-term contract with a subsidiary of EnLink Midstream Partners, LP and EnLink Midsream LLC, the expansions will help handle expected volume growth in the play …

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