A Native American Indian activist remains steadfast in getting his day in court over his involvement with the Dakota Access pipeline protest, according to an Associated Press report. Chase Iron Eyes was arrested on February 1, 2017 after setting up teepees on land owned by Energy Transfer Partners, the Dallas-based company behind the controversial pipeline …
June 2017 archive
Halliburton Appoints Chris Weber as New Chief Financial Officer
Houston-based Halliburton recently announced the appointment of Christopher Weber as Executive Vice President and CFO effective June 22, 2017. Weber joins Halliburton from Parker Drilling Company, where he served as Senior Vice President and CFO for the past four years. Weber has more than 20 years of experience in the energy industry, holding key roles …
Rig Count: Oklahoma Drops by 4, U.S. Grows by 6
Canada led the way with the addition of 27 new rigs last week while the U.S. rig count grew by a total of six, according to the Baker Hughes rig count released on Friday. Canada now has a total of 159 rigs, up 90 rigs when compared with last year’s count of 69. The U.S. …
Crude Oil Futures Rise on Friday, Post Losses for the Week
Oil prices rebounded on Friday after hitting their lowest settlement of 2017 and registering their fourth weekly loss in a row, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. July West Texas Intermediate crude oil rose 28 cents, or 0.6%, to settle at $44.74 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. For the week, WTI crude was down 2.4%. …
Continental Resources SCOOPs Another Big Hit in Grady County
Oklahoma’s SCOOP yielded another monumental well for Oklahoma City-based Continental Resources producing more than 1,000 barrels of oil a day. The horizontal well is the Romanoff at 25 7N 5W located about 2 miles west of Dibble near the intersection of Highway 39 and Highway 76. Its production is 1,006 barrels of oil a day …
Completion Reports June 19, 2017
ALFALFA COUNTY Midstates Petroleum Co Llc 15 24N 12W Gregory 2412 1-15 Swd, April 27, 2017 SH, DISP, TD: 7568 ft Lat: 36.56386, Long: -98.46912 API: 35003232660000 BLAINE COUNTY Excalibur Resources Llc Cherokee Sand: Oil 471 Gas 2294 Water 1263 Flow 30 14N 13W Mel 2h-30, September 02, 2016 HH, OIL, TD: 14533 ft …
Permits to Drill June 19, 2017
Blaine County REVANA #1-7H, June 16 2017 07 17N 11W NWNENENE API: 01123815 Lat: 35.9702581113256, Long: -98.4076871390793 HIGHMARK ENERGY OPERATING LLC HH, DR, 14066 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(9270), WOODFORD(9955), HUNTON(10050) Canadian County TYLER 1107 #1-25-36MXH, June 16 2017 25 11N 7W NWNWNWNW API: 01725021 Lat: 35.405534727256324, Long: -97.90062798782844 MARATHON OIL COMPANY HH, DR, 20175 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(9730), …
Congressmen Assure Pruitt his EPA Won’t Suffer Dramatic Budget Cuts
EPA Chief Scott Pruitt says there’s one way to make sure Superfund cleanups continue even with a 31 percent cut in funding for his agency’s budget. His idea? Make the polluters pay. It’s what he said in a recent TV interview. “The great thing there is that there’s private funding. There are people out there …
Inhofe Makes One Last Defense of Trump’s Paris Climate Accord Decision
In what he called one last defense of President Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord, Sen. Jim Inhofe said it means an end to the era of President Obama’s damaging climate agenda. It was in his latest speech on the Senate Floor where he highlighted what he called the “importance of …
Natural Gas Up as Crude Oil Futures Fall on Thursday
Oil settled with a slight loss while natural gas futures appeared on the rise Thursday, according to a report by Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, July West Texas Intermediate crude fell 27 cents, or 0.6%, to settle at $44.46 a barrel after losing 3.7%. August Brent crude, the global benchmark, dropped 8 cents, …