August 17, 2017 archive

Crude Oil Futures Finish Higher on Thursday

After posting losses for the past three days, oil prices rebounded on Thursday as traders continued to weigh data showing the biggest weekly fall in domestic crude supplies in nearly one year but also the highest total U.S. production level in more than two years, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, …

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Completion Reports August 18, 2017

  BLAINE COUNTY Devon Energy Production Co Lp Mississippian(11445): Oil 787 Gas 4207 Water 1992 Flow 11 15N 12W Sequoia 11_2-15n-12w 1hx, June 23, 2017 HH, OIL, TD: 21652 ft Lat: 35.78385, Long: -98.45407 API: 35011236940000 Devon Energy Production Co Lp Mississippian(9688): Oil 1360 Gas 2715 Water 1985 Flow 5 16N 10W Sidewinder 33-17n-10w 1h, July 27, 2017 HH, OIL, TD: 14570 ft Lat: 35.89787, Long: …

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Permits to Drill August 18, 2017

  Caddo County MOL #1-17-8XH, August 17 2017 17 12N 13W NWSESESE API: 01523283 Lat: 35.50895057060654, Long: -98.59035420277642 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC HH, DR, 26023 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(16254), WOODFORD(16974) Coal County HISAW #2, August 17 2017 17 1N 8E CS2SENW API: 02921365 Lat: 34.557167538401956, Long: -96.48788313936241 ROBERSON OIL COMPANY INC SH, DR, 5900 ft, ATOKA(1900), WAPANUCKA(2880), CROMWELL(3530), HUNTON(4600), VIOLA(4800), …

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Pruitt Gives Farmers and Ranchers More Time to Comment About New WOTUS Rule

The EPA’s extended the comment time on the agency’s efforts to repeal that controversial WOTUS rule, the one Scott Pruitt and Oklahoma leaders fought when it was proposed by the Obama administration. Pruitt, the former State Attorney General is also part of a video released by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. “This record being made …

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Latest Rainfall Creates 7th Wettest August for Oklahoma

  The Wednesday afternoon and night time thunderstorms in Oklahoma did their best to wipe out the drought in the state. The statewide average rainfall total now stands at 5.47 inches according to the Oklahoma Mesonet. It means the new rainfall total has resulted in the seventh wettest August since records began in 1895. The …

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Plains Intends to Replace Pipeline Over 2015 Leak in California

Troubled with a 2015 crude oil pipeline leak in California, Houston’s Plains All American Pipeline, a company with operations in Oklahoma has announced plans to replace the line that spilled 142,000 gallons of oil. It’s known as the Refugio Oil Spill and Plains has submitted an application with the Santa Barbara County Energy Division to …

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Gas Purge in Pawhuska Draws Federal and State Investigators

A gas surge on the grounds of the Pawhuska school district campus resulted in the cancellation of classes for the remainder of the week. The surge drew the attention of federal and state officials as they investigated the incident. On hand were representatives of the EPA Region 6 office in Dallas along with the Oklahoma …

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Could Judgment Against Devon Energy Lead to Other Lawsuits?

I think it’ll open the doors for a lot of the vertical operators to come in and get what’s theirs.”  Oilman Andy Sheen.   Two days after winning what might be the first lawsuit by a vertical well operator blaming a horizontal well driller on the loss of a stripper well, Oklahoma City oilman Andy …

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EPA and Tribal Officials Revisit Tar Creek Superfund Site

EPA officials were back at Oklahoma’s Tar Creek Superfund site this week, touring the northeast corner of the state as part of a Tribal Lands Forum conference held in Tulsa. Participants discussed progress with the site and future goals for the continuing cleanup, according to a release from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 6 office …

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13 new STACK Wells Produced by Two Texas Firms

Two Texas-based oil and gas producers report a combination of 13 new oil wells in Oklahoma’s STACK play with the largest producing more than 1,000 barrels a day. As reported on OK Energy Today’s Well Completion reports, Carrera Energy LLC, based in Midland, Texas brought in a well producing 1,122 Boed as well as 3,755 …

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