Utility regulators in Missouri have said ‘no’ to Clean Line Energy Partners and its plan to build one of the nation’s longest transmission lines carrying wind powered electricity from Kansas to Indiana and markets eastward. It was the second Missouri state rejection for Clean Line Energy which wants to send wind-powered electricity in Kansas along the …
August 2017 archive
Buffett Won’t Budge From $9 Billion Bid to Take Over Oncor in Texas
In a case of “who might blink first”, billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s vowed not to raise the $9 billion bid he’s made to take over Oncor Electric Delivery Co. in Texas. His vow comes after Elliott Management Corp. bought some of the debt Energy Future Holdings Corp., the main owner of Oncor and a company …
Louisiana Fast Becoming Place Where Worldwide Gas Prices Are Determined
Just like Cushing as become the place where prices of West Texas Intermediate crude are determined, southern Louisiana is fast becoming the place where natural gas prices are determined around the world. Louisiana is home to the Henry Hub, a standard bearer for domestic shale gas markets. But now the jump in U.S. exports to …
No Letup in Oil and Gas Employment in Texas
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas says oil and gas employment in Texas grew again for the seventh consecutive month. The bank says the industry added nearly 4,300 positions statewide in June over May and it credited jobs growth in the mining sector. Oil field services are included in the mining sector. Researchers estimated there …
EPA Delays Greenhouse Truck Standards
Those big truck drivers going up and down Interstates 35 and 40 in Oklahoma are getting a break from the EPA when it comes to greenhouse gas standards. The 2018 start date of the requirements has been delayed. The EPA faced a deadline on Thursday to respond to a lawsuit by the Truck Trailer Manufacturers …
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, …
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: …
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), …
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 …
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 …