November 8, 2017 archive

Volatile Trading on Wednesday Results in Lower Crude Oil Settlements

Oil futures ended lower in volatile trading on Wednesday after a weekly U.S. government report revealed a surprise rise in crude stockpiles, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. December West Texas Intermediate crude fell 39 cents, or 0.7%, to settle at $56.81 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. January Brent crude, the global benchmark, lost 20 …

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Senate Committee Forwards Bridenstine’s NASA Nomination to Full Senate

A party-line vote of 14-13 in the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday moved Oklahoma Congressman Jim Bridenstine’s nomination to be the next NASA administrator to the full senate. The vote came a week after Democrats on the committee voiced their objections to his nomination, with one Senator calling him ‘divisive.’ But Sen. Jim Inhofe …

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Former Senate Leader Announces Campaign for Corporation Commission

If Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony files for re-election next spring as he says he apparently will, then we’ll have a fight for the GOP nomination for the seat. That’s because former State Senate President pro tem Brian Bingman of Sapulpa announced this week he is running for the seat on the Corporation Commission. He has …

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Completion Reports – October 20, 2017 through November 7, 2017

  COUNTY Well Name SCTN TWN RNG SPOT Completion Date Scan Date API Document Okfuskee MARIAN 1-A 13 12N 8E C NW SW SW Jan-21-2017 Nov-07-2017 10723506 500612724 Noble GRACE 36 31 24N 1W NE SE NW NE Jan-31-2017 Nov-06-2017 10324646 500612113 Noble GRACE 42 31 24N 1W SW NW SE NE Jan-31-2017 Nov-06-2017 10324649 …

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Tax Honor System Not Working in New Mexico

State lawmakers in New Mexico were told this week the state is missing out on millions of dollars in revenue because oil and gas companies are not reporting their drilling rigs and miles of pipelines. Appraisal expert Jerry Wisdom, owner of Total Assessment Solutions Corp. testified before a panel of lawmakers and said the honor …

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Two Members Join Board at HollyFrontier

HollyFrontier Corporation, the Dallas-based company with refineries in Tulsa, Oklahoma and El Dorado, Kansas announced the appointment this week of two new members to its Board of Directors. The naming of Anne-Marie N. Ainsworth and Anna C. Catalono will increase the size of the Board to eleven directors and increase the number of independent directors …

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Legal Expert Says Pruitt’s Science Advisory Board Ban is Illegal

At least one environmental lawyer maintains that Scott Pruitt’s decision last week to bar scientists who get EPA grants from sitting on the agency’s science advisory boards is illegal. It’s what E and E News is reporting about Michael Burger, director of Columbia University’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law. The agency has 22 of …

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Permits to Drill – October 20, 2017 through November 7, 2017

  COUNTY Well Name SCTN TWN RNG SPOT Approval Date Scan Date API Document Alfalfa REBECCA 2412 2H-12 D 12 24N 12W SE SW SW SE Nov-07-2017 Nov-07-2017 00323294 500612503 Alfalfa MOSER 2412 1H-05C 5 24N 12W NE NW NW NE Nov-02-2017 Nov-02-2017 00323295 5563048 Beaver PWEF 1 5 3N 22E M NW SE NE …

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OCC Close to Getting Permits and Completion Reports Available

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission indicates that it is getting closer to making final repairs in the wake of the hacking incident of more than two weeks ago. And that’s good news to readers of OK Energy Today because the files for permits and completion reports might be available yet this week. Robert Winslow at OklahomaWells.com …

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County Bridges to Get Updates in State’s 5-year Plan

A stamp of approval was given this week by the Oklahoma Transportation Commission to a $926 million five-year road and bridge improvement plan in the state. Over the next five years, work will be carried out replacing or rehabilitating an estimated 400 county bridges. Some have been determined to be structurally deficient or obsolete. At …

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