Canadian County HASTEN 26-11-6 #1H, July 12 2017 26 11N 6W SWNWNWNW API: 01725041 Lat: 35.40497351142992, Long: -97.81214340503607 JONES ENERGY LLC HH, DR, 13755 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(8950), WOODFORD(9050) Canadian County NELSON COM #1H-0706X, July 12 2017 07 14N 10W SESESWSE API: 01725040 Lat: 35.69704038936534, Long: -98.30116102169488 CIMAREX ENERGY CO HH, DR, 21973 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN (EX CHESTER)(11250), MISSISSIPPIAN(11330) …
2017 archive
Energy Firms Helped With Job Creation in 2nd Quarter
Energy companies were among the 23 that made new investments in Oklahoma in the second quarter of 2017, according to a quarterly report from the Oklahoma Commerce Department. The investments totaled $680 million and more than 1,100 jobs are to be created as a result. Eight of the 23 firms are new to Oklahoma. The …
Devon Announces 6,000 Barrel Well in STACK
In what is perhaps the largest well to be drilled in Oklahoma’s STACK, Devon Energy of Oklahoma City announced a record well reaching 6,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day. It’s a Meramec well in southwest Kingfisher County. The company said the Privott 17-H well achieved a facility-constrained peak 24-hour rate of 6,000 oil-equivalent barrels …
Ohio’s Going After Energy Transfer Partners Over Spills
Ohio’s demanding nearly $1 million from Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, the company that built the Dakota Access Pipeline that drew thousands of protesters last year in North Dakota. This time, the claim involves the company’s $4.2 billion gas pipeline called Rover which leaked more than 2 million dollars of drilling mud into Stark County wetlands. …
Colorado Governor Says State Will Attempt to Comply with Paris Climate Agreement
Colorado’s Gov. John Hickenlooper announced this week he intends to join another dozen states in an attempt to comply with the Paris climate accord. Oklahoma is not one of those dozen states. “We will join the Climate Alliance because our voices are more powerful when we speak as one,” said the Democratic governor as he …
Ponca Environmentalist to Speak at Washington DC Rally
Thursday will mark a “Play-In for Climate Action” rally in Washington by moms and their children and one of them will be Oklahoma environmentalist activist Casey Camp-Horinek. She describes herself as an actress, a Native rights activist and environmentalist and will be one of the speakers at the Capitol Hill protest. Camp-Horinek’s a leader of …
Oil and Gas Activity in STACK and SCOOP Grows
Oil and gas exploration isn’t letting up in Oklahoma’s STACK and SCOOP based on the latest permits for drilling as published by OK Energy Today. Four requests for Blaine county, one of the three counties making up the STACK were approved by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. Three of the four went to Overflow Energy LLC, …
WTI and Brent Climb Above $45 on Tuesday
Oil futures settled above $45 a barrel on Tuesday as news of potential OPEC production curbs for Libya and Nigeria and a lower forecast for 2018 domestic crude output sparked a jump in settlements, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, August West Texas Intermediate crude rose 64 cents, or 1.4%, to settle …
Permits to Drill July 12, 2017
Blaine County AMERICAN HORSE SWD #2, July 11 2017 02 15N 13W NWNENESE API: 01123825 Lat: 35.804450264059476, Long: -98.54477733214291 OVERFLOW ENERGY LLC SH, DR, 5500 ft, WOLFCAMPIAN(3450), VIRGILIAN(4810) Blaine County FAY SWD #1, July 11 2017 31 16N 13W NENWNWSW API: 01123827 Lat: 35.81905239557924, Long: -98.63076336527386 OVERFLOW ENERGY LLC SH, DR, 5500 ft, WOLFCAMPIAN(3450), VIRGILIAN(4810) Blaine …
Judge’s Retirement Opens Door for Another Trump Court Appointee
In a move that will likely affect numerous environmental issues, including those having an impact on Oklahoma, Judge Janice Rogers Brown of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has announced her retirement. It opens the door for President Trump to appoint someone who is friendly to his environmental policies. Brown …