From Maryland to Texas, states have been granted emergency waives by the Environmental Protection Agency so they can ignore some clean-air requirements for gasoline. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt says it will ensure an adequate supply of fuel throughout the South, Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. He notified the governors in recent days saying the shutdown of about …
Some last-minute filings were made by American Indian tribes still fighting the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota. They are still trying to persuade a federal judge that Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners has overstated the potential impacts of a shutdown of the pipeline. Standing Rock Sioux attorney Jan Hasselman and Cheyenne River Sioux attorney …
By a vote of 5-4, the Oklahoma Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the vehicle sales tax measure that passed in May during the last week of legislative session. Legislators used a repealer to eliminate an exemption to the tax on automobile sales. The bill was contested on the allegation that it created a new …
Crude oil futures rallied on Thursday as flooding continued to disrupt refinery operations along the Gulf Coast, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, October West Texas Intermediate crude oil rose $1.27, or 2.8%, to settle at $47.23 a barrel. October Brent crude, the global benchmark, added $1.52, or 3%, to end …
DEWEY COUNTY Comanche Exploration Co Llc Mississippian: Oil 172 Gas 4916 Water 1136 Flow 33 19N 17W Case 33-1h, May 05, 2017 HH, GAS, TD: 16300 ft Lat: 36.07324, Long: -99.02484 API: 35043234780000 GARFIELD COUNTY M M Energy Inc 1st Wilcox: Oswego: Oil 40 Gas 100 Water 10 Pump 30 22N 3W W Windler 34, February 07, 2017 SH, OIL, TD: 4790 ft Lat: 36.35149, …
Alfalfa County BEN 2411 #1H-07 A, August 31 2017 07 24N 11W NENWNWNW API: 00323290 Lat: 36.57859051735638, Long: -98.42505146994763 MIDSTATES PETROLEUM CO LLC HH, DR, 11200 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(6346) Garfield County DIVELY #63, August 31 2017 24 22N 4W E2E2SWNW API: 04725041 Lat: 36.37045317696726, Long: -97.58267987074628 M M ENERGY INC SH, RC, 4766 ft, TONKAWA(3300), LAYTON(3700), BIG …
Both the STACK and SCOOP continue giving up large wells to a variety of companies. Houston’s Marathon Oil Company reports a well near Kingfisher, one of three making up a multi-unit operation is producing 1,055 barrels a day. Located about 2 miles northeast of Kingfisher, 12 16N 7W the Hansens well also is producing 3,184 …
State regulators in Texas confirm the hurricane caused the release of pollutants from refineries operated along the Gulf Coast. The flooding also destroyed two oil storage tanks releasing about 30,000 gallons of crude oil on Wednesday. Reports indicated the refineries were those run by Exxon, Shell and other companies. The state was informed by Shell …
Tulsa’s Williams Cos. has contributed $500,000 to flood relief in Houston. The donation is going to the United Way of Greater Houston’s flood relief fund. The company also announced it is also deploying direct assistance efforts for any of its 900 workers in Houston and surrounding areas in the Gulf who are in need as …
While nearly a dozen oil and gas companies joined with the Oklahoma Oil and Gas Association in launching a blood and donation drive for hurricane victims, one other Oklahoma energy company is doing what it can. Chaparral Energy has joined the cause to help those left homeless and living in shelters. “We have set up …
