April 12, 2018 archive

Wind Leader Accuses Legislators of Creating Punitive Punishment Against Industry

A bill targeting Oklahoma’s wind industry is set to be brought up in the Oklahoma House on Tuesday, prompting one wind industry spokesman to issue a call to arms by rural Oklahomans saying they will be the ones harmed if the measure becomes law. “We are at the breaking point now with the wind industry,” …

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Houston Company Files Reports on 26 completed Wells in Kingfisher county

When it rains, it pours.  Unless you live in northwest Oklahoma. But checking and reviewing the latest oil and gas permits from the Corporation Commission, Houston-based Oklahoma Energy Acquisitions filed 26 completion reports for Kingfisher County. A review of the reports indicated production of the STACK wells ranged from a high of 656 barrels of …

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Completion Reports for April 5-11

Here is the Weekly Completions Report.  The table below provides a summary of the Completion tickets (Form 1002A) that have been published between April 5th and close of business on April 11th. The table includes the Initial Production data for Oil (b/d), Gas (MCF/d) and Water (b/d). There are two links in the table: – The SPOT …

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Permits to Drill for Week of April 5-11

This weekly report includes new Permits that have been Approved (or existing permits that have been Amended) between April 5th and close of business on April 11th.  There are two links on each line: – The SPOT link will take you to the well location on Google Maps.  So, if you need it, this will …

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California Oil Company Hit with $12.5 million Fine

A record $12.5 million fine for nearly 1,500 violations has been leveled against an oil company in California. Greka Oil and Gas, a Santa Maria-based company with a long history of safety violations and regulatory lapses was fined in part for lying in more than 350 reports. It also failed to conduct regular pressure testing …

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Anadarko Petroleum Reopens Half of its Closed Wells in Colorado

Colorado’s biggest oil and gas operator, Anadarko Petroleum Corp. says it has returned nearly half of its vertical wells in the state to operation following a deadly natural gas explosion in thee Denver suburb of Firestone. Immediately after the blast that killed two men and injured a woman, Anadarko shut down all of its wells …

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Lankford Says Pruitt’s EPA Job Depends on Ethics Probes and President Trump

Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford sounds like he supports Scott Pruitt at the Environmental Protection Agency. But in an interview with OK Energy Today, the Senator also made it clear it’ll be up to President Trump and the outcome of two major ethics probes into Pruitt. “I don’t see Scott moving positions within the administration, …

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Chesapeake Makes Proposed Senior Note Exchange Official

Oklahoma City’s Chesapeake Energy has gone ahead and made official its proposed offer to exchange nearly $3 billion in Senior Notes due in the coming years. In an April 11 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the energy company put a 5 p.m. New York City time on its May 9 deadline for the …

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Enel Green Power Launches Red Dirt Wind Farm Near Hennessey

Enel Green Power officially opened its Red Dirt wind farm near Hennessey this week with an Open Plant event attended by 120 people. Located in Kingfisher and Logan Counties, the wind farm consists of 95 wind turbines across 60,000 acres of land. Red Dirt has power purchase agreements with T-Mobile US, Inc. and the Grand …

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Scott Pruitt’s Ego Now Focus of National Stories

Some of the national media won’t let up on digging up what they can about Scott Pruitt ever since he left Oklahoma as Attorney General and became Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The latest report?  It focuses on Pruitt’s supposed ego in which he reportedly urged the EPA last year to redesign its memorabilia …

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