Permits to drill for August 30, 2018 Alfalfa County BUCKLYN 23-26-11 #2H, August 30 2018 26 26N 11W NWNENWNE API: 00323333 Lat: 36.7095928497773, Long: -98.3488416772663 BCE-MACH LLC HH, DR, 10406 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(5445) Atoka County GEORGE #24-2, August 30 2018 24 1N 14E NESENESW API: 00520467 Lat: 34.540640949735, Long: -95.78599631713858 LONGFELLOW ENERGY LP SH, DR, 8120 ft, …
August 2018 archive
Completion reports for August 30, 2018.
Completion reports for August 30, 2018. ATOKA COUNTY Bravo Arkoma Llc Woodford(11175): Gas 9618 Water 509 Flow 31 2N 12E Cairo 2-31/30h, May 09, 2018 HH, GAS, TD: 21793 ft Lat: 34.59391, Long: -96.09153 API: 35005204590002 BLAINE COUNTY Continental Resources Inc Mississippian(11638): Oil 2004 Gas 9579 Water 1622 Flow 33 16N 13W Lugene 1-33h, June 21, 2018 HH, OIL, TD: 16304 ft Lat: 35.81305, Long: …
NextEra Energy accused of violating Oklahoma’s new military air space protection law
NextEra Energy, one of the largest wind-farm operators in the nation is accused of possibly violating Oklahoma’s new law that protects the air space around military installations. The story was reported by News 9 which indicated NextEra’s turbine construction near Hinton could create a test case for the law. Here’s how the story was reported: …
State’s jobless rate drops but oil and gas industry employment remains flat in OKC and down in Tulsa
Just as the Oklahoma Energy Index reported a growing expansion of the state’s oil and gas industry this week, the state’s jobless rate also dropped in July. And what’s different this time is that the rates dropped in every one of the 77 counties, according to the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. Latimer County had the …
Water problems in Permian Basin are worsening…..increase in earthquakes is seen like in Oklahoma
Some critics of oil and gas in Oklahoma used to describe the wastewater injection well operations and the earthquakes they might have caused as a ‘nightmare’. Now it’s the word used to describe what’s happening in the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico. As the nation’s largest oil play with nearly 485 rigs actively …
Bridenstine wants astronauts on Wheaties boxes!
Former Oklahoma congressman Jim Bridenstine’s latest idea as head of NASA is creating smiles for some. He wants the faces of U.S. astronauts on cereal boxes. If Michael Jordan and other athletes like Oklahoma’s late Mickey Mantle can be there, why not space heroes? “We’re talking about, potentially — Is it possible for NASA to …
Colorado petition drive for increased oil and gas drilling setbacks heads to ballot
Voters in Colorado will have a choice in whether new setbacks for new oil and gas drilling will be approved in the state or not. The Colorado Secretary of State’s office on Wednesday certified the petitions presented by environmentalists and organizers of Initiative 97. The petition supporters presented 172,834 signatures and an estimated 123,195 were …
How will more Iraqi oil affect Oklahoma producers?
When President Obama cut his deal with Iran, Oklahoma oil producers feared an increase of oil from the country would harm the price of oil. Now Iraq is wanting to increase crude exports. But Iraq is considered an ally of the U.S. Still, the country wants to up the amount of oil it sells to …
Solar industry suffers slump in production
While Oklahoma has a few commercial solar operations, such as those installed by OGE in northwest Oklahoma and near its Mustang power plant in Oklahoma City, the state has yet to grasp the idea of solar power. And recently the U.S. Energy Information Administration indicated the installation of solar power has slowed across the U.S. …
PSO hands out more science and technology funds to high schools
FFA students in Calvin and Stuart will soon have robots and new lab kits to help introduce elementary, middle and secondary school students to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education and careers after being named recipients of a $5,000 grant from Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) and the American Electric Power (AEP) Foundation. …