August 2018 archive

Completion reports for August 27, 2018

Completion reports for August 27, 2018 GARVIN COUNTY Rimrock Resource Operating Llc Sycamore(7966): Oil 308 Gas 1401 Water 453 Gas Lift 28 2N 2W Jennie 1-21lsh, September 22, 2017 HH, OIL, TD: 13065 ft Lat: 34.62227, Long: -97.41316 API: 35049251390001 Rimrock Resource Operating Llc Woodford(13000): Oil 843 Gas 5513 Water 2008 Flow 22 3N 4W Percheron 1-15uwh, November 21, 2017 HH, OIL, TD: 18222 ft Lat: …

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Motley Fool says Oklahoma firms in the Powder River Basin could be in line for greater success

  At least one financial advising firm, The Motley Fool is suggesting the country’s next hottest oil producing region will be the Powder River Basin in Wyoming. This week, the Motley Fool explained its reasoning—that the Permian Basin production will slow in the coming year because of a lack of pipelines to move the product …

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New top lawyer named at ConocoPhillips

ConocoPhillips has a new general counsel, announcing the appointment of Baker Botts corporate transactional partner Kelly Brunetti Rose of Houston to the job. Prior to the appointment, Rose had represented ConocoPhillips and other major oil and gas companies in numerous billion-dollar mergers,  acquisitions, joint ventures and securities offering. Rose replaced Janet Langford Carrig who retired …

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Despite their political and environmental differences, Inhofe and McCain remained friends to the end

As he once campaigned for President against President Obama, Sen. John McCain refused to personally attack Obama the man. His policies yes. Obama himself? No. And after his weekend death, McCain was remembered fondly by Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe who had great environmental and political differences with the Arizona senator over the years. Still, …

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Labor Commissioner runoff could be important to state’s energy producers

Runoff races for Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner aren’t the only ones that state energy producers will watch closely on Tuesday. They know the state Labor Department can influence their industry. Cathy Costello and state Rep. Leslie Osborn are in the runoff for the Republican nomination and it has turned nasty in recent days with Osborn’s tv …

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North Dakota ranchers left with 40 abandoned natural gas wells

Bankruptcy and fraud in Texas has left some farmers and ranchers in North Dakota nearly helpless as more than three dozen gas wells sit idle on their land. At least 40 wells are not operational near the town of Buffalo, North Dakota. The wells were first drilled in 2006 by Spyglass Cedar Creek LP, a …

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Judge dismisses another defendant in Dakota Access lawsuit

Another group named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by Energy Transfer Partners over the protests against its Dakota Access oil pipeline has been dismissed by a federal judge. U.S. District Judge Billy Roy Wilson in North Dakota dismissed the $1 billion lawsuit filed against Earth First, saying Dallas based Energy Transfer failed to …

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Corporation Commission nominees to be decided Tuesday

Two races for Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner will be decided Tuesday by statewide voters—-one for the GOP nomination and the other for the Democrat nominee. Sitting Commissioner Bob Anthony is seeking a 6th consecutive term and hopes to beat former Senate President Pro Tempore Brian Bingman for the Republican nomination. In the June primary, Anthony finished …

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Voters to decide if they want Murphy as a candidate for Lieutenant Governor

Voters on Tuesday will decide if they want Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Dana Murphy to be the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor. She’s giving up her Commission seat in a bid to become the state’s second in command but faces a runoff with former GOP leader Matt Pinnell. In the June primary, Murphy ended up with …

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Permits to drill for August 24, 2018

Permits to drill for August 24, 2018   Alfalfa County CULLEN #2-30H, August 24 2018 30 25N 11W SWSESWSE API: 00323332 Lat: 36.60921071936891, Long: -98.42113229579124 AEXCO PETROLEUM INC HH, DR, 11400 ft, MISS’AN LM(6000) Blaine County LOIS #1613 3H-35, August 24 2018 02 15N 13W NENWNENW API: 01124074 Lat: 35.81157768282405, Long: -98.5551020001124 NEWFIELD EXPLORATION MID-CON INC HH, …

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