January 2019 archive

E. coli found in Nash water system

The community of Nash in northern Oklahoma is under a boil order issued by the State Department of Environmental Quality. Leaders of the Grant County town were notified after E. coli was discovered in the water supply system. Residents were used to only use water after it had been brought to a full, rolling boil …

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Dividend declared by Mammoth Energy

Oklahoma City’s Mammoth Energy Services, Inc. declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.125 per common stock. The nearly 13 cent a share will be paid on Feb. 14, 2019 to those owning stock as of the close of business on Feb. 7, 2019. Mammoth’s last quarterly dividend was the same amount in November. In its …

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Legislators start hearings on agency budgets

The Oklahoma House of Representatives has started holding public hearings to review the five largest appropriated state agencies’ budgets including those directly affecting Oklahoma’s energy industry. The hearings will be held by the House Appropriations and Budget Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee. The first focused Monday on the State Transportation Department, an agency directly …

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Permits to drill issued for January 25, 2019

Permits to drill issued for Jan. 25, 2019.   Atoka County CAIRO #4-31/30H, August 22 2017 31 2N 12E NESESESW API: 00520463 Lat: 34.59416806408531, Long: -96.08414796156951 BRAVO ARKOMA LLC HH, AM, 20232 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(11073), WOODFORD(11364) Blaine County COOKSEY #1-3-34XH, January 25 2019 03 13N 12W SESWSWSW API: 01123883 Lat: 35.624664328586235, Long: -98.47143907115222 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC HH, RC, …

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Completion reports for January 25, 2019

Completion reports for Jan. 25, 2019.   BLAINE COUNTY Marathon Oil Company Mississippi(11681): Oil 576 Gas 7428 Water 779 Flow 31 15N 11W Ennen Bia 1511 1-30mh, August 04, 2018 HH, OIL, TD: 17136 ft Lat: 35.73907, Long: -98.40377 API: 35011240150000

Oklahoma Air Force Bases ready for new Air Force tanker

  Tinker Air Force base in Oklahoma City and Altus Air Force base are ready for the KC-46 Pegasus tankers produced by Boeing and based now in Wichita, Kansas. The KC-46 , a heavily remodified Boeing 767 is replacing the KC-135. Crews of the refueling airplane will be trained at Altus AFB and the plane …

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Rig counts rebound nationally but remain steady in Oklahoma

While the number of oil and gas rigs drilling for new energy in Oklahoma remained the same in the past week, the national count gained, offsetting a large drop in the previous week. Oklahoma’s count remained at 126 while the national count increased by 9 to reach 1,059 working oil and gas rigs. The national …

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Cheniere Energy declares distribution

Another Texas firm with active operations in Oklahoma’s STACK and SCOOP plays has declared a cash distribution. Houston’s Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P., the firm building a 200-mile natural gas line from Kingfisher County south to the Texas line declared a 59 cent a share distribution.  The annualized distribution amounts to $2.36 per share and the …

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Blueknight Energy declares distribution

  Oklahoma City’s Blueknight Energy Partners, L.P. declared an 8 cent a share cash distribution on common units for the fourth quarter of 2018, same as the amount for the third quarter of the year. The Board of Directors also declared an 18 cent distribution on the Partnership’s preferred shares. Like the distribution on the …

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Rep. Mullin says Green New Deal is an ’empty promise’

By Congressman Markwayne Mullin The new Congress brought in many new members to Capitol Hill.  Along with it came dozens of progressives, whose liberal ideas and leftist platforms would drive our country straight into socialism.  One such idea is the Green New Deal. The Green New Deal aims to harvest 100 percent of U.S. electricity …

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