The Wednesday meeting of the Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority was cancelled. It was to be a regularly scheduled meeting of the board. The next meeting will be held in Burns Flat on May 8.
April 2019 archive
Environmental group loses in bid to stop Senate confirmation of Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Wyrick
So much for the opposition and attempts of one environmental group to block the Senate confirmation of Oklahoma Supreme Court justice Patrick Wyrick to be a federal judge. The U.S. Senate voted 63-57 along party lines on Tuesday to confirm Wyrick to become a U.S. District Court Judge in Oklahoma City. As OK Energy Today …
EOG Resources brings in big producer in far western Oklahoma
Houston’s EOG Resources Inc. filed four completion reports in Oklahoma this week and the largest was a far western Oklahoma well with nearly 1,200 barrels a day of oil production. The Anadarko Basin is one of the company’s areas of focus in the U.S. and its efforts close to the Texas state line proved successful. …
Permits to drill for April 9, 2019
Permits to drill issued by Oklahoma Corporation Commission on April 9, 2019. Canadian County LILLIAN 1305 #3-4MH, April 09 2019 04 13N 5W NESENENW API: 01725437 Lat: 35.635982942034246, Long: -97.73709636623948 RED BLUFF RESOURCES OPERATING LLC HH, DR, 13053 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(7497), WOODFORD(7690) Canadian County BIG MUDDIE 1305 #1-5MH, April 08 2019 05 13N 5W SWNWNWNW API: 01725435 Lat: …
Completion reports for April 9, 2019
Completion reports filed with state on April 9, 2019. ELLIS COUNTY Eog Resources Inc Marmaton(9811): Oil 495 Gas 832 Water 2796 Flow 33 18N 24W Wayland 33 3h, October 18, 2018 HH, OIL, TD: 15232 ft Lat: 35.98554, Long: -99.76039 API: 35045237100001 Eog Resources Inc Marmaton(9828): Oil 1193 Gas 961 Water 2013 Flow 3 17N 24W Miller 0334 3h, October 13, 2018 HH, OIL, TD: 20151 …
ConocoPhillips to release 1Q 2019 earnings late in April
ConocoPhillips plans to release its first-quarter 2019 financial and operating results on April 30. The reports will be released prior to the opening of markets on that morning. Management will then hold a conference call at 11 a.m. CDT to discuss the results. The company reported fourth-quarter 2018 earnings of $1.9 billion or $1.61 a …
Gasoline prices soar due to ethanol shortage caused by March floods
The jump in gasoline prices is being blamed in part on the March floods that trapped barrels of ethanol in Iowa and Nebraska, corn-producing states that contributed heavily to the manufacture of the fuel. The historic floods have dealt a series of blows to large swaths of an ethanol industry that was already struggling with …
Environmental group opposes Supreme Court Justice’s nomination to be federal judge
The President’s nomination of Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Patrick Wyrick for a federal judgeship in Oklahoma City is opposed by one environmental group. The head of the League of Conservation Voters sent a letter to U.S. senators this week asking them to oppose Wyrick’s nomination to be a U.S. District judge for the Western District …
Colorado mining company excited about ‘vanadium’ find in Alabama
Colorado-based Westwater Resources Inc. announced it’s beginning a new drilling and sampling exploration plan to find vanadium resources. The company, headquartered in Centennial said it has five target areas at its Coosa Project in Alabama. Vanadium is considered a medium-hard, ductile steel-blue metal but it is also harder than most metals and steels. It has …
USDA hands out $485 million in rural electric funding
The USDA announced this week the awarding of $485 million in funding to upgrade rural electric systems and reduce energy costs. None of the funding is going to rural electric systems in Oklahoma. But $72 million is going to the Central Electric Power Cooperative in Missouri. The Cooperative serves 187,000 residential and business consumers across …