New filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission show the compensation received by directors of Chesapeake Energy following their election at the recent shareholders meeting. Thomas L. Ryan received 114,108 shares while R. Brad Martin received 219,918 shares. The shares given to Scott Gieselman totaled 110,358 while director Merrill A. Miller Jr. received 109,959 shares. Gloria …
May 2019 archive
More large wells in the SCOOP and STACK
Tulsa’s Unit Petroleum scored a large well in the SCOOP with daily oil production of nearly 1,500 barrels. In a completion report filed this week, the company indicated the Schenk Trust #2-17HXL drilled at 17 6N 8W or about 6 miles southwest of Chickasha had production of 1,466 barrels of oil a day along …
Permits to drill for May 21, 2019
Permits to drill issued on May 21, 2019. Blaine County SEIFERT #4-9-1XH, May 21 2019 04 18N 13W NWNENENE API: 01124217 Lat: 36.07170075336836, Long: -98.58470911418907 DERBY EXPLORATION LLC HH, DR, 17077 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(8535), WOODFORD(10005) Blaine County HULK #1-25H, February 01 2019 25 19N 10W SESESWSE API: 01124168 Lat: 36.087535576396064, Long: -98.21363214764656 HUSKY VENTURES INC HH, AM, 16891 …
Completion reports for May 21, 2019
Completion reports filed May 21, 2019. DEWEY COUNTY Unit Petroleum Company Mississippian: Oil 1.67 Gas 7801 Water 1480 Flow 4 17N 17W Irwin 1-4h, August 07, 2018 HH, GAS, TD: 17705 ft Lat: 35.97193, Long: -99.01152 API: 35043235910000 GRADY COUNTY Newfield Exploration Mid-con Inc Woodford(15243): Oil 75 Gas 2978 Water 516 Flow 3 3N 5W Wilson 3-5-3-7h, October 08, 2018 HH, GAS, TD: 20460 ft …
NARO members gather in OKC for annual convention
Oklahoma City is the site where members of the Oklahoma Chapter of the National Association of Royalty Owners will gather tomorrow and Friday for their annual convention. Business author Greg Zuckerman, a special writer at the Wall Street Journal will be a keynote speaker Wednesday morning. A three-time winner of the Gerald Loeb award for …
State regulators to consider funding requests they cannot deny
After being scolded by the Oklahoma Supreme Court for denying Universal Service Funding to an independent telephone company, state regulators might have more to say about the subject on Wednesday. The Corporation Commissioners plan a discussion at their regular meeting of requests for Universal Service funds requests by Dobson Telephone Company and Medicine Park Telephone …
Bison Solutions expands holdings with major acquisition
Oklahoma’s number one water field provider in the oil and gas industry, Bison Solutions just got larger with the purchase of Cobalt Environmental Solutions, a Texas based company that operates in the Anadarko basin of Oklahoma. Just last year, Bison closed on a deal to buy S and S Star Water Solutions for an undisclosed …
Another former Inhofe staffer joins EPA
A former adviser to Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe when he chaired the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has been hired by the Environmental Protection Agency. Jonathan Hackett will work out of the EPA’s Kansas City office and advise on renewable fuels. He started as a legislative clerk for the EPW committee in 2008, …
Oops! Scientists admit studies were wrong about earlier methane emissions from oil and gas
Scientists now say some studies claiming the increase in oil and gas activities over the past several years did not result in a large jump in methane emissions. The scientists are none other than those at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of Colorado Boulder. Their new study says methane emissions from …
Tornadoes leave their trail of damage in Oklahoma
Energy workers at oil and gas drilling sites and those at wind farms in Oklahoma dodged severe weather on Monday as a massive storm system produced up to 15 tornadoes. A large twister struck near Mangum in the southwest and caused damage to some homes, but no injuries were reported. Funnels were sighted near Clinton …