July 24, 2019 archive

Quakes rattle Kingfisher county

Kingfisher County, right in the heart of the STACK oil and gas play in Oklahoma experienced two strong earthquakes on Wednesday. The first measured 3.4 magnitude and the epicenter was west of Kingfisher. It struck around 5:30 p.m.. Three hours later, a 3.3 magnitude earthquake hit and the epicenter was southwest of the city of …

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Permits to drill for July 24, 2019

Permits to drill issued for July 24, 2019. Canadian County JAMESON #2H-4-33, July 24 2019 09 12N 10W NWNWNENW API: 01725498 Lat: 35.53580003274664, Long: -98.26822075246521 CITIZEN ENERGY III LLC HH, DR, 23550 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(12850) Major County LIVIN LARGE 21N-9W #11-1H, April 16 2019 11 21N 9W NESESWSW API: 09325220 Lat: 36.3048718219112, Long: -98.13690086491366 INTERSTATE EXPLORATIONS LLC HH, …

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Completion reports for July 24, 2019

Completion reports filed for July 24, 2019. BLAINE COUNTY Derby Exploration Llc Mississippian (less Chester): Oil 419 Gas 1643 Water 1311 Flow 18 19N 13W Hart Federal 19-30-1xh, March 20, 2019 HH, OIL, TD: 17007 ft Lat: 36.12097, Long: -98.61994 API: 35011240570000 Derby Exploration Llc Mississippian: Oil 738 Gas 1567 Water 1320 Flow 18 19N 13W Hart Federal 7-18-1xh, March 20, 2019 HH, OIL, TD: 18580 …

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New map outlines seismic faults across Dallas-Fort Worth region

Scientists from SMU, The University of Texas at Austin and Stanford University found that the majority of faults underlying the Fort Worth Basin are as sensitive to forces that could cause them to slip as those that have hosted earthquakes in the past. The new study, published July 23rd by the journal Bulletin of the Seismological …

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ONEOK announces quarterly dividend

Shareholders in Tulsa-based ONEOK Inc. are getting an 89-cent a share dividend for the quarter. The board of directors at the company increased the dividend 2.5 cents a share to 89 cents resulting in an annualized dividend of $3.56 a share. The dividend will be payable Aug. 14, 2019 to shareholders of record at the …

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Lucas files measure to extend energy research

Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas, the ranking Republican on the House Science and Technology Committee filed a bill this week to reauthorize the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy. His bill, in the first stage of the legislative process would reauthorize ARPA for a five-year period with a gradual increase in funding every year until …

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Permits to drill for July 23, 2019

Permits to drill issued for July 23, 2019. Carter County HOBBS #8-30H19X, July 23 2019 30 3S 3E NESESWSW API: 01926336 Lat: 34.26098847017111, Long: -97.0340163349142 XTO ENERGY INC HH, DR, 24414 ft, SYCAMORE(12853), WOODFORD(13488), HUNTON(13603) Grady County JACQUEZ #4-18-19XHW, July 23 2019 18 7N 5W SWSWSWNE API: 05124682 Lat: 35.08127079297534, Long: -97.76748953622082 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC HH, DR, …

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Completion reports for July 23, 2019

Completion reports filed for July 23, 2019. ATOKA COUNTY Bravo Arkoma Llc Mississippian(11259): Gas 8191 Water 777 Flow 31 2N 12E Cairo 4-31/30h, March 25, 2019 HH, GAS, TD: 20348 ft Lat: 34.59416, Long: -96.08414 API: 35005204630002 BLAINE COUNTY Continental Resources Inc Mississippian(0): Oil 861 Gas 2747 Water 3555 Flow 8 15N 11W Henry Federal 1-8-5xh, May 24, 2019 HH, OIL, TD: 19319 ft Lat: …

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Environmentalists hold annual Tar Creek bike ride

  From the Miami News Record MIAMI — The LEAD Agency held one of its regular Tar Creek bike rides Saturday, July 20, but that didn’t deter those who are champions of the cleanup of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund site. “It was very hot, in fact, it was so hot we shortened part of …

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Rural electric cooperative signs deal with NextEra energy

Western Farmers Electric Cooperative announced this week the purchase of power from NextEra Energy Resources and its wind farm operations in northern Oklahoma. The purchase involves 200 megawatts of battery-stored energy. “With the prices of wind and solar energy lower than ever, we are now able to pair those with battery storage to make more …

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