August 22, 2019 archive

Completion reports for August 22, 2019

Completion reports filed on August 22, 2019. BLAINE COUNTY Marathon Oil Company Mississippian(8283): Oil 1935 Gas 2977 Water 51 Flow 25 17N 10W Lloyd 1710 3-25-24mxh, July 02, 2019 HH, OIL, TD: 17015 ft Lat: 35.91966, Long: -98.21798 API: 35011241780000 Marathon Oil Company Mississippian(8319): Oil 2035 Gas 2341 Water 13 Flow 25 17N 10W Lloyd 1710 4-25-24mxh, July 03, 2019 HH, OIL, TD: 16757 ft Lat: …

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Permits to drill for August 22, 2019

Permits to drill filed on August 22, 2019. Grady County MASHBURN #1-5, August 22 2019 05 8N 5W NWNWNWSW API: 05124700 Lat: 35.19566068166108, Long: -97.75793097311315 WILDCAT SWD 1 LLC SH, DR, 7900 ft, WABAUNSEE(4500), SHAWNEE(5720), DOUGLAS(6750), HOXBAR(7300) Grady County GALVIN #3-22-15XHW, August 22 2019 22 6N 5W SWSESWSW API: 05124699 Lat: 34.972258653399436, Long: -97.72100208164662 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC …

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Another judge named to Workers’ Compensation Commission

The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission gets a new Administrative Law Judge who will handle cases filed by injured energy workers and others in the state. Attorney John Blodgett has been named to the position of ALJ effective Sept. 3, 2019. He will be filling a newly created ALJ position in Oklahoma City. He will report …

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Oklahoma’s wind and solar power generates 44% of state’s electricity

A new reported called Renewables on the Rise 2019 shows Oklahoma remains a strong and solid number two in the U.S. when it comes to wind-generated energy. And its wind-energy growth gets high rankings. The report stated, “Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa and Illinois experienced the greatest total increases in wind energy generation from 2009 to …

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Sen. Inhofe critical of Big Corn Lobby over RFS fight

Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe is blunt in his response to the corn industry’s criticism of Renewable Fuel Standard waivers granted by the EPA to 31 refineries in the U.S. Here’s how POLITICOS’s Morning Energy Report noted what the Senator had to state. The Trump administration is considering reallocating the volumes of ethanol that were …

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Democrat calls for investigation of EPA waivers

  The issue of waivers granted 31 refiners from Renewable Fuel Standards is a hot one in Iowa where corn growers are upset over the Trump administration’s recent decision. POLITICO’s Morning Energy Report explained how the EPA’s internal watchdog is being asked to determine how the agency decided to grant the vast majority of exemptions …

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$3.3 billion pipeline acquisition made by Pembina Pipeline Corp.

Pembina Pipeline Corp. increased its bet on the future of Canada’s turbulent oil-sands industry, agreeing to buy Kinder Morgan Inc.’s Canadian unit and the U.S. portion of a key pipeline for about $3.3 billion. Bloomberg News reports the deal makes Pembina a major player in the oil-storage business, giving it 10 million barrels of capacity …

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NASA and NOAA to study impact of smoke in central Kansas

After four weeks in Boise, the NASA and NOAA Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air Quality, or FIREX-AQ, research project will spend the next two and a half weeks in Salina exploring trace gasses and aerosol in smoke. The overall objective of the project is to improve the understanding of how wildfires …

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Helmerich and Payne acquires Houston software company

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.  in Tulsa announced today its wholly owned subsidiary, Helmerich & Payne Technologies, LLC, has acquired DrillScan, a leading provider of proprietary drilling engineering software, well engineering services and training for the oil and gas industry. No terms were revealed in the announcement. DrillScan will operate as part of H&P Technologies, H&P’s …

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ONE GAS director also named to Denver energy company’s board

A member of the board of directors at Tulsa-based ONE Gas Inc. has also joined the board of directors of Denver-based Whiting Petroleum Corporation. Whiting announced Michael G. Hutchinson, a retired partner at Deloitte and Touche will join the company’s board of directors effective Sept. 1, 2019. Hutchinson retired in 2012 and previously was the …

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