In a clash between habitat conservation for a rare lizard native to West Texas and oil and gas interests, the Trump administration, in league with officials from a major subsidiary of Exxon Mobil, appears close to quashing a state proposal favoring beefed-up species protections, according to multiple people involved in negotiations. It’s what the …
August 2019 archive
Senator opposes Oklahoma office in DC
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe isn’t so sure he likes Gov. Stitt’s plan for a Washington office. As The Oklahoman reported this week, the Senator admitted he was surprised by the governor’s plan. “We’ve done that before. I never was very excited about it before,” he told the newspaper. “Before this day is over, I …
Energy projects get a visit from Congressman Mullin
During the August congressional recess, U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin traveled his district visiting with several energy-related firms including workers installing a $1 billion pipeline in Oklahoma. In the photo above, he was shown talking with workers at Vulcan Materials in the Johnston County town of Mill Creek. “Great talking with employees and touring Vulcan Materials …
Kansas drone conference featured OSU scientists and researchers
Oklahoma State scientists were front and center at a recent conference that focused on drones and was held in Salina, Kansas. Congressmen, aerospace engineers, firefighters, farmers and pilots, among others, converged on Tony’s Pizza Events Center on Aug. 21-22 for the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Tech Forum The annual event is produced by the UAS …
Cushing to see oil reversal by one pipeline operator
Pipeline operator Lotus Midstream LLC may reverse flows on a line now sending crude from West Texas to Cushing, Oklahoma, the main hub for pricing U.S. crude futures, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters, an unusual move that could lift U.S. benchmark prices by draining supplies. Reversing the flow on a portion of …
Newfield Exploration shows expertise at multi-well single-pad drilling
Newfield Exploration Mid-Con LLC apparently has perfected the art of drilling several wells from single pads and in one Blaine County case, drilled seven wells with combined production of more than 3,300 barrels of oil a day. In recent filings, the Houston company showed the 7 Oppel 1610 wells were drilled at 24 16N 10W …
Newest wind farm going up in eastern Colorado
The nation’s newest wind farm will be built in eastern Colorado near the Interstate 70 city of Limon, a city whose elevation is actually higher than the mile-high city of Denver. Holy Cross Energy and Guzman Energy signed an agreement to build the 150 megawatt Arriba Wind Farm in Lincoln County where Hugo is …
Completion reports for August 23, 2019
Completion reports filed on August 23, 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 Newfield Exploration Mid-con Inc Mississippian(9461): Oil 432 Gas 1697 Water 636 Flow 24 16N 10W Oppel 1610 7h-24x, May 07, 2019 HH, OIL, TD: 17655 ft …
Permits to drill for August 23, 2019
Permits to drill filed on August 23, 2019. Blaine County HAIGLER #1-4H, August 23 2019 04 17N 12W SWSESESE API: 01123641 Lat: 35.97190610299016, Long: -98.47757544418893 COUNCIL OAK RESOURCES LLC HH, RC, 14445 ft, MORROW(8717), MISSISSIPPIAN(9818) Carter County WAGNER #1-17-8XHW, August 23 2019 16 2S 2W SWSWSWSW API: 01926337 Lat: 34.37673222181102, Long: -97.42145689094293 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC HH, DR, …
NGL corporate leaders acquire and sell company stock
Four top officers at Tulsa’s NGL Energy recently accumulated more stock in the company and also reported making sales of some of their shares. Filings with the Securities Exchange Commission show company CEO H. Michael Krimbill acquired 75,302 more shares and also sold 33,397 shares valued at $13.28 each, leaving him with a total of …