September 25, 2019 archive

Completion reports for September 25, 2019

Completion reports for September 25, 2019. CADDO COUNTY Zarvona Energy Llc Hoxbar(11000): Oil 50.9 Gas 16 Water 2681 Gas Lift 12 7N 9W Cade Estate 12-1h, May 16, 2019 HH, OIL, TD: 16208 ft Lat: 35.08730, Long: -98.10941 API: 35015233080001 ELLIS COUNTY Mewbourne Oil Company Marmaton(8730): Oil 300 Gas 778 Water 169 Flow 34 20N 26W Eagle Eye 3 Ap 2hm, November 07, 2018 HH, OIL, …

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Permits to drill for September 25, 2019

Permits to drill issued on September 25, 2019. Canadian County JOHNNY BENCH 1108 11-14 #1MXH, September 25 2019 11 11N 8W NENENESE API: 01725530 Lat: 35.44162793493287, Long: -98.00872974102651 CAMINO NATURAL RESOURCES LLC HH, DR, 18433 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(10650), WOODFORD(10845), MISSISSIPPI LIME(11020) Pottawatomie County MATTIE GREEN #15, September 25 2019 17 7N 4E NENWNESE API: 12523951 Lat: 35.079390267205184, Long: …

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Colorado driller wins fight in Boulder

Oil and gas driller Crestone Peak Resources on Monday claimed victory in a year-long legal battle with Boulder County in Colorado. A district judge dismissed the last of the remaining claims in a lawsuit filed by the county in September 2018, according to a Crestone news release. The countylawsuit was an attempt to stop Crestone’s plans …

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Colorado energy group fights proposed methane law on Capitol Hill

  A Colorado environmental official and an energy industry representative disagreed sharply at a hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday over a bill that would limit methane emissions at oil and gas drilling sites. Oklahoma U.S. Rep. Kevin Hern is a member of the House Natural Resources subcommittee on energy and mineral resources. The bill, called …

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Memo reveals EPA granted some refineries ‘full’ waivers from biofuels regulations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency granted some refineries full waivers from biofuels regulation for the 2018 compliance year, even though the Department of Energy had recommended partial exemptions, according to an EPA memo seen by Reuters. However, the list of the refineries which received the waivers did not fall under the EPA’s open records regulations. …

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Slave-labor lawsuit to move ahead against chicken farm operators

A lawsuit against a multibillion-dollar company brought by three men who were forced to work for free in chicken processing plants can move forward, a federal judge has ruled. The men’s claims alleging racketeering, labor law violations and human trafficking are sufficiently plausible for the case to continue, the judge wrote in an opinion and order …

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New highway to be called Kickapoo Turnpike

  The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority is naming the turnpike it’s building in eastern Oklahoma County the Kickapoo Turnpike. The project has been controversial to local landowners, but then Governor Mary Fallin said the turnpike was needed as transportation demands grew in the Tinker Air Force Base area as part of the Driving Forward initiative. “We …

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State regulators to hold annual oil and gas seminar

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s annual updating of rules and regulations covering oil and gas will be held Friday on the Oklahoma City University campus. Entitled “Changing Dynamics in Oklahoma Oil and Gas Development: Looking Back to Go Forward,” it will be held from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Kerr-McGee Auditorium at OCU’s Meinders …

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Inhofe honors Obamas with ‘hypocrite’ climate award

Former President Obama and his wife were Sen. Jim Inhofe’s second choice for his Climate Hypocrite awards he unveiled during Global Climate Week. “Despite stating ‘[rising sea levels threaten every coastline,’ that didn’t stop former President Obama from reportedly acquiring a 29 acre, $15 million ocean front estate on Martha’s Vineyard. His actions clearly show …

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City of Edmond considers smart meters for water use

(from the Edmond Sun) Peak-season water bills are stirring up a lot of questions for city consumers worried about how much they pay for city water. At the same time the City Council is looking at the possibility of smart meters in Edmond. Best practices in technology allow consumers to monitor their energy usages faster …

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