October 23, 2019 archive

Completion reports for October 23, 2019

Completion reports filed on October 23, 2019. ALFALFA COUNTY Marjo Operating Mid-continent Llc Cherokee Sands: Water 79 Swabbin G 14 27N 9W Patsy Jo (Cherokita Misener Unit 1) 1, January 28, 2019 SH, DRY, TD: 6115 ft Lat: 36.81314, Long: -98.14378 API: 35003214650003 BLAINE COUNTY Marathon Oil Company Mississippian(9022): Oil 1734 Gas 2718 Water 580 Flow 25 17N 10W Marjorie 1710 3-25-36mxh, July 13, …

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Permits to drill for October 23, 2019

Permits to drill issued on October 23, 2019. Beaver County SLATTEN #1, October 22 2019 32 4N 22E SWNESWSE API: 00725710 Lat: 36.76369943612139, Long: -100.70929388827908 GLB EXPLORATION INC SH, DR, 7700 ft, HOOVER(4600), TORONTO(4810), CHESTER(6910) Carter County COUNTYLINE UNIT #43-2, October 23 2019 19 1S 3W NESWNESE API: 01926340 Lat: 34.45372161443076, Long: -97.5472937934661 CITATION OIL & GAS …

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Sen. Inhofe questions expert about water resources

Click to watch Sen. Inhofe’s remarks. U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) senior member of the Environmental and Public Works (EPW) Committee, questioned a federal panel of witnesses at an Environmental Public Works (EPW) hearing to receive testimony on Improving American Economic Competitiveness Through Water Resources Infrastructure. Witnesses included Rickey Dale “R.D.” James, Assistant Secretary of …

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U.S. crude oil exports continue to grow

The government says the U.S. is sending crude oil to more countries and nations around the globe than it is importing from. The announcement came this week from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. In the first seven months of 2019, the U.S. imported crude oil from 27 nations in a given month. Ten years earlier, …

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Energy news in brief

** A University of Illinois researcher maintains that construction of taller wind turbines with shorter blades can significantly reduce the deaths of birds. The researcher also urged construction of the wind towers farther from critical bird habitats. ** In Minnesota, one county is considering new restrictions on solar farms. Leaders want new solar projects to …

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New Mexico to get another wind farm

A fourth wind farm could be coming to New Mexico’s Torrance County whose northern reaches include Interstate 40. Torrance County commissioners are expected to approve an industrial revenue bond next month to fund the county’s fourth wind farm, La Joya 2, west of Encino. “There is a lot of wind here,” Torrance County manager Wayne …

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EPA finalizes steps to repeal WOTUS—one farm group doesn’t like it

WOTUS is drying up. Even as the Environmental Protection Agency under the Trump administration took steps this week for removal of the Waters of the U.S. rule fought by Oklahoma’s farm groups and members of congress, some have filed suit challenging the move. The EPA’s repeal of the Obama-era rules was published in the Federal …

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Democrats to investigate expanded waivers of biofuel standards

Oklahoma Congressman Markwayne Mullin will be a part of a congressional hearing next week exploring the Trump administration’s expanded use of small refinery waivers under the Renewable Fuel Standard. Democrats in charge of the Environment and Climate Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee announced the hearing for Oct. 29 at 9:30 a.m. Central …

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Oil and gas suffers setback in climate change fight

Oil and gas companies fighting climate change lawsuits and regulations in three states took their case to the U.S. Supreme Court and lost this week. POLITICO’s Morning Energy Report had more about it: OIL GETS 1-2-3 PUNCH AT SCOTUS: Big oil companies lost an intermediate but closely watched battle over climate change at the Supreme Court on …

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Another taste of winter-like weather to hit the state

“Here we go again on our own, going down that winter road that makes us groan…” It’s how Climatologist Gary McManus with the Oklahoma Mesonet describes the weather Oklahoma will endure on Thursday. “Come on, sing it! No no, ignore the hair spray, that will dissipate. Okay, even for the follicularly challenged like myself, that’s too …

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