October 2019 archive

Kansas Governor to focus on new state energy plan

            The Kansas Renewable Energy conference started with breakout sessions, vendor displays and a luncheon that featured Governor Laura Kelly as the guest speaker. The future of Kansas’ renewable energy pushes forward with advances in technology, new resources being discovered and state initiatives that are continuing to grow. Attendees learned …

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$2 million expansion for Ferra Aerospace in Grove

Ferra Aerospace, a global aerospace company headquartered in Australia, broke ground on a $2 million expansion of the company’s Grove, Okla., manufacturing facility. The expansion will add 50,000 square feet of floor space for the addition of several 5-axis machining centers for complex machining and assembly of aerospace components. The company currently employs 36 employees …

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Oklahoma Receives REAL ID Extension Until September 18, 2020

Down to the wire. Oklahoma received an extension from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on the REAL ID through September 18, 2020. An extension was filed in August but was set to expire on October 10. In response to the September 11 terrorist attack, Congress passed the REAL ID Act in 2005. Oklahoma and …

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Navajo Energy Company Retains 1,200 Employees With Purchase of Three Coal Mines

An American Indian and minority owned energy business says it will retain 1,200 employees at three coal mines in Wyoming and Montana. The U.S. District Court of Delaware approved the sale of Cloud Peak Energy’s assets to New Mexico’s Navajo Transitional Energy Company through a bankruptcy auction. The purchase makes the Navajo company the third …

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Permian Basin Methane Emissions To Be Studied by Advocacy Group

A comprehensive and unique data initiative organized by the Environmental Defense Fund will use advanced emissions monitoring technologies to determine how much methane is escaping from the Permian Basin and help reduce regional air and climate pollution. The year-long research effort will generate scientifically robust emissions data to map and measure the scale of the …

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Cushing Connect Pipeline & Terminal Joint Venture Formed by Plains All American and Holly Energy

Dallas-based Holly Energy Partners, L.P. and Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline announced the formation of the Cushing Connect Pipeline & Terminal LLC, according to a press release issued on Thursday. The 50/50 joint venture was created to develop and construct a new 160,000 barrel per day common carrier crude oil pipeline that will connect the …

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Midwest City Receives ACOG Grant of Nearly $50,000 for New CNG Waste Collection Truck

The city of Midwest City continues to roll out its fleet of alternative fuels with the recent deployment of a new refuse truck powered by compressed natural gas (CNG). The municipality received a grant from the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG) to offset the expense associated with supplying the tanks and CNG system for …

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Exploration firms find success in STACK and in SE Oklahoma

Tulsa’s Newfield Exploration Mid-Con Inc. was successful in a four well, single-pad site in Oklahoma’s STACK with combined production of 2,305 barrels of oil a day. The Hoile Fed 1611 wells, located in Blaine County at 36 16N 11W or about 6 miles southeast of Watonga, had spud dates in November and December of 2018. …

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Completion reports for October 3, 2019

Completion reports for October 3, 2019. BLAINE COUNTY Derby Exploration Llc Mississippian: Oil 344 Gas 3483 Water 1455 Flow 10 18N 13W Pioneer 3_34-18n-13w 1hx, May 09, 2019 HH, OIL, TD: 20448 ft Lat: 36.05665, Long: -98.58186 API: 35011239200001 Newfield Exploration Mid-con Inc Mississippian(10662): Oil 485 Gas 1175 Water 1306 Flow 36 16N 11W Hoile Fed 1611 5h-25x, June 07, 2019 HH, OIL, TD: 20828 ft …

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Permits to drill for October 3, 2019

Permits to drill issued for October 3, 2019. Canadian County EMBREY 1305 #1-32MH, October 03 2019 32 13N 5W NWNENWNW API: 01725539 Lat: 35.56481172841305, Long: -97.76028045283485 RED BLUFF RESOURCES OPERATING LLC HH, DR, 12890 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(7860), WOODFORD(8048) Creek County JESSIE BRUNER #54, October 03 2019 18 18N 7E SENENENW API: 03729442 Lat: 36.04554161213031, Long: -96.61164151455088 OAKLAND PETROLEUM …

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