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, …
** 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
“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 …
In a regularly-scheduled meeting on Thursday, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission will consider at least 8 requests for multi-unit wells. They fall under the proposed orders of the daily signing agenda and include four such multi-unit requests for Kingfisher County and one each for Custer, Dewey, Grady and McClain counties. Newfield made two of the requests …
Houston-based Marathon Oil. Company filed a completion report this week on a well producing more than 1,000 barrels of crude a day in Canadian County. The Calvin S 1307 3-16mh, located at 16 13N 7W or about 5 miles north of El Reno and east of highway US 81 had production of 1,049 barrels of …
Completion reports filed for October 22, 2019. CANADIAN COUNTY Marathon Oil Company Mississippian(8744): Oil 1049 Gas 1824 Water 1361 Flow 16 13N 7W Calvin S 1307 3-16mh, August 03, 2019 HH, OIL, TD: 14961 ft Lat: 35.60874, Long: -97.94299 API: 35017253460000 ELLIS COUNTY Jones Energy Llc Cleveland(8550): Oil 138 Gas 209 Water 289 Gas Lift 33 20N 24W Rockies 33 5h, May 19, 2017 HH, OIL, …
