November 2019 archive

How about 10,000 barrels of oil a day from a well?

Imagine an oil well with daily production of more than 10,000 barrels a day. It’s in North Dakota where the An-Bohmbach 153-94-2734H-8 well had production of 10,626 barrels of oil a day after completion was made by Hess Corp. Reports show the well’s production is out of the Middle Bakken interval at 11.084 feet to …

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Arkansas water systems falls under new ownership

A division of Central States Water Resources has acquired the operating assets of Conway, Arkansas-based Flushing Meadows Water System. The acquisition was made by Flushing Meadows Utility Operating Company after approval came from the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality. Under the agreement, Flushing Meadows will continue to charge the same rates to customers as the …

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Parents unable to stop fracking of well next to Banner school

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission has given approval to Chaparral Energy to begin fracking of a well drilled near a Banner community well in Canadian County. News 9 TV reported the approval came even though parents of school children opposed the well. Parents trying to keep a fracking operation away from their children’s school took their case …

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Devon leader warns drilling moratorium on federal lands will harm national economy

While environmentalists are critical of the recent leasing of federal land in Oklahoma and New Mexico by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, one Oklahoma energy leader believes there are many obstacles before any fracking moratorium is enacted on federal land. And he says any drilling moratorium will hurt the nation’s economy. The belief comes …

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Analyst suggests oil prices have bottomed out and will rebound

  Oklahoma oilman Harold Hamm isn’t the only one predicting a rebound in the oil and gas industry in the coming months. So does Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Snyder, who according to Barron’s, believes stocks have bottomed out and will rise in 2020. Snyder especially believes the U.S. shale exploration, of which Oklahoma is a …

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Completion reports for November 20, 2019

Completion reports filed on November 20, 2019. BLAINE COUNTY Vista Disposal Solutions Llc 23 15N 11W Selby Swd 1, June 15, 2019 SH, COMM, TD: 8130 ft Lat: 35.76782, Long: -98.34036 API: 35011240410001 CANADIAN COUNTY Red Bluff Resources Operating Llc Mississippian (less Chester)(7211): Oil 334 Gas 506 Water 2166 Pump 15 14N 5W Mcginnis 2-22mh, February 18, 2019 HH, OIL, TD: 12680 …

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Permits to drill for November 20, 2019

Permits to drill issued on November 20, 2019. Craig County SNEDDEN #11-29C, November 20 2019 29 27N 19E NWSENWNW API: 03521571 Lat: 36.79861225156429, Long: -95.30299988512854 NEOK PRODUCTION COMPANY LLC SH, DR, 1195 ft, ARBUCKLE(995) Ellis County GOLDFINGER 21/28 BO #1H, September 19 2019 21 18N 24W NENENWNE API: 04523812 Lat: 36.027398890314736, Long: -99.76147127831192 MEWBOURNE OIL COMPANY HH, …

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Hamm on survival in downturn—‘great deal of discipline’

When Harold Hamm speaks, those in the oil and gas industry listen and they listen carefully. The founder and President of Oklahoma City’s Continental Resources had some advice Wednesday at the Hart Energy DUG conference in Oklahoma City on how to survive in the oil and gas downturn. “You have to have a great deal …

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Four Roan Resource wells have 2,100 barrels of oil a day production in Oklahoma’s Canadian County

Four wells on a single pad near Union City, Oklahoma are producing more than 2,100 barrels of oil a day for Oklahoma City’s Roan Resources. The company filed completion reports this week showing the combined production of the four wells is 2,145 barrels a day. Located at 5 10N 7W or about two miles southwest …

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Energy news in brief

** California Gov. Gavin Newsom cracked down on oil producers Tuesday, halting approval of hundreds of fracking permits until independent scientists can review them and temporarily banning new wells using another drilling method that regulators believe is linked to one of the largest spills in state history. ** A ballot committee seeking to ban hydraulic fracturing in Michigan continues …

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