December 16, 2019 archive

Completion reports for December 16, 2019

Completion reports filed on December 16, 2019. ALFALFA COUNTY Bce-mach Llc Mississippian(5404): Oil 106 Gas 279 Water 1596 Gas Lift 13 26N 11W State 13-26-11 2h, January 16, 2019 HH, OIL, TD: 10473 ft Lat: 36.73842, Long: -98.33842 API: 35003233530001 BLAINE COUNTY Continental Resources Inc 12 16N 11W Binder 2r-13h, March 11, 2019 HH, TA, TD: 16321 ft Lat: 35.87163, Long: -98.32949 …

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Permits to drill for December 16, 2019

Permits to drill issued on December 16, 2019. Canadian County GERONIMO 1207 #6-4WH, December 16 2019 31 13N 7W NWSESESE API: 01725576 Lat: 35.552178197086604, Long: -97.97812154355044 CAMINO NATURAL RESOURCES LLC HH, DR, 15264 ft, WOODFORD(10245) Cotton County CLO #16-8T, December 16 2019 16 4S 10W NWSWSWSE API: 03321025 Lat: 34.203910250711864, Long: -98.25213466624187 LEWIS OIL OPERATIONS LLC SH, …

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Energy news in brief

** Prices across all segments of the U.S. solar market are at an all-time low, contradicting claims from leading solar advocacy groups two years ago about the negative impacts of tariffs. ** A new $700 million project aims to transform waste from Utah hog farms into renewable natural gas. ** California Gov. Gavin Newsom rejects PG&E’s restructuring plan to compensate wildfire victims and exit …

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State makes Internet map for Tar Creek Superfund site area residents

  The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality announced it has  introduced a new, interactive map for residents of Ottawa County, the site of the massive Tar Creek Superfund Site. All residential properties within Ottawa County are eligible for free yard testing and cleanup of contaminated mine waste in relation to the Tar Creek Superfund Site. …

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OKC’s Kimray extends equipment to Turkey

 Kimray, an Oklahoma City-based manufacturer, has a new agreement with Gemini Enterprises Inc. of Houston, Texas to distribute Kimray’s well-known lines of regulators, control valves, glycol pumps and liquid level controls in Turkey. Kimray made the announcement Monday. “Gemini’s heart to serve the customer was evident in our travels together to Turkey,” said Jacob Jennings, International Business …

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$7 million embezzlement scheme uncovered by ConocoPhillips

ConocoPhillips has gone to court in Alaska filing suit against its former senior drilling and wells planner and a small group of co-conspirators for allegedly embezzling nearly $7.3 million. Alaska Public Media reports one of the alleged co-conspirators is an Anchorage police officer. The filing is a civil complaint, mostly based on an investigation by Conoco. …

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Candidates target FERC for overhaul

Democratic candidates for President think the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is too pro oil and gas.  So some have targeted FERC to make it more pro-climate change active. POLITICO’s Morning Energy Report pointed out how some of the candidates want to overhaul the independent regulator of pipelines and power markets. FERC TO FREC? FERC — an …

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North Dakota oil production hits a record in October

Harold Hamm and his Continental Resources Inc. no doubt liked the news out of North Dakota that the state’s oil production hit a new milestone of 1.5 million barrels a day. After all, Hamm was a pioneer in massive oil production in the Bakkens of North Dakota. “It should be a very happy holiday for …

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KC energy firm to adopt program to help low income with energy efficiency

Kansas City’s Evergy is under orders from Missouri regulators to run a one year $15 million pilot program using a “Pay as You Save” concept. The new program will not require borrowing, upfront payments or credit checks. The program is expected to help put energy conservation within reach of renters and people with low incomes …

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Ethanol industry suffers from waivers given to small refineries

  Hard feelings still exist in the biofuel industry against the oil and gas industry over the U.S. trade war with China and the shutdown of 13 ethanol plants since November 2018. Corn growers blame the decline in the biofuel industry on the Trump administration’s expansion of waivers to exempt smaller oil refineries from blending …

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