Oklahoma regulators are accusing a Tennessee-based wireless company of illegally subscribing federal Lifeline phone customers outside its service territory in Oklahoma and violating a four year agreement made over similar allegations. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s Public Utility Division wants True Wireless LLC, based in Bartlett, Tennessee and with operations in eastern Oklahoma, held in …
February 2020 archive
Rig counts increase in Oklahoma and US
The latest numbers from Baker Hughes Company indicate oil and gas rig counts increased n Oklahoma and the rest of the U.S. in the past week. Oklahoma’s count grew by one to 51, a far cry from the 117 active rigs reported a year ago. Nationally, the count grew by one to 791 including …
New Mexico legislators restore solar tax credit…Governor says she’ll sign it
Four years after New Mexico’s solar energy tax credit faded away, state legislators have voted to restore it and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham says she’ll sign it back into law. Supporters say it could create thousands of jobs according to the Carlsbad Current Argus. Senate Bill 29, known as the Solar Market Development Income Tax …
Energy news in brief
** Brazil’s oil production jumped by 20.4 percent on the year to set a new production record of 3.168 million barrels per day (bpd) in January, thanks to the prolific pre-salt basin, oil regulator ANP said on Wednesday. ** Chicago has made strides to become a more bike-friendly city, but bicycling remains unsafe and impractical in many minority neighborhoods, bicycle riders …
Central Iowa could be next Apex Energy wind farm site
Apex Clean Energy, a company with 8 wind farms in Oklahoma is setting its sights for a new wind farm to be built in central Iowa. Might be later this year or in early 2021 when Apex hopes to being construction on the Great Pathfinder Wind Project in Iowa’s Boone County. “A wind farm will …
Pig poop gas power grows in Missouri
Those “manure-to-energy” projects are growing as witnessed in Missouri where two companies have teamed up to convert pig poop methane into renewable natural gas. The $45 million investment was announced by Monarch Bioenergy which according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch is a joint venture of giant pork producer Smithfield Foods and St. Louise-based Roeslein …
Report shows oil and gas is largest private sector in Oklahoma—hands down
The people of Oklahoma Oil & Natural Gas are a catalyst for the state’s economy, providing one-third of the total economic output and more than 350,000 jobs. They are also having a big impact on funding for state and local services, contributing millions of dollars to education and roads. A new report completed by …
Pennsylvania Dems don’t support fracking ban
If Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders and the other Democratic presidential hopefuls really want to ban fracking as they profess, they’ll have to convince some Democratic leaders in gas-rich Pennsylvania. And so far, they haven’t. The Democrats on stage Wednesday night in Las Vegas all spoke of banning hydraulic fracking, but the Associated Press …
Completion reports for February 20, 2020
Completion reports filed on February 20, 2020. CANADIAN COUNTY Williams Reid Operating Inc Cottage Grove(8254): Water 20 Flow 6 12N 8W M H Steffan 1-6, March 04, 2019 SH, WATER, TD: 8325 ft Lat: 35.54215, Long: -98.08974 API: 35017500030003 HUGHES COUNTY Corterra Energy Operating Llc Wdfd / Mssp / Hntn: Oil 25 Gas 5740 Water 3160 Flow 11 7N 9E Carol 1201-1hx, March 19, …
Permits to drill for February 20, 2020
Permits to drill issued on February 20, 2020. Canadian County JOHNNY 1306 #1-14MHR, October 29 2019 23 13N 6W SENWNWNW API: 01725550 Lat: 35.59297258468648, Long: -97.81474267610976 RED BLUFF RESOURCES OPERATING LLC HH, AM, 13200 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(8047), WOODFORD(8299), HUNTON(8376) Canadian County MH STEFFEN #1-6, February 20 2020 06 12N 8W CNESW API: 01750003 Lat: 35.54215732641535, Long: -98.08974231543606 WILLIAMS …