March 2, 2020 archive

Permits to drill for March 2, 2020

Permits to drill for March 2, 2020. Canadian County JASON JR. 1505 #1-32MH, March 02 2020 06 14N 5W NWNENWNE API: 01725609 Lat: 35.7252394401579, Long: -97.76858734386806 RED BLUFF RESOURCES OPERATING LLC HH, DR, 12100 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN (LESS CHESTER)(7300) Ellis County WESTON-O #36-25 2H, March 02 2020 36 18N 23W SWSWNESE API: 04523831 Lat: 35.98863446482482, Long: -99.59965518043022 VALPOINT …

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Completion reports for March 2, 2020

Completion reports filed on March 2, 2020. CANADIAN COUNTY Red Bluff Resources Operating Llc Mississippian: Oil 175 Gas 1412 Water 1073 Pump 21 14N 5W Bromlow 1405 7-21mh, October 27, 2019 HH, OIL, TD: 13292 ft Lat: 35.66930, Long: -97.73540 API: 35017255050000 CARTER COUNTY Citation Oil & Gas Corporation Deese(2951): 7 1S 3W Franklin Unit (Ham “a”) 9-1, August 12, 2019 SH, …

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Ten years in the making—a poultry pollution lawsuit decision

The Tulsa World reports that a federal judge is about ready to hand down a ruling in the state’s lawsuit against poultry producers accused of pollution the Illinois River in eastern Oklahoma. But it’s taken the judge ten years to come up with whatever decision he will make. Ten years after final arguments in a …

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New Mexico’s Chaco National Park remains center of drilling talk

   U.S. land managers on Friday made public a list of possible alternatives for managing development in one of the nation’s oldest oil and gas basins, but environmentalists and others say the options fail to take into account the cumulative costs of increased drilling and threats to Native American cultural sites in northwestern New Mexico. …

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Virus worries lead to energy conference cancellation in Houston

CERAWeek organizers canceled the upcoming conference in Houston for the first time ever, citing concerns over the coronavirus outbreak, according to POLITICO’s Morning Energy Report. The spread of COVID-19 caused IHS arkit to cancel the conference — one of the biggest energy conferences in the world — for the first time in the event’s nearly 40-year history, …

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Energy news in brief

** A judge has rejected a challenge by state environmental officials to rules issued by Delaware utility regulators regarding renewable energy requirements. The judge on Monday ruled that the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has no standing to challenge regulations issued by the Public Service Commission. ** After years of fighting their own policy battles, ethanol …

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Pollution and a beetle get attention of OKC council members

The city council in Oklahoma City will handle at least two environmental issues in its Tuesday meeting. One concerns pollution at the MAPS 3 convention center construction site while the other is about the American Burying Beetle. One focuses on environmental pollution discovered in the construction of a parking garage as part of the city’s …

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DEQ updates mercury warning about fishing in state lakes

  The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality updated its list of lakes with consumption advisories for mercury.  Ten Oklahoma lakes have been added since the last advisory was issued in 2017. Those lakes are: Bixhoma Frederick Holdenville Hominy Talawanda #1 Okemah Dripping Springs Okmulgee Sahoma Tom Steed Each of the above listed lakes has recommendations …

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Chemical plant lays off 100 workers after last year’s explosions

After fiery explosions shut down a chemical plant near Houston last year, the company that owns the facility is cutting about 100 jobs and plans to temporarily stop production at the site. The TPC Group Plant in Port Neches, Texas, will now be used as a transportation terminal and distribution center as it rebuilds the …

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Phillips 66 enters agreement for off-shore port project

  Phillips 66 has formed a 50/50 join venture with Trafigura Group Pte. Ltd to develop an offshore deepwater port project about 21 miles east of the entrance to the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas. Called the Bluewater Texas Terminal LLC, the port will be constructed by Phillips 66 and consist of up to two …

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