June 8, 2020 archive

Completion reports for June 8, 2020

Completion reports filed on June 8, 2020. BLAINE COUNTY Chisholm Oil & Gas Operating Llc Mississippi Lime: Oil 203 Gas 502 Water 640 Esp 5 17N 10W Buffalo Heifer 18-10-32 1mh, March 29, 2019 HH, OIL, TD: 14269 ft Lat: 35.98486, Long: -98.28216 API: 35011241610002 Chisholm Oil & Gas Operating Llc Mississippi Lime: Oil 203 Gas 502 Water 640 Esp 5 17N 10W Buffalo Heifer 18-10-32 …

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Permits to drill for June 8, 2020

Permits to drill issued for June 8, 2020. Caddo County LEX MAJORS #1-15-22XH, January 18 2017 15 12N 13W NENENENE API: 01523275 Lat: 35.5214284689065, Long: -98.55411059686769 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC MU, AM, 26211 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(13960), WOODFORD(16201) Carter County SW WILDCAT JIM DEESE UNIT #19-2-I, June 08 2020 07 2S 2W NENWNESW API: 01926395 Lat: 34.39752474261089, Long: -97.4512239289859 MACK …

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New Mexico Representative wants government to okay well shut-ins

Just as Oklahoma regulators have dealt with the requests of energy companies to allow the shut-in of their wells, some in Congress want the Interior Department to do the same for operators of wells on government lands. As New Mexico’s oil and gas industry continued to struggle with plummeting prices and slowing production brought on …

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No change in leadership of BLM

  William Perry Pendley will remain in charge of the Bureau of Land Management after the Interior Department took a different approach to extending Pendley’s time at the helm of the agency, possibly due to a pending lawsuit. “The leadership of the BLM will not change,” Interior spokesman Conner Swanson said Friday. Pendley has been …

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Legalized marijuana expected to result in higher electricity use

With a medical marijuana dispensary it seems on every street corner in Oklahoma, there has to be an increase in electricity use in the state. As well as the rest of the Midwest, especially in states where recreational marijuana has been legalized. Recreational marijuana recently became legal in Illinois and Michigan. But for cannabis plants …

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Legislative leaders take a bow for giving more money to ODOT

Action taken by the Legislature last month to protect Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) funding for the next fiscal year, which begins in July, has allowed ODOT to proceed with plans to repair or replace structurally deficient roads and bridges throughout the state. Rep. Todd Russ, R-Cordell, chair of the House Appropriations & Budget Committee …

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Energy company stocks rose Monday while oil prices slipped

Chesapeake Energy wasn’t the only energy company to see a big jump in the value of its stock in Monday’s trading. While shares in the Oklahoma City oil and gas company shot up 182% or $45.12 a share to settle at $69.92, stocks in SandRidge Energy, another financially ailing Oklahoma City energy firm jumped 19%. …

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Chesapeake Energy stock soars nearly 182% in Monday’s trading

Even as some analysts still believe Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy is on a list of bankruptcy probables this year, stock in the company sky rocketed by nearly 182% in Monday’s trading.  The company’s stock has jumped nearly 400% in two days of trading. It was described as a very volatile session as Chesapeake Energy Corporation …

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Space Authority to meet in OKC

The Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority meets Wednesday afternoon in Oklahoma City. The meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the Commission Room of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation headquarters. Below is the agenda as released by the Authority.   ITEMS TO BE PRESENTED BY OSIDA CHAIRMAN – DON WETEKAM CALL TO ORDER INTRODUCTION OF …

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Fight between two utilities goes before OK regulators

Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners plan to hold a hearing on Wednesday into the fight between Oklahoma Gas and Electric and People’s Electric Cooperative over OGE’s attempt to provide electrical power to a facility located in People’s service territory which covers southeast Oklahoma. In a May 26 filing, OGE appealed a commission order stopping the utility from …

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