June 2020 archive

Lawsuit Challenges Colorado Air Pollution Agency

  The Colorado Air Pollution Control Division was sued this week for issuing an air-pollution permit allowing an Adams County oil and gas well to emit smog-forming pollution in the Metro Denver area. The lawsuit was filed by the Center for Biological Diversity and Sierra Club in Colorado state district court in Adams County. The …

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Advocates seek solar on all new houses in ten states

  Two hundred thousand new houses each year across ten states would be built with solar panels, if Environment America succeeds with a new campaign. New Mexico and Texas are among the states. PV Magazine reports the 8 other states are Nevada, Colorado,  Minnesota, Michigan, North Carolina, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts. The group aims to …

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Another major solar project to be built in Arkansas

      The latest solar project in Arkansas will be used to provide electrical power to the city of Hot Springs. Scenic Hill Solar of North Little Rock plans a major groundbreaking on Thursday reported Arkansas Business. The company, led by former Arkansas Lt. Gov. Bill Halter, had already planned a 5 p.m. Wednesday …

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Lawsuit filed over Permian Highway Pipeline

    A federal lawsuit has been filed in Texas accusing Kinder Morgan of violating the national Safe Drinking Water Act as it builds the 430-mile long Permian Highway Pipeline. Four residents of Lanco County filed the suit claiming the Houston-based company pumped 36,000 gallons of drilling fluid into the aquifer as Kinder Morgan attempted …

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Energy bankruptcies on the increase in Louisiana

  The number of oil and gas firms going bankrupt in Louisiana is growing. The Advocate in Baton Rouge reports at least four such firms took the action in recent weeks. Two businesses near Lafayette, one in Houma and another in Kenner filed for bankruptcy, all of which appear to be oil and gas services …

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Chesapeake gets government approval to suspend federal leases

  A week after it missed interest payments on some of its debt, Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy has received another break. It is being allowed by the government to suspend production from more than 100 federal drilling leases without losing ownership of the assets. Reuters reported the findings after reviewing a federal database. The assistance …

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New Mexico suffers from oil and gas industry’s downturn

  COVID-19 has left the state of New Mexico retreating from its planned heavy government spending based on oil and gas production. Just witness what the pandemic has done to the state’s rig count. As of last week, there were 51 oil and gas rigs active in the state, according to the latest Baker Hughes …

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Completion reports for June 22, 2020

Completion reports filed on June 22, 2020. CANADIAN COUNTY Chaparral Energy Llc Mississippi(9745): Oil 507 Gas 3374 Water 820 Flwg 19 12N 6W Fuji 1206 1smh-19, March 29, 2020 HH, OIL, TD: 14829 ft Lat: 35.49499, Long: -97.88025 API: 35017255850001 POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY Arrowhead Energy Inc Hunton(4650): Oil 9.5 Water 245 Pump 21 8N 3E Pearcy 3-21, November 14, 2019 SH, OIL, TD: 5004 ft Lat: …

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Permits to drill for June 22, 2020

Permits to drill issued on June 22, 2020. Canadian County MCNEFF 22-27-10-5 #1XH, June 19 2020 22 10N 5W SWNENENW API: 01776001 Lat: 35.33276914421883, Long: -97.71725435923327 OTC/OCC NOT ASSIGNED SH, RC, 19721 ft, WOODFORD(8900) Carter County LINDLEY #1-35, June 22 2020 35 3S 2W CSWNE API: 01920968 Lat: 34.247163903704724, Long: -97.38512164891394 ARDMORE PRODUCTION & EXPLORATION SH, DP, …

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$40 oil hits the states

  Crude oil prices settled at more than $40 a barrel Monday in U.S. trading while overseas it reached nearly $43 a barrel. For some producers, it might be the break-even point for them to start making a profit once again. In March, the break-even price had dropped to $25 for some producers while a …

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