July 7, 2020 archive

Completion reports for July 7, 2020

Completion reports filed on July 7, 2020. ALFALFA COUNTY Bce-mach Llc Mississippian(5786): Oil 108 Gas 649 Water 1637 Gaslift 12 25N 11W Means 13-25-11 3h, January 31, 2020 HH, OIL, TD: 10937 ft Lat: 36.65242, Long: -98.34126 API: 35003233940000 Bce-mach Llc Mississippian(5912): Oil 121 Gas 1855 Water 2185 Gaslift 36 25N 11W State 36-25-11 2h, February 21, 2020 HH, GAS, TD: 11332 ft Lat: 36.59443, Long: …

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Permits to drill for July 7, 2020

Permits to drill issued on July 7, 2020. Custer County HATCHER ESTATE #1-1, July 07 2020 01 14N 18W SWNWSENE API: 03922102 Lat: 35.72055428904096, Long: -99.06096876379074 DUNCAN OIL PROPERTIES INC SH, RC, 13526 ft, ATOKA(11313) Grady County BURCHFIELD TRUST ##1H-5-8X, October 23 2018 05 9N 7W SWNENENE API: 05124502 Lat: 35.28963697722135, Long: -97.95512062430683 GAEDEKE OIL & GAS …

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Oklahoma regulators to get COVID-19 update

  Oklahoma regulators will get another COVID-19 update at their regular meeting to be held today at the state capitol. It will be an “in person” meeting for the Corporation Commissioners but due to the pandemic, the Commission’s Jim Thorpe building headquarters are closed to the public. However, the Commission’s various departments are still conducting …

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Teeter-tottering oil prices

  A day after modest losses, U.S. crude oil futures for August on Tuesday slipped slightly but still remained close to the $41 a barrel level as prices teeter-tottered. West Texas Intermediate crude dropped a penny or 0.02% and settled at $40.62 a barrel in trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Experts blamed the …

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Amazon expands operations in Arkansas

  While Oklahoma has two Amazon fulfillment centers employing thousands of workers, the state of Arkansas is getting its first such center where 1,000 people will be hired in the coming year. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported that Amazon.com confirmed Tuesday that the 826,000-foot facility under construction on a 80-acre site at the Port of Little Rock …

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Energy news in brief

** Tulsa-based OGE plans to hold a second quarter earnings conference call on Thursday, August 6 where leadership will discuss the results. The call will be held at 9 a.m. ** ONEOK, Inc.will release second quarter 2020 earnings after the market closes on July 28, 2020. ONEOK’s executive management will participate in a conference call the following …

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Oklahoma congressmen critical of House Committee chairman

    While the Democratic chairman of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee hails the court order shutting down the Dakota Access crude oil pipeline, two Oklahoma congressmen are critical of his comments. Rep. Raul M. Grijalva, the Democrat from Arizona said the court ruling on Monday as well as the decision by Dominion and …

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Oklahoma announces $1 million expansion of EV charging stations

  Oklahoma intends to use some of its Volkswagen settlement money on expanding the state’s EV charging stations….more than $1 million. The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and the Office of the Oklahoma Secretary of Energy and Environment are announcing a grant program funded by the Volkswagen Settlement Environmental Mitigation Trust aimed at building …

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BLM unveils some of the leadership to be based out of Grand Junction

In a sign that it is pushing ahead with the controversial move of its national headquarters from Washington, D.C. to Grand Junction, Colorado, the Bureau of Land Management has announced the selection of some top executives making the move. As the Grand Junction Sentinel reported this week, the BLM announced the appointments of five senior …

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EPA loses again in Denver Federal Appeals Court

  The Denver Federal Appeals Court, the same one that ruled against EPA biofuels waivers for small refinery operators such as one in Oklahoma, has ruled again against the Environmental Protection Agency. In a recent ruling, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals handed a win to the Sierra Club in a fight over air …

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