July 23, 2020 archive

Hundreds of Louisiana oilfield workers lose their jobs with BJ Services bankruptcy filing

  When 90 workers in Yukon, Oklahoma received word this week their jobs would be lost following the bankruptcy filing of BJ Services, the filing also jolted nearly 300 workers in northwest Louisiana. As KTAL/KMSS reported, 273 workers in Shreveport where BJ Services has operations, will also be out of work beginning Aug. 2. The …

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Elon Musk didn’t pick Tulsa but he still praised the city

  Even though Elon Musk chose Austin, Texas to be the site of his Tesla truck plant, he still believes Tulsa has a lot to offer. It’s what he said Wednesday after announcing the selection of his plant that will employ thousands. “Thank you very much to the Tulsa team, the economic development team and …

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Latest drilling activity in Oklahoma

    Sometimes when a well stops producing oil, changes have to be made and that’s what Oklahoma City’s SandRidge Exploration and Production LLC did this week with one of its 2014 wells in northern Oklahoma. The firm reclassified the Feely 2809 1-23h well, located at 23 28N 9W in Alfalfa County as a gas …

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States push ahead with challenge of Obama-era rule on gas flaring

  Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon is pleased that a federal court in Wyoming reached a decision Tuesday that “will allow Wyoming and three other energy producing states to restart legal challenges to an overreaching Obama-era rule,” according to the governor’s office. Gordon’s office says the Wyoming federal district court’s decision comes after a ruling by …

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The Eagle Has Landed!

In Weatherford, the Stafford Air and Space Museum’s newest addition is a full-scale museum quality Apollo Lunar Module replica. The Lunar Module (LM) was the spacecraft that carried American astronauts to the lunar surface. Apollo 10 Commander, Tom Stafford, and fellow crew member, Gene Cernan, would be the first to fly the spidery-looking spacecraft into …

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Petroleum Alliance praises Stitt’s response to Supreme Court ruling

  The Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma applauded Gov. Kevin J. Stitt’s quick action to protect Oklahoma’s water, air and lands by triggering a federal law ensuring that state regulatory agencies have primacy in Indian country. In response to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Stitt officially requested that the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection …

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Doubts persist about growing crude oil production in US

  A reopening of some major economies locked down due to the coronavirus has lifted global oil prices and encouraged U.S. shale producers to return at least a third of the 2 million barrels per day (bpd) curtailed since April. But that bump in output is unlikely to be sustained as shale wells lose up …

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Completion reports for July 22, 2020

Completion reports filed on July 22, 2020. ALFALFA COUNTY Sandridge Exploration & Production Llc Mississippian(5502): Oil 360 Gas 1413 Water 5 Pump Mississippian(5502): Oil 4 Gas 2500 Water 550 Pump 23 28N 9W Feely 2809 1-23h, July 14, 2020 HH, GAS, TD: 8459 ft Lat: 36.89770, Long: -98.13001 API: 35003230840002 CANADIAN COUNTY Chaparral Energy Llc Mississippian(9350): Oil 445 Gas 1722 Water 769 Gas Lift 28 12N 6W Andes 1206 1umh-28, …

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Permits to drill for July 22, 2020

  Permits to drill issued on July 22, 2020. Creek County GLIMP “A” #4, July 22 2020 23 17N 7E E2SENENE API: 03709377 Lat: 35.942109515639025, Long: -96.53092716119845 OTC/OCC NOT ASSIGNED SH, RC, 1670 ft, LAYTON(1550) Ellis County DAVIS 9/16 BO #1H, July 22 2020 04 18N 24W S2S2SWSE API: 04523835 Lat: 36.05754672731317, Long: -99.76321380932994 MEWBOURNE OIL COMPANY …

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