Some Oklahoma-based oil and gas companies are among those cited as beginning to increase their drilling again as oil prices are in the low $40 range. They include Devon Energy, even Chesapeake Energy, the Oklahoma City company that recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Drilling permit requests have increased by 15% from May to …
July 2020 archive
Williams gets approval for natural gas pipeline extension in Pennsylvania
While the courts have shut down one major pipeline, government agencies have ruled against others and one major project has been canceled, Tulsa’s Williams Cos. scored approval this week for a major natural gas pipeline in the East. It’s one touted as helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The company won Federal Energy Regulatory Commission …
Arkansas joins the growing list of canceling state fairs
Another state fair has been canceled. Joining Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas in cancelling their state fairs is Arkansas. Blame it on the coronavirus pandemic. “We have been closely monitoring covid-19 data from local, state and federal health officials for the past few months, and we determined that it was in the best interest of …
Completion reports for July 17, 2020
Completion reports filed on July 17, 2020. CANADIAN COUNTY Camino Natural Resources Llc Mississippian: Oil 322 Gas 1046 Water 465 Flow 26 12N 6W Hasta 1206 23-1mh, February 26, 2018 HH, OIL, TD: 14160 ft Lat: 35.49258, Long: -97.81164 API: 35017250610002 Citizen Energy Iii Llc Woodford: Oil 83 Gas 1209 Water 1300 Flow 11 12N 9W Vaughn 1h-14-23, March 06, 2020 HH, OIL, TD: 22534 ft …
Permits to drill for July 17, 2020
Permits to drill issued on July 17, 2020. Creek County ATLANTIS #1-33, July 17 2020 33 15N 10E SESWNESW API: 03729456 Lat: 35.72990657429191, Long: -96.25766243001414 ENTERPRISE ENERGY EXPLORATION INC SH, DR, 3550 ft, OSWEGO(1675), SKINNER(1765), RED FORK 404RDFK 2065 8 MISENER(3215), BARTLESVILLE(2260), DUTCHER(2270), BOOCH(2455), MISSISSIPPI LIME(2830) Hughes County FRANKLIN #4-12-24WH, July 17 2020 12 8N 12E …
Oil and gas sector blames Democrats for some of the industry decline
Some oil and gas leaders in Colorado say COVID-19 has damaged their industry but they also blame Democrats in the state legislature for the decline in the sector. Their charge came in a recent virtual roundtable on the industry held by the Northern Colorado Legislative Alliance. BizWest previously reported oil producers in Weld …
Corporation Commission’s headquarters closed to staffers after employee tests positive for COVID-19
COVID-19 has forced another shut-down of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s headquarters at the state capitol after it was opened only for employees. The latest shutdown occurred Friday when a second employee who works at the Jim Thorpe building tested positive for COVID according to an announcement by Tim Rhodes, Director of Administration for the …
Energy news in brief
** The United States and India signed a preliminary agreement on Friday on cooperating on emergency crude oil reserves, including the possibility of India storing oil in the U.S. emergency stockpile, officials said. ** The Army Corps of Engineers will publish the final environmental impact study for the contentious Pebble Mine in Alaska on July 24, according …
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The moratorium that one county in North Dakota has in effect for wind farm permits will continue following action by commissioners this past week. It is in Mercer County where the commissioners want their planning and zoning board to take a closer look at the county’s wind farm policies. As the Bismarck Tribune report, …
Texas gas companies to spend $6 million encouraging voters to oppose corridor
Two Texas companies with natural gas plants in Maine are planning to spend $6 million on TV ads against a high-profile transmission project that will benefit Central Maine Power and Hydro-Quebec. Maine Public Radio reports Calpine and Vistra, which are Texas-based companies with natural gas plants in Maine plan to use the campaign ads …