August 2020 archive

Tourism leaders defend increased state park parking fees

Leaders of the Oklahoma and Tourism Department stood by their decision to increase parking fees at nearly half of Oklahoma’s state parks this summer. Speaking at an interim study hearing requested by Poteau Republican Rep. Lundy Kiger and held by the House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Natural Resources and Regulatory Services, Jerry Winchester, Executive …

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Biden sides with biofuel farmers in small refinery exemption fight

  Those biofuel exemptions sought by the Wynnewood refinery in Oklahoma, ones that led to a 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling are now political ammunition for Joe Biden in his campaign to unseat President Donald Trump. The Wynnewood refinery lost its efforts to keep the small refinery exemption of ethanol blending requirements from …

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Energy news in brief

** ONEOK, Inc. plans to be a part of the virtual BMO Capital Markets Real Assets Conference on Sept. 2. It took part in the Seaport Global Annual Summer Investor conference held Wednesday. ** Senate Democrats on Aug. 25 unveiled a plan to tackle climate change that calls for the U.S. government to spend more than …

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Farmer’s Almanac predicts “winter of the great divide”

  What’s the Farmers Almanac have to say about the approaching winter?  Based on a “carefully-guarded formula” followed for 204 years, it’s predicting a lot of cold weather and snow in the East and the usual cold weather in Oklahoma, New Mexico and Kansas. Oklahoma will still have some shots of cold weather and storms …

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OU Researcher Receives Part of $28 Million Grant to Increase Geothermal Energy Production in the United States

  Ahmad Ghassemi, the McCasland Chair and professor of petroleum engineering at the Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy at the University of Oklahoma, received $2.5 million of a $28 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy with an additional $700,000 in matching funds from Coso Operating Company for a study that aims to …

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Cheniere Shuts Sabine Pass LNG Plant Ahead of Hurricane Laura

    U.S. LNG company Cheniere Energy Inc. said it temporarily suspended operations and evacuated personnel at its Sabine Pass LNG export terminal in Louisiana as Hurricane Laura churns toward the plant site. Laura is expected to strengthen into a major Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 115 miles per hour (185 kilometers …

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Completion reports for August 25, 2020

Completion reports filed on August 25, 2020. KINGFISHER COUNTY Chisholm Oil & Gas Operating Llc Mississippian (less Chester): Oil 185 Gas 422 Water 573 Pump 28 18N 5W Chuck Wagon 18-05-21 2mh, July 05, 2018 HH, OIL, TD: 10409 ft Lat: 36.01407, Long: -97.74612 API: 35073259540000 MCCLAIN COUNTY Red Rocks Oil & Gas Operating Llc Viola-simpson (above Oil Creek): Oil 60 Gas 112 Water …

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Permits to drill for August 25, 2020

Permits to drill issued on August 25, 2020. Seminole County ODDFELLOWS #ASE#3, August 25 2020 01 8N 6E S2NWNENE API: 13325355 Lat: 35.20158422611902, Long: -96.62019844215779 WOODLAND OPERATING LLC SH, DR, 4400 ft, WEWOKA(1540), CALVIN(2220), SENORA 404SNOR 2670 8 VIOLA(4100), EARLSBORO(2900), BOOCH(3340), MISENER(3980), HUNTON(3990)

Higher oil futures didn’t help some energy companies in Tuesday’s trading

  While oil futures rose to the highest level since March in Tuesday’s trading, energy firms had a mixed bag with some seeing the value of their shares declining. Others saw gains of up to more than 7%. Devon Energy finished Tuesday’s trading 20 cents or 1.85% higher at $10.98. SandRidge Energy rose 6 cents for …

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Oil futures log highest finish since early March

    Oil futures finished higher Tuesday, with U.S. benchmark prices settling at their highest since early March. Traders eyed disruptions to energy output in the Gulf of Mexico as Hurricane Laura looked to reach the U.S. Gulf Coast later this week. Weekly data on U.S. petroleum supplies are also due out late Tuesday from the …

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