September 1, 2020 archive

Completion reports for September 1, 2020

Completion reports filed on September 1, 2020. GARVIN COUNTY Red Rocks Oil & Gas Operating Llc Viola(10769): Oil 50 Gas 69 Water 210 Flow 5 4N 4W Neva June 2-5, December 02, 2019 DH, OIL, TD: 12270 ft Lat: 34.85104, Long: -97.63883 API: 35049252700001 KINGFISHER COUNTY Ovintiv Mid-continent Inc. Mississippian: Oil 469 Gas 1401 Water 1478 Flow 16 15N 8W Frederick 1508 4h-4x, September 15, 2019 …

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Permits to drill for September 1, 2020

Permits to drill issued for September 1, 2020. Blaine County LAU #1-4H, September 01 2020 04 17N 13W SESWSWSW API: 01123665 Lat: 35.97190943319803, Long: -98.5997647557571 STAGHORN PETROLEUM II LLC HH, RC, 15508 ft, MORROW(8820), MISSISSIPPIAN(9199)

Rep. Lucas tries to save airline service at Stillwater Regional Airport

  Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas joined an effort this week to save regional airline operations across the country including at the Stillwater Regional Airport where American Airlines is cancelling its flights. Rep. Lucas and others made the effort as Congress faces a Sept. 30 deadline to extend the Payroll Support Program which provided funding to …

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U.S. oil futures post first gain in 4 sessions

  Oil futures made their first gain in four sessions in Tuesday’s trading and analyst attributed the increase to a rise in the U.S.manufacturing index in August. The increase in the index lifted expectations for energy demand as West Texas Intermediate crude for October delivery rose 15 cents or 0.4% to settle at $42.76 a …

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Energy stocks had a mixed day in Tuesday’s trading

  Tuesday’s trading resulted in a mix for oil and gas and other energy firms with connections to Oklahoma. Some were up. Others saw declines in their shares. Alliance Resource Partners dropped 2 cents for a 0.60% decline to $3.31 a share. Chesapeake Energy fell 6.39% or 26 cents to $3.74. Continental Resources dropped a dime …

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Tulsa schools finish 10-month laboratory chemicals disposal

  It took 10 months but the Tulsa Public Schools recently completed efforts to safely dispose of unwanted, outdated and hazardous chemicals from laboratories across the school district. Working with the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and its School Chemical Disposal Program, the school district started disposing of the old chemicals in November of 2019. …

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Schlumberger sells its fracking unit to Liberty Oilfield Services

  Schlumberger sold its fracking unit to Denver-based Liberty Oilfield Services. In an announcement this week, the two companies said they were combining hydraulic fracturing operations to form a combined company. The two announced they reached an agreement in which Schlumberger contributes its onshore hydraulic fracturing business in the U.S. and Canada to Liberty in …

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Energy Transfer pipeline expansion project completed in Texas

  Energy Transfer says it has completed its Lone Star Express Pipeline expansion project in Texas. The company said the line adds more than 400,000 barrels a day of Natural Gas Liquids to its existing system which was delivered on budget and ahead of schedule.   The new 352-mile, 24-inch pipeline originates in Winkler County, …

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Corps of Engineers reviewing Dakota Access Pipeline

The Army Corps of Engineers has started an evaluation of whether to allow the Dakota Access Pipeline to continue operations following a federal judge’s revocation of the line’s easement. A lengthy environmental review was launched this week according to the Bismarck Tribune. Click here to read the story.

Energy news in brief

** Detroit-based GM is transitioning its Corvette engineering team, which contains some of the company’s most elite talent, to the electric and autonomous vehicles development team, reports InsideEVs. ** As demand for e-commerce rises, so too does demand for electric delivery vehicles from giants including Amazon, FedEx, and UPS, according to the Chicago Tribune. Midwest EV truck startups Bollinger Motors, Rivian, and Workhorse are named …

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