September 21, 2020 archive

Completion reports for September 21, 2020

Completion reports filed on September 21, 2020. DEWEY COUNTY Tapstone Energy Llc Mississippian (less Chester): Oil 735 Gas 1501 Water 1341 Flow 25 19N 14W W. Pollock Fed 24/13-19-14 2h, December 05, 2019 HH, OIL, TD: 19695 ft Lat: 36.10088, Long: -98.64752 API: 35043237080001 KINGFISHER COUNTY Ovintiv Mid-continent Inc. Mississippian (less Chester)(8763): Oil 430 Gas 1065 Water 1520 Flow 12 16N 9W Alan 1609 2h-13x, March …

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Permits to drill for September 21, 2020

Permits to drill issued on September 21, 2020. Carter County HEALDTON II UNIT #Y-2, September 21 2020 08 4S 3W NWNWNESE API: 01976017 Lat: 34.22332654409258, Long: -97.53147317647591 OTC/OCC NOT ASSIGNED SH, RC, 1000 ft, BARTLESVILLE(900) Carter County SW WILDCAT JIM DEESE UNIT #17-2-I, September 21 2020 07 2S 2W SENWNWSW API: 01926406 Lat: 34.396384602587936, Long: -97.45630217505149 MACK …

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Tumbling oil and natural gas prices knocked down energy stocks

  The nation’s energy sector took a beating on Monday as crude oil and natural gas prices took a sharp drop and the broader stock market suffered a selloff. It included the numerous Oklahoma related energy company stocks. Alliance Resource Partners dropped more than 7% or 23 cents to $2.95. Blueknight Energy Partners was down …

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Oil prices down 4% on expectations for return of Libyan crude production, global stock-market selloff

  Oil futures settled lower Monday, with U.S. prices down by more than 4%, as the market braced for the return of crude output from Libya following reports that Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar will lift an eight-month blockage of crude exports that had shut nearly all of the country’s production. Concerns over the possibility of …

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New solar farm goes operational in west Texas

  Enel Green’s latest solar venture, the Roadrunner solar plant has gone operational in west Texas—the largest plant of its kind in the state. The plant is located in Upton County where Enel recently finished the second and final phase of construction, adding another 245 megawatts to the 252-megawatt first phase that went into operation …

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Firm seeks oilfield waste injection site

  A facility that would inject liquid oilfield waste underground could be coming to the Delaware Basin in New Mexico after state regulators recently approved the needed permits for the facility. Milestone Environmental Services based in Houston announced the completion of the permitting process via the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division on Tuesday for a …

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Legal fight leads to halting of hemp operations in NW New Mexico

  A Navajo Nation judge halted operations at nine hemp farms in northwestern New Mexico as part of a legal fight between a businessman and the tribe’s Department of Justice. The judge issued a preliminary injunction against Dineh Benally and two of his businesses following a hearing Friday, the Farmington Daily Times reported. The tribe sued Benally …

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Regulators to consider continued COVID-19 restrictions

  Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners will pick up Tuesday where they left off last week when their Thursday virtual meeting was interrupted by technical glitches. In a 1:30 p.m. meeting, they will again consider a possible extension of their March order that arose from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Tim Rhodes, Director of Administration will …

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Senator Inhofe picks fight with Energy Department

  While Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe finds himself in a re-election fight, he opened another battle in the past week—one with the U.S. Energy Energy department. As the Tulsa World reported this week, it has to do with the control of the nation’s nuclear arsenal and its future development. At the center of the …

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Wanted: A new generation of clean energy wildcatters

  SUBSCRIBE Sign In  If we have wildcatters in the oil and gas industry, why not in the renewable industry? It’s the point of Chris Tomlinson’s opinion piece this week in the Houston Chronicle. OPINION // CHRIS TOMLINSON Texas universities are doing amazing research into clean energy generation, and it’s beginning to change the world. What’s needed …

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