Voters in Arkansas voted this week to permanently extend a half-cent sales tax for highways. Arkansas Business reports the tax had the support of Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson as well as the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and the Arkansas Trucking Association. But it had been opposed by the Sierra Club and Americans for …
** Louisiana voters approve a ballot measure to adjust property tax rates on oil and gas wells based on whether they’re in production, according to S&P Global. ** E and E News reports the fate of legislators in Pennsylvania who favor more aggressive climate and clean energy action could be unclear for days as votes continue to be counted. ** Voters approve a …
Drilling interest in Oklahoma is slowly picking up according to the permits to drill approved by Corporation Commissioners. This week’s permits show Citizen Energy III LLC received a permit to drill the LATHAM #2H-14-23, in Canadian County. The drilling site is several miles southwest of the city of El Reno near the Canadian River. 07 …
Four of Oklahoma’s five sitting members of the U.S. House earned major victories in Tuesday’s election, returning two of them to important positions on House energy-related committees. The returning Representatives are Republican and the upset win by Republican Stephanie Bice over Democrat Rep. Kendra Horn returns Oklahoma’s congressional delegation to an all-Republican group. First …
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe skated to another easy re-election win, defeating Democratic challenger Abby Broyles by a nearly two-to-one margin. It means the Republican Senator will return to his longtime seat on the Senate Public Works and Environment Committee, a committee he previously chaired. Broyles, a former TV reporter and attorney campaigned against Inhofe by …
Oklahoma Corporation Commission chairman Todd Hiett won an easy re-election campaign, picking up more than 76% of the votes on Tuesday’s election day. The Republican Commissioner defeated Libertarian challenger Todd Hagopian by a vote of 1,098,561 to 345,002. Hiett scored 76.10% of the votes while Hagopian received only 23.90%. (Todd Hagopian) Absentee voting favored …
Two years after Democrat Kendra Horn upset Republican Congressman Steve Russell, she was upset by Republican challenger and state Rep. Stephanie Bice. It was a short term in Congress for Horn who was the only Democrat in Oklahoma’s U.S. House delegation. She had energy-associated assignments on House committees. Horn was a member of the …
Completion reports filed for November 3, 2020. CANADIAN COUNTY Red Bluff Resources Operating Llc Mississippian(7594): Oil 409 Gas 745 Water 2920 Pump 4 13N 5W Lillian 1305 3-4mh, August 25, 2019 HH, OIL, TD: 12318 ft Lat: 35.63598, Long: -97.73719 API: 35017254370001
Permits to drill issued on November 3, 2020. Canadian County LATHAM #2H-14-23, October 01 2019 11 11N 9W NWSESWSE API: 01725537 Lat: 35.43622974490836, Long: -98.12042661033755 CITIZEN ENERGY III LLC MU, AM, 23480 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(11600), WOODFORD(12800) Love County 07 SWD #1, November 03 2020 32 7S 2E NWNESWSW API: 08521319 Lat: 33.900560452797485, Long: -97.12395327126023 O7 SALTWATER DISPOSAL LLC …
For many Oklahoma related energy companies, election day resulted in increases in their shares. Mammoth Energy Services Inc. shot up 12.50% or 20 cents a share to finish the day at $1.80, one of the biggest increases of the different companies. Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. rose 21 cents for a nearly 6% gain to $3.76 …
