** The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers holds a public hearing on Enbridge’s request to build a tunnel for Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac. ** The Anchorage Daily News reports a federal court rules the Trump administration “acted arbitrarily and capriciously” in its 2018 approval of an Arctic drilling project without considering emissions impacts. ** The Hill …
December 2020 archive
Completion reports for December 7, 2020
Completion reports filed on December 7, 2020. GRADY COUNTY Citizen Energy Iii Llc Mississippian: Oil 158 Gas 1545 Water 801 Flow 31 10N 7W Ar-jo Mccomas 1h-31, August 22, 2020 HH, OIL, TD: 17210 ft Lat: 35.29131, Long: -97.97212 API: 35051247640000 KINGFISHER COUNTY Devon Energy Production Co Lp Mississippi Lime: Oil 515 Gas 439 Water 526 Flow 14 16N 9W Cascade 14_23-16n-9w 3hx, October 24, 2019 …
Permits to drill for December 7, 2020
Permits to drill issued on December 7, 2020. permits: none were processed today
ONEOK seeks more investors
ONEOK, Inc. leaders will be part of another investor conference as they attempt to raise more investment money. They will take part Dec. 8 and 9 in the Wells Fargo Virtual Midstream and Utility Symposium. ONEOK’s latest investor materials are available at www.oneok.com.
Oil pulls back from 9-month high
The continued high cases of COVID-19 apparently still has investors and traders skeptical of the strength of crude oil as prices fell from the 9-month high they reached last week. West Texas Intermediate crude for January delivery dropped a dime and settled at $45.66 in trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Overseas, global …
Texas in line to become 3rd state to manage its coal ash program
In 2018, Oklahoma became the first state to receive EPA approval to regulate its own coal ash management program. It was quickly followed by Georgia and now, the Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to do the same for the state of Texas. The agency late last week issued the proposal after the Texas Commission …
Survey found gasoline sales dropped Thanksgiving week
A weekly survey of retail fuel stations across the U.S. says Americans did stay off the roads during the Thanksgiving holiday and did so in “overwhelming numbers.” The survey by OPIS, an IHS Markit company found gasoline sales fell 8.4% from the previous week for the seven-day period that ended Nov. 28. As a …
Matador Production hit with big fine in New Mexico
Dallas based Matador Production Company has reached a settlement with regulators in New Mexico over claims it had commingled oil from different wells without a permit. The company agreed to pay $125,000 and also carry out a self-audit as part of the settlement. As a result, the civil penalty was lowered from the original …
New Mexico Governor to remain and not take Biden administration position
Reports now indicate New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham will stay in office and not take any administrative positions with a Biden administration. Over the weekend she ended speculation that first had her being considered to be Interior Secretary, a position she declined last week, then to be considered to run the U.S. Health …
WPX Energy sued by state of New Mexico
One of seven oil and gas companies recently sued by the state of New Mexico for alleged violations of land remediation obligations was Tulsa-based WPX Energy. The lawsuits accused WPX Energy and the others of failing to remediate land used for extraction operations after production ceased. In the WPX Energy case, it involved a …
