2020 archive

Google acquires more renewable powered electricity

  Ever since making its first contract to buy wind power from a wind farm in Oklahoma in 2012, Google has been adding to its contracts nationally for renewable energy sources.The latest is a deal to buy 140 megawatts of solar power from the Texas operation of Candela Renewables. Candela’s independent utility-scale solar power project …

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Stakeholder webinar on the Illinois River Watershed

  A webinar showing the ongoing work by Oklahoma to improve high phosphorus levels in the state’s Illinois River caused largely because of chicken farming in eastern Oklahoma will be held this week. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board will present the first of three webinars on Tuesday, Sept. 8. “This webinar will inform stakeholders and …

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Virtual meeting issues dealt with by Oklahoma Corporation Commission

  An electric power outage and the resulting shutdown of air conditioning at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s Jim Thorpe building this past week led to issues with the agency’s ability to carry out virtual meetings. Users were alerted Thursday morning prior to the commission’s regular meeting. “The computer servers are warmer than they’re supposed to …

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Liberty Oilfield leaders hope to one day become nation’s top fracking firm

  Liberty Oilfield Services Inc., which will become North America’s second-biggest fracking provider with the acquisition of a Schlumberger unit, expects to one day topple Halliburton Co. from the No. 1 spot. “Customer demand has told us to grow at this pace, and then deals like this come to us,” Liberty Chief Executive Officer Chris …

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A post-Labor Day problem for refineries

  The COVID-19 pandemic has left U.S. refineries with a problem. What to do with growing supplies of diesel fuel, a byproduct of refining oil for gasoline. Reports suggest that some refineries aren’t eager to reopen and resume production of gasoline after Hurricane Laura hit the Gulf Coast states last week. Demand for gasoline is …

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What Schlumberger’s Fracking Exit Says About the Future of U.S. Oil

  Schlumberger’s decision to sell its fracking unit is indicative of what has happened to the U.S. oil and gas industry because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The move to eliminate the company’s hydraulic fracturing unit in North America and combine it with public company Liberty Oilfield Services in Denver leaves fewer than 100 fracking operations …

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Trump critics don’t think he should help oil and gas during COVID-19 pandemic

  While the federal government has given COVID-19 pandemic aid to many businesses and industries, its move to assist the oil and gas industry gets a different take from observers and some journalists. Their take is that the Trump administration is cozy with oil and gas and while allowing the industry to pay lower prices …

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Completion reports for September 3, 2020

Completion reports filed on September 3, 2020. ALFALFA COUNTY Hinkle Oil & Gas Inc Cherokee Sand / Mississippi Chat: Gas 1 Flow 36 28N 11W State Of Oklahoma 1-36, April 17, 2019 SH, GAS, TD: 6050 ft Lat: 36.85691, Long: -98.33960 API: 35003213130003 LINCOLN COUNTY Roberson Oil Company Inc Mississippian: Oil 173 Gas 518 Water 1300 Pump 34 17N 3E Sadler 1-27mh, July 07, …

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Permits to drill for September 3, 2020

Permits to drill for September 3, 2020. Kay County ROSS #4, September 02 2020 27 25N 1W NWNWSWSE API: 07123999 Lat: 36.61120271723355, Long: -97.29098041795156 KODA OPERATING LLC SH, RC, 4408 ft, LAYTON(3123)

Tough trading Thursday for most Oklahoma energy operators

  Oil prices dropped Thursday and so did the value of most energy companies with operations based in Oklahoma or in its shale plays. But surprisingly, Panhandle Oil and Gas gained 22 cents or 12.87% to reach $1.93 and Chesapeake Energy saw an 8% increase or 38 cents more a share to settle at $5.08. Alliance …

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