May 8, 2021 archive

More gains made in US rig count

  While Oklahoma’s rig count was unchanged at 21 in the past week, the US count rose by 8 to hit 448. Baker Hughes Co. reported the national count included a growth of 2 oil rigs to 344 while the number of gas rigs increased by 7 to 103. The US count is 74 higher …

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Completion reports for May 7, 2021

ALFALFA COUNTY Trans Pacific Oil Corporation Mississippian(4927): Oil 5 Gas 90 Water 1099 Pump 2 28N 12W Frieden A 1-2, November 03, 2020 SH, OIL, TD: 5640 ft Lat: 36.93624, Long: -98.46176 API: 35003233890000 MAJOR COUNTY Brg Petroleum Llc 2 21N 15W Husker 2-2, July 20, 2020 SH, DISP, TD: 9300 ft Lat: 36.32047, Long: -98.76681 API: 35093249450002 STEPHENS COUNTY Banner Oil & …

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Permits to drill for May 7, 2021

Carter County ASSAULT #1-9-16-21XHM, May 04 2021 09 2S 3W NWNWNWSW API: 01926441 Lat: 34.39716391574199, Long: -97.52650466457223 CITATION OIL & GAS CORPORATION MU, AM, 19100 ft, CANEY(9546), CANEY SUBTHRUSTED(9546), SYCAMORE UNDERTHRUST(9736), SYCAMORE(9736), WOODFORD(10086), WOODFORD UNDERTHRUST(10086) Garvin County PETRIE #1-17-20-21-22XHW, May 05 2021 17 1N 1E NWNESESW API: 04925336 Lat: 34.55329800912409, Long: -97.22244585789085 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC MU, DR, …

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Energy news in brief

** Colonial Pipeline, the largest U.S. gasoline and diesel pipeline system, halted all operations Friday after a cybersecurity attack and said it’s working to get things back to normal. ** Canada’s Enbridge Inc will continue to operate its Line 5 despite an order from the U.S. state of Michigan to shut down the crude oil pipeline next …

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Congresswoman eyes cleanup of abandoned oil wells polluting Latino and Indigenous communities

New Mexico Democratic congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández wants congress to set aside $8 billion to handle tens of thousands of abandoned oil wells that she says are polluting Latino and Native American communities across the country.  Many abandoned oil wells are located in her home state which has the largest percentage of Latinos in the U.S. reported …

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Pipeline protesting law challenged

  When Oklahoma adopted a law targeting protesters who trespass on pipeline land, Louisiana followed suit and now the law is being challenged according to a federal judge’s ruling. The judge ruled protesters from New Orleans and Mississippi and a New York journalist arrested during a protest of pipeline construction can continue their challenge of …

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