May 21, 2021 archive

Completion reports for May 21, 2021

completions: none were processed today

Permits to drill for May 21, 2021

Harper County TIPPING #15-3, May 21 2021 15 27N 21W CNENW API: 05921544 Lat: 36.81776735636726, Long: -99.45064313961024 MARJO OPERATING MID-CONTINENT LLC SH, RC, 7700 ft, KANSAS CITY(5247) Kingfisher County EAST HENNESSEY UNIT #265H, May 21 2021 08 19N 6W NENENWNW API: 07326752 Lat: 36.145071746893514, Long: -97.86748928877779 HINKLE OIL & GAS INC HH, DR, 12636 ft, MISSISSIPPI SOLID(7140) …

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Crude oil rebounded more than 2% on Friday

  After three days of losses, crude oil prices reversed their courses on Friday with benchmarks in the US and globally each making gains of more than 2%. One report indicated the rebound was the result of a storm forming in the Gulf of Mexico, reversing the three days of falling prices caused by the …

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Oklahoma’s rig count on the increase

  Figures from Baker Hughes released on Friday showed Oklahoma’s oilfield activity is slowly on the rise, reaching a total of 26 oil and gas rigs. That’s an increase of two in the past week and the 26 compared to only 12 rigs reported one year ago amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Nationally, the count rose …

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Lucas to NASA—don’t back off space exploration

Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas has some advice to NASA’s new Administrator Bill Nelson.  Don’t stop exploration of space and don’t put the brakes on exploring our solar system. As the Ranking Republican on the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Rep. Lucas and Texas GOP Rep. Brian Babin sent a letter to Nelson saying …

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Kayne Anderson Energy Funds announces consolidation of Anadarko Basin portfolio companies under new management

  California-based Kayne Anderson Energy announced the consolidation of three Anadarko Basin portfolio companies putting them under new management and creating additional funding for the oil and gas efforts. Under the consolidation, 89 Energy III, LLC was put in charge of the consolidated energy firms. Kayne Anderson consolidated Casillas Petroleum Resource Partners of Tulsa,  Native …

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Mullin’s column: Pipeline Security is Actually Infrastructure

  Oklahoma congressman Markwayne Mullin asserted that the cybersecurity attack on the Colonial Pipeline Company should serve as a warning of what could happen if the radical Green New Deal is adopted by President Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Writing in his Mullin’ It Over Column this week, the Eastern Oklahoma Republican who also …

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O’Donnell bill set the standard for nationwide utilities legislation

Other states are signing into law measures similar to one authored last year by House Speaker Pro Tempore Terry O’Donnell, R-Catoosa, which gives local property and business owners the right to connect to any utility legally operating in their area. Earlier this week Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a similar measure into law and the …

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Arkansas reinspecting 9 bridges under care of fired inspector

  In light of the crack found in the I-40 bridge over the Mississippi River, one that resulted in the bridge’s shutdown and the subsequent firing of a bridge inspector, the state of Arkansas has launched a review of major bridges previously under the purview of the former employee. The Arkansas Department of Transportation said …

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Permian Basin oil headed to European markets

  More oil from the Permian Basin in West Texas and Southeast New Mexico is headed to Europe. It is part of an agreement reached by Max Midstream of Houston and the Calhoun Port Authority in south Texas where the Permian oil will be shipped to international markets. The Carlsbad Current Argus reported it is …

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