May 2021 archive

Liberty Utilities adds another wind farm in SE Kansas

  Kansas got another wind farm online this past week. This time the wind project is in the southeast corner of the state. Liberty Utilities put the Neosho Ridge Wind Farm online in the past few days as the company entered the final phase in its largest ever renewable energy project reported KSN. Click here …

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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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Completion reports for May 6, 2021

CADDO COUNTY Territory Resources Llc Yule-funk Upthrown(4844): Gas 535 Flow 3 5N 9W Furiously 1-3, November 15, 2019 SH, GAS, TD: 11260 ft Lat: 34.93347, Long: -98.12967 API: 35015223700003 LOGAN COUNTY Kirkpatrick Oil Company Inc 4 19N 3W Otter Swd 1-4, April 16, 2021 SH, DISP, TD: 6245 ft Lat: 36.14561, Long: -97.51721 API: 35083240090001

Permits to drill for May 6, 2021

Blaine County EDGEMERE FARMS #3-25-36XHM, May 06 2021 24 15N 13W SESWSESW API: 01124262 Lat: 35.75502358809681, Long: -98.53758533003247 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC MU, DR, 22019 ft, WOODFORD(11150), MISSISSIPPIAN(12195) Carter County JUSTIFY #1-10-15-22XHM, May 06 2021 10 2S 3W NWNENESE API: 01926442 Lat: 34.39786801793834, Long: -97.49373489235907 CITATION OIL & GAS CORPORATION MU, DR, 10780 ft, CANEY(8798), CANEY SUBTHRUSTED(8798), SYCAMORE …

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Oil prices slipped in Thursday’s trading

    Another day, another slip in crude oil prices and analysts blamed increasing COVID-19 infections in India for the slide. West Texas Intermediate crude fell 92 cents or 1.4% to $64.71 a barrel in trading on the NYMEX. Global benchmark Brent crude finished down 87 cents for a 1.3% loss to $68.09 on ICE …

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