While Amazon founder Jeff Bezos prepares to take a rocket ride into space next month, making history as the first Blue Origin passenger, some in Congress encourage the Biden administration to keep commercial spaceflight thriving and safe. Oklahoma Rep. Frank Lucas, the Ranking member of the House Science, Space and Technology committee joined Texas GOP …
June 2021 archive
Inhofe concerned about Biden announcement to repeal and replace Trump-era Navigable Waters Protection rule
During a hearing this week of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe voiced concerns about the Biden administration’s plan to repeal the 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule which replaced the illegal Obama-era Waters of the U.S. rule. It was a rule that Inhofe felt was detrimental and harmful …
Feds not surprised at I-40 bridge crack
The large crack that led to the May 11 shutdown of the Interstate 40 bridge over the Mississippi River wasn’t exactly a shock to the Federal Highway Administration. Reports show the agency was aware that the steel beam in question was made of a grade of steel the Administration found was susceptible to …
Two Texas counties to move toward all-electric county vehicle fleets
Two counties in Texas are working in a collaborative process to switch their county fleet vehicles to electric ones. Travis and Bexar counties are partnering with the South Central Texas Electric Transportation Compact. County leaders approved two resolutions, one for each county on Tuesday reported KVUE News. Travis County is home to Austin, Texas …
One Gas aims to boost renewable natural gas uptake
Tulsa-based One Gas is adjusting its revenue goal by taking aim at industrial and large business customers through the firm’s production of renewable natural gas. Company leaders believe those kinds of customers could be crucial for their demand base of the RNG and maybe even result in lowering the cost of fossil fuel alternative …
Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. announces Core Permian Basin bolt-on acquisitions
Northern Oil and Gas, Inc., a firm based in Minnesota announced this week a more than $100 million move to acquire more holdings in the Permian Basin. The firm said it entered into three definitive agreements to acquire non-operated interests of nearly 2,900 net acres in the heart of Reeves County, Texas and in …
New Cargill plant in Iowa backs corn to replace fossil fuels
Ground is to be broken soon on Cargill’s new $300n million project in Iowa to replace fossil fuels in the process of manufacturing waterproof paper cuts and putting the stretch in athleisure clothes. The company’s project in Eddyville, Iowa will involve corn replacing fossil fuels as the underlying element of the polymer used in …
Completion reports for June 16, 2021
MAJOR COUNTY Crawley Petroleum Corporation Mississippi Lime(8250): Oil 277 Gas 664 Water 1062 Flow 20 21N 13W Anchor P 2-29mh, April 21, 2021 HH, OIL, TD: 13180 ft Lat: 36.27591, Long: -98.62045 API: 35093252530000 PITTSBURG COUNTY Trinity Operating Usg Llc Woodford(8112): Gas 5328 Water 1505 Flow 5 7N 17E Eleanor 3-5/8h, August 02, 2019 HH, GAS, TD: 16585 ft Lat: 35.11169, Long: -95.53253 API: 35121248230001 Trinity …
Permits to drill for June 16, 2021
Beaver County HODGES #11-1, June 16 2021 01 5N 24EC S2N2NESE API: 00724931 LATIGO OIL AND GAS INC SH, RC, 8291 ft, MORROW SAND(6050), CHESTER LIME(6134), ST GENEVIEVE(6438), ST LOUIS(6536) Beaver County MISS PIGGY #1, June 16 2021 21 6N 22EC CNWNW API: 00725264 SNYDER PARTNERS SH, RC, 7000 ft, CHASE(2689), COUNCIL GROVE(3050), TORONTO(4550), LANSING-KANSAS CITY(4678), MARMATON(5424), …
Williams announces deepwater export agreement at Shenandoah
Tulsa-based Williams announced Wednesday that it recently reached an export agreement to provide offshore natural gas gathering and transportation services to the Shenandoah development in the central Gulf of Mexico. The agreement is with Beacon Offshore Energy Development LLC and its co-owner ShenHai, LLC, a subsidiary of Navitas Petroleum. It includes offshore and onshore …
