Make it six trading sessions of losses for crude oil prices as the oil market now has seen 15% declines since early July. Oklahoma energy stocks had their losses too in Thursday’s trading. The weakened global demand from the increase in COVID-19 cases has resulted in oil prices at lows not seen since May. …
August 2021 archive
OSU launches Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research and Education
Oklahoma State University leaders were joined this week by state officials in announcing the creation of a new institute with the objective of supporting aerospace industry growth in Oklahoma. “Today, we’re announcing the formation of the Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research and Education. Oklahoma State University is the clear leader in aerospace within our …
Halliburton stages another high-tech fracking job in the Permian
Halliburton Company announced a successful execution of its SmartFleet™ intelligent fracturing system with a major operator in the Permian Basin. “We view the SmartFleet system as a tool that provides valuable insights into subsurface fracture placement,” said Aaron Hunter, vice president of the Midland Basin for ConocoPhillips. “These insights lead to informed decisions that improve fracture …
Hinkle adds 3 STACK wells to list of producing wells
Oklahoma City energy company Hinkle Oil & Gas Inc. reported July completions of three Kingfisher County wells with combined total production of more than 1,600 barrels of oil a day. The Lincoln Southeast Oswego Unit wells, each drilled on adjacent sections north and south of the Cimarron River were completed in July at sites about …
Completion reports for August 18, 2021
GRADY COUNTY Continental Resources Inc Woodford: Oil 47 Gas 7305 Water 4664 Flow 3 3N 5W Goff 2-10-15xhw, April 27, 2021 HH, GAS, TD: 25504 ft Lat: 34.75470, Long: -97.71986 API: 35051248030000 KAY COUNTY Koda Operating Llc Layton(3184): Oil 50 Gas 75 Water 2100 Pump 28 25N 1W Diemer 5-28, December 25, 2019 SH, OIL, TD: 4707 ft Lat: 36.61819, Long: -97.30635 API: 35071241470001 KINGFISHER COUNTY Hinkle …
Permits to drill for August 18, 2021
Canadian County TYLER 1107 #3-36-25MXH, August 18 2021 36 11N 7W SESESESW API: 01725699 Lat: 35.37806797139514, Long: -97.8936612815536 MARATHON OIL COMPANY MU, DR, 20202 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(9760), MISSISSIPPI LIME(10125), WOODFORD(10353) Canadian County TYLER 1107 #2-36-25MXH, August 18 2021 36 11N 7W SESESESW API: 01725698 Lat: 35.37806797692292, Long: -97.89374514119343 MARATHON OIL COMPANY MU, DR, 20254 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(9810), MISSISSIPPI LIME(10175), …
Energy news in brief
** A federal judge on Wednesday threw out Trump administration approvals for a large planned oil project on Alaska’s North Slope, saying the federal review was flawed and didn’t include mitigation measures for polar bears. U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason in Anchorage vacated permits for ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska in a 110-page …
Kansas university looks to new curriculum for climate change era
Leaders of Kansas Wesleyan University, a small college in Salina, Kansas want to reconnect educational disciplines and “unite students with the land” as part of the climate change fight. So they’ve launched a mentor project to help students understand how their chosen careers should include consideration of the climate change reported the Kansas Reflector. …
Protesters urge Iowa energy company to retire coal energy
Dozens of environmental protesters paraded in downtown Des Moines, Iowa this week demanding that MidAmerican Energy give up its coal-fired power plants. The protesters, many wearing masks, gathered outside the headquarters of the state’s largest energy company and carried signs calling for the firm to retire all of its coal plants in nine years …
Army to add hundreds of solar units at Fort Riley, Kansas
Housing at Fort Riley in Kansas will soon see hundreds of additional roof-top solar systems to help provide more renewable power to the military installation. Solar Power News reported that the military family housing partnership between Corvias and the Army will begin with construction of phase two of the solar energy program which will …