Canada is in U.S. federal courts arguing the now-canceled Keystone XL pipeline can still move ahead despite the opposition of President Biden and his administration. The Canadian province of Alberta made its arguments this week before a federal judge in Galveston, Texas claiming that Biden illegally revoked a key permit for the pipeline, reported …
September 2021 archive
Arkansas wind fans excited about latest Oklahoma project to go online
The buzz is still being generated in Arkansas about the addition of an Oklahoma wind farm as part of the Southwestern Electric Power Company’s North Central Wind Project. As we reported last week, SWEPCO implemented the second commercial phase of the project in northern Oklahoma and eventually it will mean more than half of …
Governor proclaims Texas won’t become nuclear waste dumping ground
While the federal government has permitted a private firm to develop a nuclear waste site in West Texas, the governor has another view—his state won’t allow it. “”Texas will not become America’s nuclear waste dumping ground,” tweeted Gov. Greg Abbott who railed in light of the action this past week by the Nuclear Regulatory …
Completion reports for September 16, 2021
MCCLAIN COUNTY Bays Exploration Inc Viola(11830): Oil 13 Gas 13 Water 15 Pump 7 6N 4W Peters Trust 1, June 03, 2021 SH, OIL, TD: 12710 ft Lat: 35.00228, Long: -97.66391 API: 35087219220000
Permits to drill for September 16, 2021
Coal County LDC ##24/25-5H, August 13 2021 13 2N 9E NESWNWSE API: 02921407 Lat: 34.64139394590224, Long: -96.30975572010956 CANYON CREEK ENERGY ARKOMA LLC MU, AM, 14580 ft, WOODFORD(6500) Coal County LDC ##24/25-4H, August 13 2021 13 2N 9E NWSWNWSE API: 02921406 Lat: 34.64139394275501, Long: -96.30980558679119 CANYON CREEK ENERGY ARKOMA LLC MU, AM, 14000 ft, WOODFORD(6500) Ellis County MEMPHIS …
Crude oil prices manage to hold steady while OK energy stocks were weak
U.S. crude oil prices were unchanged and European oil managed only a slight increase in Thursday’s trading as the threat of Gulf crude production from Hurricane Nicholas retreated. The weak day in trading had the same affect on Oklahoma energy stocks. West Texas Intermediate crude finished the trading session unchanged and remained at $72.61 …
Cypress Environmental closing pipeline segment in Texas
Tulsa’s Cypress Environmental Partners, L.P. announced plans to close Cypress Brown Integrity, its pipeline and process services segment located in Giddings, Texas. The firm will also lay off 18 employees at CBI, a segment that provided customers with hydrotesting, chemical cleaning, drying, water treatment, nitrogen and other related services. The partnership’s reasons for exiting the …
National drilling rig numbers increased
After leading the shale plays and other oil and gas drilling regions last week, the Anadarko Basin suffered losses in rig numbers this week according to the latest report from Enverus Rig Analytics. Enverus reported the Anadarko count declined by two. Nationally, the analytics firm reported an increase of 11 rigs to reach 622 …
Next step taken for liquid fuels plant in Arkansas
Soil and seismic testing on the site of a proposed $3.5 billion natural-gas-to-liquid-fuels plant in southern Arkansas is about to begin. GTL Americas LP of Little Rock announced this week the testing will be at the 1,800-acre site near the Arkansas River reported Arkansas Business. Click here for Arkansas Business.
Some oppose biggest solar farm in Kansas history
It’s not a wind farm project that is opposed by some Eastern Kansas residents. It’s a $320 million solar farm in the southern part of Johnson County—the largest to be built in the state. NextEra Energy, the Florida-based energy is behind the effort to build the West Gardner Solar farm on 3,500 acres of …
