With a theme of “Energy Pioneers in the New Frontier,” the Southern States Energy Board’s 61st annual meeting will be held this week in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt will host the 3-day conference at the Omni Hotel in the heart of Oklahoma City’s Bricktown entertainment district. Speakers at the event beginning …
September 2021 archive
Mullin says Build Back Better is a blank check for socialism
Oklahoma congressman Markwayne Mullin contends President Biden’s $3.5 trillion “Build Back Better” plan is nothing but a blank check for socialism, one that also is a move to get rid of fossil fuels that are central parts of economies in Oklahoma and other oil and gas producing states. Writing in his latest “Mulllin It …
Church is new owner of former Unit Corporation headquarters bldg
The Transformation Church was the buyer of the Unit Corporate headquarters building in Tulsa. Published reports identified the church as the new owner in a $35 million deal that allowed Unit Corp to remain in the more than 196,000-square-foot building which Unit developed 5 years ago. As OK Energy Today reported earlier, Unit’s chairman …
Oklahoma congressman pushes ahead with lawsuit challenging vaccine mandate
A lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate that could affect numerous small energy companies in Oklahoma is moving ahead in the courts. Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) recently met with Alfredo Ortiz, President and CEO of the Job Creators Network, to discuss their lawsuit against the Biden Administration’s unconstitutional vaccine mandate on American small …
Legislator pushes for more use of former Burns Flat air base
Rep. Tammy Townley, R-Ardmore, hosted an interim study Friday morning before the House Government Modernization Committee to consider avenues to help Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority (OSIDA) reach its full potential as a competitive industrial authority. The Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority (OSIDA) is a development authority created in 1999 to operate a 2,700 spaceport …
Completion reports for September 24, 2021
STEPHENS COUNTY Citation Oil & Gas Corporation Sims(4915): Oil 5 Water 672 Pump 2 1S 4W S.a.f.b.”a”ut.(Calmes /a/4) 37, March 16, 2021 SH, OIL, TD: 5370 ft Lat: 34.49338, Long: -97.59194 API: 35137021950001
Permits to drill for September 24, 2021
Canadian County MARBLE 1307 #2LMH-34, September 24 2021 03 12N 7W NENENWNW API: 01725707 Lat: 35.55066349974672, Long: -97.93312723716444 CHAPARRAL ENERGY LLC HH, DR, 14400 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(9516) Canadian County MARBLE 1307 #1SMH-34, September 24 2021 03 12N 7W NENENWNW API: 01725706 Lat: 35.55066350137943, Long: -97.93317766055405 CHAPARRAL ENERGY LLC HH, DR, 14500 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(9626) Canadian County MARBLE 1307 #3SMH-34, …
Oil holds steady while Oklahoma energy stocks improve
Crude oil prices managed to hold their own in Friday’s trading with increases of less than $1 a barrel in both the U.S. and in Europe but still reaching nearly $74 in the states and $78 overseas. Plus, Oklahoma energy stocks joined in the positive trading day. West Texas Intermediate crude for November delivery …
Rig counts grow in Oklahoma and the U.S.
The latest Baker Hughes rig report shows Oklahoma continues to see growth in its rig activity while the nation’s count does the same. Oklahoma’s count increased by 4 in the past week to reach 39 active rigs in the field. A year ago, the state had only 12 active rigs. The U.S. count, per …
Energy news in brief
** Native American tribes, including the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe told the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that the environmental study on Dakota Access oil pipeline is biased and urged the Biden administration to bring in the U.S. Interior Department. ** Interior Secretary Deb Haaland suggested a sharply limited role for fossil fuel extraction on U.S. federal …
