Fifteen years after a squabble between two energy companies over a pooling order resulted in rulings by the Oklahoma Supreme Court that the Oklahoma Corporation Commission was the court to have final say, the Commission might soon get final say in the case. Oil & Gas Appellate Referee Jan Preslar issued a ruling on …
October 2021 archive
Lankford denounces Biden’s 30 x 30 public lands expansion
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford joined the Congressional Western Caucus and the Senate Western Caucus members this week in calling for an alternative to protect private lands from being added to President Biden’s “30 by 30” initiative for more public lands. “We do not need new vague and lofty conservation campaign promises; we need …
ONE Gas honored for safety record
For the fourth consecutive year, ONE Gas has received an American Gas Association Safety Achievement Award for its outstanding commitment to employee and vehicular safety. The award was presented at the AGA 2021 Operations Conference General Session Oct. 5 and received by Kent Shortridge, managing vice president of Operations, and Todd Hohn, vice president, Environmental, Health, Safety and …
Northern Oil and Gas expands holdings in Williston
Minneapolis-based Northern Oil and Gas announced it just made a $154 million cash bolt-on acquisition of proved producing properties in North Dakota’s Williston Basin where Oklahoma energy firms have had operations. The acquisition involves non-operated interests across over 400 producing wellbores located primarily in Williams, McKenzie, Mountrail and Dunn Counties in the basin …
OKC Community College gets EV charging station
A ribbon cutting ceremony was held this week on the Oklahoma City Community College campus marking the official opening of the college’s electric car charging station. OCCC’s mission is ‘Student success, community enrichment,’” said OCCC Interim President Dr. Jeremy Thomas. “An Electric Vehicle charging station right here on our main campus – right next …
University of Arkansas gets $17.9 million grant for EV studies
A nearly $18 million federal grant has been awarded the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville to fabricate silicon carbide components used in electric vehicles. The National Science Foundation grant establishes UA as the site of a first-of-its-kind facility for the U.S. in that it will be accessible to many researchers reported the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. …
Other energy headlines in today’s news
** U.S. Coast Guard investigators have boarded a massive cargo ship as they probe what caused the rupture of an offshore oil pipeline that sent crude washing up on Southern California beaches. ** The Board of Directors of Murphy Oil Corporation declared a quarterly cash dividend on the Common Stock of Murphy Oil Corporation of $0.125 …
Elk Range Royalties expands holdings in Permian Basin
Elk Range Royalties, LP, a Dallas company with interests in wells throughout Oklahoma’s Anadarko Basin announced it acquired nearly 2,600 acres of Permian Basin royalty interests from an undisclosed seller. The company stated that the cash flow over the last 12 months was $10.8 million and included “top operator exposure to Devon, Pioneer and …
Marathon Petroleum oil refinery continues to leak crude
Marathon Petroleum Corp. is attempting to empty a leaking oil storage tank at its oil refinery on the Texas Gulf Coast. The leak was discovered earlier this week and workers contained much of the crude in a containment dike reported Bloomberg. Click here for Bloomberg.
Completion reports for October 6, 2021
CREEK COUNTY Wfd Oil Corporation 6 15N 9E Darnell Farms 1-6, August 16, 2021 SH, DRY, TD: 3521 ft Lat: 35.79992, Long: -96.39922 API: 35037294580000 Wfd Oil Corporation Skinner(2288): Oil 10 Pump 29 15N 9E Manning 2, August 10, 2021 SH, OIL, TD: 2387 ft Lat: 35.74998, Long: -96.37564 API: 35037294750000 GRADY COUNTY Revolution Operating Company Llc 35 9N 6W Ragsdale 1h-34, …