October 2021 archive

High marks for OU and OSU’s green power use

  Oklahoma’s two largest universities rank in the top 20 of the EPA’s list of schools for green use power. The EPA’s Top 30 College & University Partners showed the University of Oklahoma ranked 13th highest for its 122,065,000 kWh used annually in providing power for the school. The green power came from wind farms …

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Phillips 66 to buy remaining stake in partnership for $3.4 billion

  Phillips 66 says it’s buying the remaining units of Phillips 66 Partners that it does not already own in a $3.4 billion deal announced Wednesday. The refiner, reported Reuters, intends to simplify its governance and corporate structure. Click here for Reuters.  

The headlines of other energy news stories

** Texas oil exploration and production companies added 2,900 jobs in September, a sign of the industry’s ongoing recovery from its pandemic slump. ** Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards will travel to Scotland this week to promote the state as a location for clean energy projects at ​​the United Nations Climate Change Conference. ** A U.K.-based holding company announces plans to reopen …

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Odessa, Texas shaken by 2 earthquakes

  Like Oklahoma, the state of Texas has discovered that its saltwater injection wells might be the cause of earthquakes. Two quakes measuring 3.4 and 3.6 magnitude rattled Odessa, Texas Tuesday evening around 5 o’clock. Texas regulators were in the process of asking a handful of oil companies to reduce their saltwater injections into disposal …

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Completion reports for October 26, 2021

ELLIS COUNTY Latigo Oil And Gas Inc Miss’an (chester)- Morrow Sand: Gas 78 Water 6 Pump 29 24N 23W Frisby 1-29, September 29, 2021 SH, GAS, TD: 8298 ft Lat: 36.52750, Long: -99.69293 API: 35045214760001 MCCLAIN COUNTY Elder Craig Oil And Gas Llc Hart (4th Deese): Oil 53 Gas 35 Water 26 Pump 11 5N 4W North Panther Creek 2-11, May 30, 2021 SH, OIL, …

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Permits to drill for October 26, 2021

Carter County HHU #7-13, October 26 2021 27 4S 2W NESWNENW API: 01920035 Lat: 34.185011697071616, Long: -97.39889664632021 KODIAK OIL & GAS INC SH, RC, 2280 ft, HOXBAR(1500) Lincoln County JANZEN #1-32 HP, October 26 2021 32 14N 5E SWSWSWSW API: 08124322 Lat: 35.637683825940776, Long: -96.80404710288576 PRAIRIE GAS COMPANY OF OKLAHOMA HH, DR, 8759 ft, PRUE(3570) Mcclain County …

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Crude oil climbs again—OK energy stocks slumped

  Crude oil prices made another rung in the ladder of higher prices on Tuesday inching closer to $85 a barrel in the US while settling at a strong $86 a barrel in Europe. But it didn’t help most Oklahoma energy stocks. West Texas Intermediate crude for December delivery finished up 89 cents at $84.65 …

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Strange October weather in Oklahoma

Not to relive the nightmarish weather that visited Oklahoma a year ago, but yes, last year at this time, a devastating ice storm smacked the state. Remember how 300,000 lost electrical power and some residents in the state went for days and weeks without electricity? Unlike the February 2021 historic winter storm that left thousands …

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Residents fight largest solar farm in Nebraska

  They’re calling it a “last-ditch battle” against what might be the largest solar farm in Nebraska, one that would cover 2,800 acres of land. Residents east of Lincoln are opposed to the plan by Ranger Power to build a solar farm of up to 250 megawatts. And they’re going before the Lincoln-Lancaster County Planning Commission …

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EPA responds to New Mexico Governor and acts to address PFAS under Hazardous Waste Law

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday announced it was acting upon a petition from Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico to tackle contamination by PFAS or “forever” chemicals under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. In responding to the petition, EPA outlined plans to initiate the rulemaking process for two new actions …

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