The U.S. Energy Information Administration predicted this week that crude oil production in the Permian Basin of West Texas and southeast New Mexico will increase to a record 5.205 million barrels a day in March. The EIA expects oil output to increase 71,000 barrels a day. The Anadarko Basin, covering Oklahoma and the Texas …
February 2022 archive
Colorado’s largest oil and gas producer wants permission to drill closer than 2,000 feet from homes
A subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum wants exclusion from the state’s 2,000-foot buffer to drill 26 wells near 87 homes in Firestone. The state’s biggest operator, Occidental Petroleum, through its Colorado subsidiary Kerr-McGee, is seeking to drill 26 wells within 2,000 feet of 87 homes, with the closest residence 763 feet away reported the Colorado …
New Mexico legislature kills hydrogen hub bill
A bill to turn New Mexico into a clean hydrogen energy hub is apparently dead in the state’s legislature after environmentalists came out against the measure. The legislature’s House Speaker announced this week that the bill, considered one of the most contentious in the legislature this year, is dead reported the Santa Fe New …
OGE bond case received by Oklahoma Supreme Court
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has now officially received the $800 million bond securitization case involving Oklahoma Gas and Electric and the Oklahoma Development Finance Authority. A posting this week on the Supreme Court website indicated the case had been “assigned” to the court. No further details were offered in the posting. A Supreme Court …
Nebraska residents demand answers over contaminated for ethanol plant
Some legislators and environmental groups in Nebraska are demanding the state legislature investigate a former ethanol plant that left behind a stockpile of contaminated waste. At the heart of the issue is the AltEn plant near Mead which is now a stockpile of tens of thousands of tons of pesticide-laden waste reported the Lincoln …
Walgreens stores to be site of EV charging stations
Coming soon to a Walgreens near you….electric vehicle charging stations. While the company only says 500 Walgreens sites will soon get the stations courtesy of EV charging network Volta, it hasn’t identified which drugstores will get them. reported Engadget. Click here for Engadget
$1 million in fines issued by New Mexico against 2 energy firms
Energy companies Contango Oil & Gas Co. and Novo Oil & Gas Northern Delaware, LLC have been fined more than $1 million by the state of New Mexico for failing to comply with regulations. The state Oil Conservation Division issued the combined penalties reported the Santa Fe New Mexican. Click here for Santa Fe New …
Ethanol—not so green? Study claims
While the Biden administration has been supportive of more development of ethanol as a climate-change preventive fuel, a new study shows that corn-based ethanol is a bigger contributor to global warming than straight gasoline. The study was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and flies in the face of USDA …
Permits to drill for February 14, 2022
Canadian County LEOTA #5H-1918X, February 14 2022 19 13N 8W NWSESWSE API: 01725359 Lat: 35.58126973892905, Long: -98.08892270470133 CIMAREX ENERGY CO MU, DR, 22000 ft, WOODFORD(11500) Canadian County LEOTA #6H-1918X, February 14 2022 20 13N 8W NWSWSWSW API: 01725358 Lat: 35.58152345210961, Long: -98.08250073649992 CIMAREX ENERGY CO MU, DR, 22000 ft, WOODFORD(11500) Canadian County LEOTA #4H-1918X, February 14 2022 …
Completion reports for February 14, 2022
CARTER COUNTY Continental Resources Inc Mississippian(14303): Oil 100 Gas 383 Water 3521 Flow 8 3S 3W Gallaway 2r-8-7-6xhm, November 19, 2021 HH, OIL, TD: 22708 ft Lat: 34.30788, Long: -97.52941 API: 35019264500000 KINGFISHER COUNTY Ovintiv Usa Inc All Zones Producing: Oil 1529 Gas 3074 Water 3108 Flow 19 16N 7W Carol Fiu 1607 3h-18x, October 10, 2021 HH, OIL, TD: 18547 ft Lat: 35.84265, Long: -97.98915 …
