** The nation’s largest electric grid operator PJM Interconnection is so clogged with requests from energy developers seeking connections to its regional transmission network in the eastern United States that it is proposing a two-year pause on reviewing more than 1,200 energy projects, most of them solar power. ** The Biden administration is considering a Chevron …
February 2022 archive
Train crew rescues woman floating on Oklahoma’s Texoma Lake
A woman found stranded on an air mattress afloat Oklahoma’s Lake Texoma can thank a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train crew for her rescue late last week in southern Oklahoma. As NBC News reported, two crew members on the train spotted the woman floating on the lake and immediately notified authorities who found the …
Crude oil pushes higher to $92 in U.S.
Crude oil prices hit their highest mark in the U.S. since the fall of 2014, settling at more than $92 a barrel. West Texas Intermediate crude for March delivery shot up $2.04 or 2.3% to settle at $92.31 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Global benchmark Brent crude for April delivery rose …
Two Kingfisher County sites yield nearly 10,000 barrels of oil a day
We’re long past the point of sounding like a broken record with reports on massive STACK completions reported by Ovintiv Inc. But the company filed reports in the past week showing an astounding 5,000 barrel a day of oil production from a 3-well single pad site and more than 4,500 barrels of oil from …
Bezo’s aerospace company to expand into Denver
South Denver is apparently about to be the site of an operation of billionaire Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin, the aerospace company headquartered in Washington state. The Denver Gazette reports Blue Origin is advertising for 50 jobs in Denver. Blue Origin completed its third human space-flight, the first with six astronauts on board in December …
420,000 gallon oil, water spill cleaned up near Carlsbad
The state of New Mexico says it’s completed cleanup from a 420,000 gallon spill of oil-contaminated water last fall at a site about 5 miles east of Carlsbad. The spill was initially reported in October 2021 reported the Carlsbad Current-Argus. Click here for Carlsbad Current Argus
Other energy news headlines
** The interior solicitor in the Biden administration said in an opinion released Friday that the mineral rights under the original Missouri River riverbed belong to a North Dakota tribal nation. ** ConocoPhillips said traders should be worried about strong oil production growth coming out of the U.S. this year and in 2023, potentially echoing the …
Completion reports for February 4, 2022
CANADIAN COUNTY Travis Peak Resources Llc Mississippian(8791): Oil 526 Gas 744 Water 1264 Pump 28 12N 6W Bimbat 21-16-12n-6w 1mhx, October 16, 2021 HH, OIL, TD: 17023 ft Lat: 35.49260, Long: -97.83187 API: 35017256740000 Travis Peak Resources Llc Mississippian(9306): Oil 837 Gas 947 Water 773 Pump 28 12N 6W Bimbat 21-16-12n-6w 2mhx, October 16, 2021 HH, OIL, TD: 16741 ft Lat: 35.49255, Long: -97.83187 API: 35017256750000 KINGFISHER …
Permits to drill for February 4, 2022
Blaine County B PERKINS #2-6-7-18XHM, February 03 2022 06 14N 13W NWNENWNW API: 01124303 Lat: 35.72446562709848, Long: -98.62897483163378 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC MU, DR, 28085 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(12821), MISSISSIPPIAN (LESS CHESTER)(12950) Creek County VANESSA RAE #2, February 04 2022 04 16N 10E NESWSENW API: 03729485 Lat: 35.89529595135149, Long: -96.25778268455826 WEINS HORTON L SH, DR, 3650 ft, LAYTON(947), SKINNER(1860), RED …
OK Treasurer says New Year sees gross receipts swell
Gross Receipts to the Treasury show Oklahoma’s economy is doing very well at the start of the new year, State Treasurer Randy McDaniel announced. January gross receipts of $1.5 billion are up by more than 27 percent compared to the same month of last year. Twelve-month receipts of $15.5 billion measure growth of more …
