March 2022 archive

Completion reports for March 25, 2022

DEWEY COUNTY Staghorn Petroleum Ii Llc Red Fork(9194): Oil 800 Gas 913 Water 1120 Flow 34 18N 16W The Replacement 18-16-34 1h, December 04, 2021 HH, OIL, TD: 14460 ft Lat: 35.98648, Long: -98.89702 API: 35043237300000 KAY COUNTY Oex-1 Llc Red Fork(3596): Gas 70 Flow 31 27N 2E Hercyk (Hercyk Swd 1-31) 1-31, December 27, 2021 SH, GAS, TD: 5090 ft Lat: 36.78172, Long: …

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Baker Hughes reports rig activity growth in U.S.

  While one company reported a large drop in rig numbers in the U.S., another, Baker Hughes, said there was a gain of 7 rigs in the past week across the country to reach a total of 670. Earlier, Enverus Rig Analytics reported a drop in the nation’s oil and gas rig count. The Baker …

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Tenth District manufacturing activity grew at a record pace in March

  Factory activity in Oklahoma and other Midwestern states increased at a record pace this month according to the March Manufacturing Survey released by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. But Chad Wilkerson, vice president and economist at the Federal Reserve Bank said there was also a catch to that record pace. ““However, due …

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Kansas nuclear power plant targeted by Russian hackers

  Newly released government documents show Russian hackers targeted a nuclear power plant in Kansas over the past several years. Fox 4 News in Kansas City reports two indictments that were returned in August were recently unsealed by the Department of Justice. Click here for Fox 4 News

Utility accuses New Mexico regulators of not following state law

  Public Service Company of New Mexico is standing up to the state’s utility regulators, arguing they didn’t follow state law in denying the utility’s request to abandon the Four Corners Power Plant. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports PNM filed documents making the claim against the Public Regulation Commission. Click here for Santa Fe …

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Other energy headlines

** Environmentalists urge the U.S. Interior Department to block a ConocoPhillips Arctic drilling project, saying it doesn’t mesh with the Biden administration’s conservation goals. ** Environmental groups sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, saying oil and gas development is driving a California lizard to extinction. ** California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes an $11 billion gasoline-price relief package that would include a …

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Permits to drill for March 24, 2022

Alfalfa County MCDANIEL #3-18H, March 24 2022 19 25N 11W NENENENW API: 00323409 Lat: 36.63682330929122, Long: -98.42420628818823 AEXCO PETROLEUM INC HH, DR, 11000 ft, MISS’AN LM(5900) Alfalfa County MACDONALD #2-17H, March 24 2022 17 25N 11W SESWSWSW API: 00323408 Lat: 36.63821188676477, Long: -98.4126055324035 AEXCO PETROLEUM INC HH, DR, 11000 ft, MISS’AN LM(5900) Dewey County TITUS SOUTH #25-36-1XH, …

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Completion reports for March 24, 2022

BLAINE COUNTY Continental Resources Inc Woodford(13308): Oil 82 Gas 6045 Water 1823 Flow 1 14N 13W Simmons 7-1-12xhw, January 12, 2022 HH, GAS, TD: 23171 ft Lat: 35.72441, Long: -98.53381 API: 35011242750000 CANADIAN COUNTY Ovintiv Usa Inc 15 14N 7W Peters 1407 2h-15x, December 22, 2021 HH, DRY, TD: 19655 ft Lat: 35.69596, Long: -97.93356 API: 35017256680001 GRADY COUNTY Camino Natural Resources Llc …

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Crude prices slipped as EU leaders couldn’t agree on total Russian boycott

  A failure by the European Union to agree on a plan to boycott Russian oil led to a 2% fall in crude prices in Thursday’s trading but prices still ranged from $112 to $119 a barrel in the US and overseas. All the while, Russian troops are mired in growing fighting with Ukrainian forces. …

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Occidental to build carbon removal plant in Permian

  The Permian Basin in West Texas and southeast New Mexico is expected to be the site of a carbon capture plant, courtesy of Occidental Petroleum Corp. The company plans to spend up to $300 million on the industrial-scale operation reported S&P Global. Click here for S&P Global