May 17, 2022 archive

Completion reports for May 17, 2022

BLAINE COUNTY Continental Resources Inc Mississippian(12382): Oil 270 Gas 13678 Water 247 Flow 35 15N 13W Tres C Fiu 2-35-2xhm, January 28, 2022 HH, GAS, TD: 22407 ft Lat: 35.73898, Long: -98.55050 API: 35011242780000 Continental Resources Inc Mississippian(12501): Oil 127 Gas 9897 Water 238 Flow 35 15N 13W Tres C Federal 3-35-2xhm, January 08, 2022 HH, GAS, TD: 21987 ft Lat: 35.73893, Long: -98.56010 API: 35011242790000 Continental …

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Permits to drill for May 17, 2022

Blaine County ALTA BIA 1511 #2-31-30MXH, May 06 2022 19 15N 11W SWSWSWSE API: 01124317 Lat: 35.75486113979787, Long: -98.40988437517477 MARATHON OIL COMPANY HH, AM, 22396 ft, MISSISSIPPI(11721) Blaine County ALTA BIA 1511 #3-31-30MXH, May 06 2022 19 15N 11W SWSWSWSE API: 01124318 Lat: 35.75479246283974, Long: -98.40988436838721 MARATHON OIL COMPANY HH, AM, 22362 ft, MISSISSIPPI(11787) Grady County DAVIS …

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Crude oil slipped Tuesday while OK energy stocks had another strong showing

  While U.S. Senators used a hearing with Canadian officials to point out how the Biden administration intends to buy oil from U.S. enemies rather than from Canada, the Biden administration began easing sanctions on Venezuela. As a result, crude oil prices dropped in Tuesday’s trading. Reports indicated the easing of sanctions is being carried …

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Canadian officials tell Senators–Keystone XL was needed

  President Biden’s cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline came up Tuesday during a U.S. Senate hearing that featured Canadian officials who said, yes, the cancellation worsened supply chain issues between the two countries. Sen. James Lankford was among those on the Senate Energy and Resources Committee who took part in the hearing that was …

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Sooners are named national champs in geothermal competition

  We’re not sure if it includes a banner to hang somewhere on campus, but the OU Sooners are national champs again. The University of Oklahoma won the U.S. Department of Energy  2022 Geothermal Collegiate Competition, an annual event that prepares students to lead the next generation of geothermal energy development. The Sooners Geothermal Team walked off with $10,000 …

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Appeals court sets arguments date in Oklahoma lawsuit over social cost of carbon metric

  Arguments in the 2021 lawsuit brought by Oklahoma and 12 other states challenging the Biden administration’s social cost of carbon metric will be heard in June before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit. The court in St. Louis will hear arguments June 16 after a federal judge ruled last year against …

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Governors plead for Biden administration to help ailing solar industry

  The governors of Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Colorado and New Mexico were among 19 governors who voiced their criticism to President Biden this week about the growing government investigation into the Asian solar production market. In a letter to the White House, the governors told the President,  “The current market disruption jeopardizes much of the …

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Empire Petroleum reports colossal revenue jump in 1Q

  A 400% increase in total revenues compared to a year ago was reported in the first quarter 2022 by Empire Petroleum. Revenue from oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids sales was $13.1 million for the first quarter compared to $2.4 million in the 2021 comparable period according to the quarterly financial report released …

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Headlines of energy news in US and World

** The Western Energy Alliance appeared  in the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming on Friday morning in its lawsuit challenging the Department of the Interior’s failure to hold quarterly onshore oil and natural gas lease sales. The suit, Western Energy Alliance v Biden, was filed in January 2021 after President Biden signed the Executive Order on Climate …

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Iowa gas stations to be required to offer E15

  The governor of Iowa was expected this week to sign a bill into law establishing an Iowa Renewable Fuels Mandate. Gov. Kim Reynolds supported the bill that would require gas stations to offer E15 from at least one pump by 2026 according to Radio Iowa. Click here for Radio Iowa