July 25, 2022 archive

Foreign operators involved in carbon capture pipelines in Iowa

  More dark details are being uncovered in some of the carbon capture projects that have been in the news in recent weeks in Iowa where landowners are fighting eminent domain efforts. BOLD Nebraska, an environmental group that fought the Keystone XL pipeline recently reported how foreign operators are among those involved in some of …

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Bakken production back on track this month?

  The Williston Herald reports that oil production in the Bakken of North Dakota should be back on track following back-to-back blizzards in April. It’s important for Oklahoma oil producers active in the play. The newspaper reported: Those back to back blizzards in April were a significant whammy to production for April, May, and perhaps …

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Rep. Bice label’s Biden’s trip to Middle East as “misguided”

  Congresswoman Stephanie Bice’s (OK-05) opinion piece on President Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia was featured in the Washington Examiner. Read below: On day one of his presidency, President Joe Biden began his war on domestic energy , which has affected every part of our economy. We are facing record high inflation at 9.1%, and people are still feeling the …

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Completion reports for July 25, 2022

Jerry Bohnen Mon, Jul 25 at 7:19 PM BLAINE COUNTY Continental Resources Inc All Zones Producing: Oil 287 Gas 4986 Water 2752 Flow 8 14N 12W Lorene 2-8-5xhm, April 20, 2022 HH, GAS, TD: 22650 ft Lat: 35.69631, Long: -98.50183 API: 35011242810000 Continental Resources Inc All Zones Producing: Oil 367 Gas 6353 Water 3495 Flow 5 14N 12W Lorene 3-5-8xhm, April 20, 2022 HH, GAS, TD: …

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Permits to drill for July 25, 2022

Carter County A.N. HARLEY #49, July 25 2022 19 2S 3W SESWSENW API: 01925961 Lat: 34.369405478195226, Long: -97.55647005410461 O’NEAL OIL & GAS CO SH, DR, 600 ft, PERMIAN(300) Garvin County WEATHERFORD A #6-31, July 25 2022 31 4N 2W NWSWSESW API: 04924046 Lat: 34.769570614023195, Long: -97.4527524530614 XTO ENERGY INC SH, RC, 8232 ft, VIOLA(6700), SIMPSON (LS OIL …

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Rep. Cole–America’s energy solutions are here at home

  Oklahoma Congressman Tom Cole says President Biden’s energy policies are still diminishing the nation’s energy independence while pursuing what Rep. Cole calls “out-of-touch energy policies.” In his weekly column this week, the Republican Representative said Biden refuses to acknowledge the obvious solutions right here in America. Here is his column: Since President Joe Biden …

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Crude prices are up but OK Energy stocks soared on Monday

Crude oil prices rebounded nearly $2 on Monday but the Oklahoma Energy stocks were nearly out of sight with some seeing gains of 7 and 8% and at least one, SandRidge Energy recording a gain of 10%. Helmerich & Payne recorded a 7% gain, Mammoth Energy 8%, and Unit Corporation 7%. Crude oil prices rose …

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Oilfield employment still lagging in Texas

  Another report shows how employment in the oil and gas industry in Texas is still far behind numbers before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the country. An analysis by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis shows the industry in Texas added back only half of the jobs lost during the pandemic and it’s …

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Back to normal operations on Keystone pipeline

  Normal operations resumed over the weekend on the Keystone oil pipeline network that runs through Oklahoma following early July vandalism at an electric substation in South Dakota. TC Energy reported it resumed normal operations July 23 following the nearly week-long reduction in capacity according to S&P Global. The line carries crude oil out of …

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Amazon introduces EV delivery vans to first of cities

  None in any of Amazon’s Oklahoma markets, but Amazon plans to roll out thousands of custom electric delivery vehicles to more than 100 cities by the end of the year including Kansas City and Dallas. The company said it eventually plans to expand EV’s made by Rivian to 100,000 cities by 2030 reported KING …

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