You don’t normally see much about Blake Production Company, a firm based in Oklahoma City. But this week, Blake filed a completion report on a Dewey County well with nearly 1,200 barrels of oil a day in production. The Cypress 1816 1-35h, located about 5 miles southeast of Taloga (35 18N 16W) was completed in …
August 25, 2022 archive
Fight advances against proposed turnpike in Norman
The fight by hundreds of Norman residents against the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority over a proposed new turnpike that would run through homes and business parts of the city took another step this week. The residents filed suit and accused the Authority of violating the state’s Open Meeting Act and this week their attorney Stan …
Banks that “boycotted” fossil fuels banned by Texas
Ten financial firms that did not support the oil and gas industry learned Wednesday they had just been banned from doing business with the state of Texas. State Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced the decision to ban BlackRock Inc and other banks and investment firms from entering into most contracts with the state reported The …
Other energy headlines
** The state of Utah and two Republican-leaning rural counties sued the Biden administration on Wednesday over the president’s decision last year to restore two sprawling national monuments on rugged lands sacred to Native Americans that former President Donald Trump had downsized. ** Climate activists have developed plans to foil a provision Senator Joe Manchin wedged into the new …
Laredo Petroleum executive leaves company
Laredo Petroleum just lost its Chief Operating Officer and the company indicated it won’t replace T. Karen Chandler. She was the company’s Senior Vice President and COO and left the company immediately, according to an SEC filing made by Laredo. The company stated that “Dr. Chandler’s departure was not the result of any disagreement …
Fight looms over protecting lesser prairie chicken in the Permian Basin
The debate is growing in New Mexico whether federal protections for the lesser prairie chicken, including Oklahoma, will harm the oil and gas industry. U.S. Rep. Yvette Herrell of New Mexico is fighting the federal proposal to list the bird as “endangered” reported the Carlsbad Current-Argus. Click here for Carlsbad Current-Argus
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