U.S. gas prices fell by more than 5 cents on average on Monday but not in Oklahoma where prices rose one cent or more. As a result, Oklahoma is no longer on the list of states with the lowest prices in the country. While the national average slipped to $3.89 as of Tuesday morning, …
August 2022 archive
Evergy union workers in Kansas contend they’re underpaid compared to Missouri
Evergy union workers in Kansas are protesting they are not getting equal pay treatment compared to Evergy’s union workers in Missouri. Members of IBEW Local 304 staged an information picket this week outside the Evergy building in downtown Topeka reported the Topeka Capital-Journal. Click here for Capital-Journal
Saltwater spill in North Dakota under investigation
A saltwater spill in North Dakota’s oilfields is bein investigated by the state’s Department of Environmental Quality, a spill that could take more than a year to clean up. The Associated Press said the spill happened when a pipeline owned by New York-based Hess Corp. broke near the town of Ray and leaked enough …
Texas is home to four of the nation’s top 10 emitting power plants
A report by E&E news shows that four of the top ten emitting power plants in the U.S. are in the state of Texas. The energy news agency said the top ten are all coal-burning power plants and the list is based on emissions data from the Environmental Protection Agency. Missouri’s Labadie power plant, …
Headlines of more energy stories
** About 3,000 white-collar workers at Ford Motor Co. will lose their jobs as the company cuts costs to help make the long transition from internal combustion vehicles to those powered by batteries. ** In the U.S. Lower 48 states, electric power generated by natural gas-fired power plants reached 6.37 million megawatthours on July 21, 2022, according …
Judge says Venezuela owes nearly $9 billion to Conoco Phillips
ConocoPhillips came away with a recent court victory in which a federal judge in Washington, D.C. ruled the company was due nearly $9 billion from Venezuela after the company seized its interests in oil projects. But will ConocoPhillips ever be able to collect? That’s the looming question following Friday’s ruling by U.S. District Judge …
Permits to drill for August 22, 2022
Garvin County SWMOCU (ISABEL WALTERS UNIT 2) #10-2, August 22 2022 36 4N 3W N2SWNWSE API: 04938907 Lat: 34.77318216967437, Long: -97.46541304177944 HIGHMARK ENERGY OPERATING LLC SH, RC, 8500 ft, VIOLA(7143) Garvin County SHERIFF GARRETT #1-30-19XHM, August 22 2022 31 1N 3W SENWNENE API: 04925385 Lat: 34.52053814536013, Long: -97.5489454459332 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC MU, DR, 18387 ft, CANEY(7584), SYCAMORE(8197), …
Completion reports for August 22, 2022
CLEVELAND COUNTY Arrowhead Energy Inc 16 9N 1E Byrd 2-16, July 20, 2022 DH, DISP, TD: 6585 ft Lat: 35.25851, Long: -97.19918 API: 35027214530002 Arrowhead Energy Inc 16 9N 1E Byrd 2-16, July 20, 2022 DH, DISP, TD: 6585 ft Lat: 35.25851, Long: -97.19918 API: 35027214530002 DEWEY COUNTY Crawley Petroleum Corporation All Zones Producing: Oil 1105 Gas 4124 Water 1288 Flow 28 19N …
Austin firm announces 2nd major acquisition in Permian Basin
Brigham Minerals, a Texas company with operation underway in the Anadarko Basin of Oklahoma announced Monday it made yet another acquisition in the Permian Basin. The Austin-based company said it acquired nearly 3,900 net acres from Avant Natural Resources, LLC of Denver in a $132.5 million agreement. The land in question is in the …
Oil and gas industry can thank Colorado Senator for elimination of leasing practice
It was Colorado U.S. Sen John Hickenlooper who was responsible in part for ending a federal-lands leasing practice heavily criticized by the Biden administration and other Democrats. Hickenlooper sponsored the bill that was included in the Inflation Reduction Act. It ends part of a federal-land leasing law that allowed oil and gas companies to …
