September 2022 archive

Amazon’s warehouse closings won’t include Oklahoma operations

  Oklahoma is not included in the states where Amazon decided to pare back its warehouse operations nationwide. The state’s two major Amazon operations in Oklahoma City and Tulsa will continue while the company canceled 44 other facilities and also delayed the opening of 25 other sites.  CNBC reported that Amazon was reducing its physical …

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Hot weather is still baking Oklahoma

  For those of you who thought just because it is September that we might enjoy some cool weather in Oklahoma—Mother Nature has another answer. Get ready for another round of some of that good ole hot summer time weather….temperatures threatening to approach 100 degrees! The Oklahoma Mesonet’s Gary McManus had the bad news this …

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Hurricane raises financial nightmare for OKC’s Mammoth Energy

  Once again Puerto Rico is without electrical power after Hurricane Fiona slammed into the country on Sunday, leaving millions in the dark. In all likelihood, Oklahoma City’s Mammoth Energy won’t be helping with power restoration like it did when Hurricane Maria hit the island country in 2017. Here’s why. When Maria left Puerto Rico …

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Transparency ordered for Evergy in Kansas

  Evergy, the largest electric utility in Kansas has been ordered to be open to the public about its capital spending. The Kansas Corporation Commission issued the transparency order that requires the company to explain its capital spending plan to the public reported The Sentinel. Click here for The Sentinel

Rep. Hern honored for his small business votes

  In the eyes of one national business group, Oklahoma congressman Kevin Hern is a “guardian” of small businesses in the U.S. The McCarville Report says the GOP Representative was honored by the National Federation of Independent Businesses. Click here for McCarville Report

Texas energy supplier fined $1 million

  Texas-based energy supplier Verde Energy USA has been hit with a $1 million fine by the state of Pennsylvania for an alleged wide range of what the state called “egregious” marketing violations. Among the reported violations was switching customers’ energy supply with their consent reported the Philadelphia Inquirer. Click here for Inquirer

Other headlines

** More than 1.3 million customers in Puerto Rico are without power after Hurricane Fiona slammed into the island over the weekend as a Category 1 storm, bringing heavy rains and flooding that led to evacuations and rescues. ** An appeals court sides with the Delaware River Basin Commission and its fracking ban in some parts of Pennsylvania …

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Permits to drill for September 16, 2022

(9600) Harper County A. G. JOHNSON #4-32, September 16 2022 32 26N 25W CNWNW API: 05922479 Lat: 36.69348309230317, Long: -99.92492878069713 MONTEREY PRODUCTION COMPANY LLC SH, RC, 8200 ft, HOOVER(4227) Harper County C.J. LAKE #4-35, September 16 2022 35 27N 25W N2N2S2NW API: 05921933 Lat: 36.77860616541131, Long: -99.8685076881005 MONTEREY PRODUCTION COMPANY LLC SH, RC, 7606 ft, HOOVER(4200) Kingfisher …

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Completion reports for September 16, 2022

CARTER COUNTY Black Mesa Energy Llc Woodford(7836): Oil 813 Gas 3084 Water 1692 Pump 3 1S 3W Flames 3-10-1s-3w Wxh1, June 20, 2022 HH, OIL, TD: 18140 ft Lat: 34.50629, Long: -97.49492 API: 35019264710000 KINGFISHER COUNTY Bce-mach Iii Llc Mississippian (less Chester)(6466): Oil 377 Gas 821 Water 623 Flow 34 18N 5W Rigdon 34-18-5 1mh, May 21, 2021 HH, OIL, TD: 11730 ft Lat: 35.99938, Long: …

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Native Exploration drills big oil and gas producers in McClain County

  The three wells drilled near Blanchard by Oklahoma City-based Native Exploration Operating LLC turned out to be quite a hit for the company. Drilled on a single pad, the wells ended up with more than 2,000 barrels of oil a day and nearly 18,000 Mcf of natural gas.   The largest gas producer, the Charles …

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