May 11, 2023 archive

Permits to drill for May 11, 2023

Blaine County STOUT #35-2-1MH, May 11 2023 35 14N 12W NWSESWSE API: 01124362 Lat: 35.639248328083355, Long: -98.44343749410342 CRAWLEY PETROLEUM CORPORATION HH, DR, 18505 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(13200) Caddo County ALAMEDA 1112 #1-8, April 04 2023 08 11N 12W NESWSESE API: 01523337 Lat: 35.436392100420846, Long: -98.48571628828552 BLAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY INC SH, AM, 6700 ft, PENNSYLVANIAN(4946) Grady County MARY B 0605 …

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Completion reports for May 11, 2023

BEAVER COUNTY Latigo Oil And Gas Inc Cherokee(6244): Oil 1 Gas 1 Flow 22 4N 25E Barby Lloyd 1-22, January 01, 2023 SH, GAS, TD: 7200 ft Lat: 36.79372, Long: -100.35775 API: 35007228080001 BLAINE COUNTY Devon Energy Production Co Lp Miss’an Lm(11318): Oil 676 Gas 9742 Water 1380 Flow 4 14N 12W Hornet 9_16-14n-12w 3hx, February 14, 2023 HH, OIL, TD: 23109 ft Lat: 35.71233, …

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Corporation Commissioner unleashes harsh criticism of fellow commissioners

  In response to what he calls “last-minute changes to the ‘final orders’ and other deceitful statements made by Commissioners Todd Hiett and Kim David” on Thursday, April 20, 2023,  Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony on Thursday filed another 37-page dissent in the 2021 Fuel Cost and Prudence Review cases for the state’s three largest public utilities. …

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Ascent Resources reported major first quarter gains in its Utica Shale exploration

  Considered one of the largest private producers of natural gas in the U.S. with major drilling efforts in the Utica Shale in southern Ohio, Oklahoma City’s Ascent Resources reported a strong first quarter with $1.1 billion in net income and $112 million in adjusted net income. Ascent reported a 12% increase over a year …

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Thursday brought another down day for crude oil prices and Oklahoma energy stocks

  Another weak day of trading hit crude oil prices on Thursday and Oklahoma energy stocks had a down day too. Crude prices dropped nearly 2% to a one-week low as the political standoff over the U.S. debt ceiling stirred up recession jitters in the world’s biggest oil consumer, China. West Texas Intermediate crude dropped …

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OGE solar farm to supply electrical power to Fort Smith, Arkansas

  The city of Fort Smith, Arkansas has decided to take advantage of a solar program run by a utility across the state line in Oklahoma. City directors want to receive electrical power supplied at a 30-acre solar farm operated by Oklahoma Gas & Electric. The deal they approved was made in March to take …

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Illinois River watershed informational meeting set for May 18

    The Oklahoma Conservation Commission (OCC), in partnership with the Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Division (NRD), has rescheduled the second in a series of public meetings to update the watershed-based management plan for the Illinois River Watershed. The January meeting had been postponed due to inclement weather and will now be held …

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Central Kansas officials take steps to protect Cheyenne Bottoms from solar farm encroachment

  Right in the middle of Kansas—Great Bend—residents want tougher rules for solar farms. Many residents of Barton County, once an oil hot-spot half a century ago, want protection of their popular Cheyenne Bottoms wildlife area from construction of solar farms.   Cheyenne Bottoms is a nearly 60-square mile natural geologic depression that is the …

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Groups claim New Mexico’s oil and gas permits violate state constitution

  New Mexico, the second-largest oil-producing state in the nation, was sued this week by environmental groups and youth activists who contend the state is violating its constitution by permitting oil and gas production and failing to enforce pollution laws. The groups, that include individuals from the Pueblos, the Permian Basin and Navajo Nation, contend …

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Citizen Energy wells latest in company’s two-year old Anadarko Basin expansion

  The delayed filing of a completion report by Citizen Energy III LLC of Tulsa showed the company had three natural gas wells on a single pad in Canadian County and combined production of more than 14,000 Mcf a day of natural gas. The company filed a completion report on another Earles Ranch wells a …

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