July 16, 2023 archive

Completion reports for July 14, 2023

KINGFISHER COUNTY Canvas Energy Llc Mississippian (less Chester(7890): Oil 197 Gas 224 Water 1193 Gas Lift 36 17N 7W Corner Pocket 1707 3lohx-25, February 10, 2023 HH, OIL, TD: 15765 ft Lat: 35.91216, Long: -97.90269 API: 35073268820000 Canvas Energy Llc Mississippian (less Chester(8175): Oil 207 Gas 205 Water 944 Gas Lift 36 17N 7W Corner Pocket 1707 2loh-25, February 12, 2023 HH, OIL, TD: 13240 ft …

Continue reading »

Permits to drill for July 14, 2023

Canadian County JOHNSTON 1207 #30-31-5MXH, July 14 2023 25 12N 8W SENENENE API: 01725978 Lat: 35.4922278123764, Long: -97.99065327365008 CAMINO NATURAL RESOURCES LLC MU, DR, 21012 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(9925) Canadian County JOHNSTON 1207 #30-31-4WXH, July 14 2023 25 12N 8W SENENENE API: 01725979 Lat: 35.49217286840954, Long: -97.99065327326818 CAMINO NATURAL RESOURCES LLC MU, DR, 21050 ft, WOODFORD(10432) Grady County CKSMOU …

Continue reading »

Investors look for a brighter Monday after oil and OK energy stocks fell Friday

Crude oil prices dropped more than a dollar a barrel in trading on Friday and Oklahoma energy stocks fell as well, some as much as 6% for the day. The dollar strengthened and oil traders booked profits according to Reuters. West Texas Intermediate crude fell $1.47 or 1.9% per barrel to $75.42 on the New …

Continue reading »

So you want to stop oil and gas production?

  Stop oil and gas production as some environmentalists and many in the Biden administration want? The following is a list of the products that the nation would lose…products that all Americans cannot do without. More than 6,000 manufactured items come from oil and gas. Stop all oil and gas production and you wouldn’t have …

Continue reading »

Earthquakes and oil production gain growing attention in the Permian Basin

  Shaky ground in the Permian Basin. Those earthquakes linked to oil and gas exploration are getting more and more attention from not just residents and the oil and gas industry, but scientists too. Just as they did in Oklahoma several years ago. Click here for Carlsbad Current-Argus.

EPA makes $3 million settlement with Permian driller

  The EPA’s $3 million settlement and fines against Callon Permian LLC for emissions from tanks, flares and other equipment in the Permian Basin is a done deal. The Environmental Protection Agency formally issued a Consent Agreement and Final Order against the Texas energy company after the EPA identified the violations by using a helicopter …

Continue reading »

EPA rejects biofuel waivers requests from 15 small refineries

  The requests of more than two dozen oil refineries to be exempt from US biofuel-blending requirements were rejected Friday by the Biden administration. It’s unknown who were the 15 unidentified small refineries that lost a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency. The refineries wanted the waivers from requirements to blend renewable fuels into gasoline …

Continue reading »

Government wants to shut down oil production in 9 Texas counties over lizard

  A fight is in the making over the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to declare the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard an endangered species in the Permian Basin. The Service wants to shut down production in nine counties of the Basin and boy, has it angered Texas Congressman August Pfluger, State Sen. Kevin Sparks, the …

Continue reading »

Some wonder whether the Kansas Panasonic battery plant was worth it

    Now some second thoughts are being raised in Panasonic’s decision to build its $4 billion electric vehicle battery plant in Kansas rather than Oklahoma. Remember the race between the two states several months ago and how disappointed Oklahoma leaders were when the company announced its decision to go with the incentives offered by …

Continue reading »

US EIA: Without ERCOT Upgrades, Texas Wind and Solar Generation to be Curtailed

Although it is projected that Texas’ power market will double by 2035 largely due to renewable generation, it is likely that wind and solar generation will be increasingly curtailed without upgrades to the state’s transmission system. This forboding outcome is according to a recent analysis by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The analysis explains that …

Continue reading »