July 21, 2023 archive

Completion reports for July 20, 2023

BLAINE COUNTY Devon Energy Production Company Lp All Zones Producing: Oil 416 Gas 5712 Water 1282 Flow 3 14N 11W Pork Chop 3_34-14n-11w 6hx, April 05, 2023 HH, OIL, TD: 22195 ft Lat: 35.71164, Long: -98.35555 API: 35011243300000 Devon Energy Production Company Lp Mississippi(10802): Oil 409 Gas 10254 Water 1141 Flow 3 14N 11W Pork Chop 3_34-14n-11w 4hx, April 05, 2023 HH, GAS, TD: 22010 ft …

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Permits to drill for July 20, 2023

Caddo County EAST BINGER UNIT #48-3, July 20 2023 32 10N 10W CSENW API: 01523339 Lat: 35.299667593988964, Long: -98.28243702864428 BINGER OPERATIONS LLC SH, DR, 10200 ft, MARCHAND UP(9900) Grady County CKSMOU #8-7-7, July 20 2023 09 3N 5W NWSESWSW API: 05125044 Lat: 34.74076731779352, Long: -97.73657857379054 MACK ENERGY CO DH, DR, 11751 ft, MORROW SUBTHRUST(11130) Grady County CAMPBELL …

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Kansas groups sue Fish and Wildlife Service to stop protection of lesser prairie-chicken

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service was sued this week by some Kansas farm groups in a challenge of the agency’s move to enact Endangered Species Act protective regulations for the lesser prairie-chicken. The Pacific Legal Foundation filed the suit on behalf of Cameron Edwards who is a Logan County landowner, a group of Kansas …

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Energy headlines

** A U.S. appeals court declined to reconsider lawsuits challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s finding that greenhouse gasses, including carbon dioxide, pose a danger to human health and welfare. The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied a petition for rehearing en banc filed by the Concerned Household Electricity Consumers Council and …

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Rep. Tom Cole says House passed bill will boost FAA in Oklahoma City

  A bill passed in the U.S. to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration and federal aviation programs for the next five years will help improve not only Oklahoma City’s air traffic controllers training program but other control towers in the state. Congressman Tom Cole supported the passage of H.R. 3935, the Securing Growth and Robust …

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Barrasso says latest BLM leasing rules are just another attack on oil and gas

Wyoming U.S.. Sen. John Barrasso says the latest rule proposed by the Biden administration to raise costs of oil and gas firms leasing public lands is just another assualt that knows no bounds on America’s  reliable energy industry. “President Biden’s assault on affordable, available and reliable American energy knows no bounds. With the stroke of …

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Texas firm opens still another natural gas processing operation in Midland Basin

  Enterprise Product Partners L.P. announced that its Poseidon cryogenic natural gas processing facility in Glasscock County, TX, has begun operations. The new facility, which is the company’s sixth plant in the Midland Basin, can extract more than 40,000 barrels per day (bpd) of natural gas liquids (NGLs). It has a nameplate capacity of 300 …

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New Mexico might ban ‘forever’ chemicals in fracking process

  New Mexico energy regulators are considering a total ban of “forever chemicals” in oil and gas production. They might adopt new rules to regulate the substances and plan to hold a hearing next year to consider a ban of PFAS  chemicals. Their consideration follows a study by Physicians for Social Responsibility that found the …

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Government to take bids in August on Gulf of Mexico wind farm leases

  The federal government announced the first-ever chance for companies to lease areas in the Gulf of Mexico to build wind farms, including two parcels roughly 30 miles off the Texas coast near Galveston. Renewable energy developers will likely compete for the leases with firms that are better known for another kind of offshore construction: …

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Devon Energy helps with improvements at OKC urban farm

  Devon Energy donated to RestoreOKC to expand the organization’s five-acre farm infrastructure and increase capacity for programming.    RestoreOKC works to bring reconciliation to communities marked by deep injustice, oppression and division — through urban farming. The farm employs over 20 local high school students and teaches them STEM, hydroponics, agriscience and leadership skills.   Devon’s …

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