August 17, 2023 archive

Completion reports for August 17, 2023

CARTER COUNTY Scissortail Exploration And Production Llc Sycamore(8919): Oil 300 Gas 411 Water 4125 Flow 6 2S 3W Jake 1-31-30-1-3mxh, January 10, 2023 HH, OIL, TD: 19063 ft Lat: 34.41850, Long: -97.55812 API: 35019265040000

Permits to drill for August 17, 2023

Ellis County STEPHANIE 17-8 #1H, August 17 2023 20 19N 24W SENENENW API: 04523916 Lat: 36.11394475570196, Long: -99.78461040593089 UPLAND OPERATING LLC MU, DR, 20000 ft, CHEROKEE(8945)

PSO makes $100,000 contribution toward food program in Tulsa

  Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) announced on Thursday a $100,000 American Electric Power Foundation grant to Food On The Move to increase food production for Tulsans in need. Food On The Move’s Urban Farm will produce more than 150,000 pounds of fresh produce every year. The nonprofit founded by Tulsa musician Taylor Hanson …

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Thursday brought increased crude oil prices along with stronger OK energy stocks

  After two straight days of losses, crude oil prices managed a turn-around on Thursday, thanks to a weakened dollar and a move by China’s central bank to improve the property market. West Texas Intermediate crude rose $1.01 or 1.3% to improve to $80.93 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, the …

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Clean energy investments gain foothold in Oklahoma

  Oklahoma is being cited as an example of a Republican-led state that is also rushing toward clean energy investment. Yes, oil and gas get deep appreciation from state leaders but renewables are also growing and being touted for their economic benefits. “The environmental benefits are nice,” J.W. Peters, president of Solar Power of Oklahoma, …

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Oklahoma’s latest ozone alert grew on Thursday

  The latest ozone alert for Oklahoma featured more counties and an area reaching southward to the state line. The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality updated the Thursday ozone alert by adding several more counties to the Oklahoma City alert. It issued yet another expanded alert to include most of southern Oklahoma stretching from Kingfisher …

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Increased oil and gas production reported in North Dakota

  The headline told it all. “North Dakota’s oil industry had its best month in more than 2 years.” The state’s petroleum and natural gas output each climbed 3% in June. North Dakota’s petroleum industry, made up of such Oklahoma City energy firms as Continental Resources and others, played their role in creating the state’s …

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OKC public school district’s OGE partnership saves $450,000

  The Oklahoma City Public School District was recently presented with more than $450,000 as a result of its partnership with OG&E in several energy efficiency programs. The check represented savings and rebates for its participation in the programs. “Research shows that enrollment in an energy efficiency program provides schools up to 20% in annual …

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Texas spars with EPA over air pollution haze at National Parks

  Texas remains in a fight with the EPA over its plan to reduce haze from air pollution at National Parks. The Environmental Protection Agency a few months ago overruled the Texas plan for the haze reduction, adding fuel to critics who said the state plan to cut sulfur emissions at coal plants a “do …

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Woods County well brought in by Citizen Energy

  Amidst a lack of many well completion reports this week, one does stand out—a 733 barrels a day oil well in Woods County in the northwest part of Oklahoma. Citizen Energy III LLC, headquartered in Tulsa, filed the report on the Keller 1h-21-28 well located at 16 24N 13W  or about 8 miles west …

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