August 22, 2023 archive

Developers aren’t giving up on oil railroad in Colorado

  Developers of a proposed 88-mile oil train across western Colorado vow to continue efforts to make it happen, this after a U.S. Court of Appeals ruled the Uinta Basin Railway had not received adequate environmental review by a federal agency. The rail line was proposed to carry oil from eastern Utah and across western …

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Oil industry blasts Biden administration’s rules restricting ships in Gulf of Mexico

  The American Petroleum Institute came out blasting the Biden administration’s decision Monday, recommending restrictions on oil and natural gas vessels operating in the Gulf of Mexico. “Today’s notice from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is yet another example of the Biden administration working to restrict American energy, which could lead to higher energy …

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Carter County well has 1,300 barrels of oil a day in production

  A new completion report filed this week shows Continental Resources Inc. drilled a southern Oklahoma well with production of nearly 1,300 barrels of oil a day. The Courbet 16-15-9xhm, drilled at 15 1S 3W or about one mile northeast of Ratliff City in Carter County, produced 1,289 barrels of oil and 1,547 Mcf of …

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