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Rig Counts: Oklahoma Adds Three Active Rigs, U.S. Increases by Eight
Oklahoma had the second-best rig growth last week with the addition of three new rigs while the U.S. rig count increased by eight, according to the Baker Hughes rig count and Red Top Rig Report released on Friday. Canada gained six rigs for a total of 99. Canada is up 58 rigs when compared with …
Oklahoma Activists Will Plant Tobacco to Protest Diamond Pipeline
An Oklahoma veterans activist group with ties to the Standing Rock protest will challenge the controversial Diamond Pipeline by planting tobacco in its course, according to a press release issued by the group on Saturday. The Oklahoma Water Protectors announced their intent to sow sacred traditional Mvskoke (Muscogee/Creek) tobacco plants in the pathway of the …
Turbine Blade Failures Rare But Happen
As NextEra Energy investigates the cause of a broken wind turbine blade at its Enid wind farm, similar incidents may help explain why some of the equipment failures occur. Although turbine blade failures are considered rare, structural failures like the recent incident at NextEra Energy’s Breckinridge wind farm project have been reported. Earlier in January, …
GE Turbine Blade Failure Reported at NextEra Energy’s Enid Wind Farm Project
Florida-based NextEra Energy is investigating an incident involving a catastrophic turbine blade at its Breckinridge wind farm project in Garfield County, according to a report by Ryan Miller of The Enid News & Eagle. Data from NextEra turbine monitors revealed the unit went offline on Wednesday night around 10 p.m. The damaged GE blade broke …
Completion Reports June 5, 2017
BLAINE COUNTY Cimarex Energy Co Mississippian: Oil 331 Gas 2829 Water 1685 Flow 1 15N 13W Watts 1h-0136x, May 10, 2017 HH, OIL, TD: 21916 ft Lat: 35.79839, Long: -98.53205 API: 35011236840000 KINGFISHER COUNTY Chaparral Energy Llc Mississippian(7338): Oil 585 Gas 576 Water 1504 Flow 3 16N 6W Jester 1606 1umh-3, May 02, 2017 …
Permits to Drill June 5, 2017
Canadian County FRANK #1406 1H-15X, May 31 2017 27 14N 6W NENWNENE API: 01725018 Lat: 35.66675789765416, Long: -97.81853436131709 NEWFIELD EXPLORATION MID-CON INC HH, AM, 18520 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(7661), WOODFORD(8054) Dewey County KUNC FARMS #1-11, June 02 2017 11 17N 18W CNWNW API: 04322466 Lat: 35.969247302325854, Long: -99.09508681909064 STONE OAK OPERATING LLC SH, RC, 8300 ft, …
WTI Posts Gain, Brent Crude Settles Lower on Thursday
Domestic crude oil prices settled slightly higher on Thursday as Brent crude posted back-to-back losses, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. July West Texas Intermediate crude climbed 4 cents, or less than 0.1%, to settle at $48.36 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. August Brent crude, the global benchmark, lost 13 cents, or 0.3%, to end trading …
Permits to Drill June 2, 2017
Alfalfa County IRONMAN #05, June 01 2017 05 23N 9W S2S2N2NE API: 00323279 Lat: 36.50334882950993, Long: -98.18047794457385 SUPERIOR PRODUCTION LLC SH, DR, 6500 ft, OSWEGO(5965), MANNING(6330) Dewey County HEATH 9/16-19-17 #1H, June 01 2017 21 19N 17W N2N2NWNW API: 04323521 Lat: 36.114763258273534, Long: -99.0242485116731 TAPSTONE ENERGY LLC HH, DR, 21200 ft, MISSISSIPIAN(10900) Dewey County …
Completion Reports June 2, 2017
CARTER COUNTY Xto Energy Inc Hewitt: Oil 30 Water 433 Pump 22 4S 2W Hewitt Unit 22-1704, November 24, 2016 SH, OIL, TD: 3600 ft Lat: 34.19763, Long: -97.38783 API: 35019239010002 Xto Energy Inc Hewitt: Oil 58 Water 254 Pump 16 4S 2W Hewitt Unit 16-1601, April 30, 2017 SH, OIL, TD: 3020 ft …
WTI Plummets Lower on Wednesday, Investors Weary of Global Supply Glut
Crude oil futures plunged sharply on Wednesday as U.S. traders grappled with settlements lower than the $50 a barrel benchmark and worry spread about the remaining glut of global supplies, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. July West Texas Intermediate crude dropped $1.34, or 2.7%, to settle at $48.32 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, marking …