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Latest drilling activity in Oklahoma
Sometimes when a well stops producing oil, changes have to be made and that’s what Oklahoma City’s SandRidge Exploration and Production LLC did this week with one of its 2014 wells in northern Oklahoma. The firm reclassified the Feely 2809 1-23h well, located at 23 28N 9W in Alfalfa County as a gas …
States push ahead with challenge of Obama-era rule on gas flaring
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon is pleased that a federal court in Wyoming reached a decision Tuesday that “will allow Wyoming and three other energy producing states to restart legal challenges to an overreaching Obama-era rule,” according to the governor’s office. Gordon’s office says the Wyoming federal district court’s decision comes after a ruling by …
The Eagle Has Landed!
In Weatherford, the Stafford Air and Space Museum’s newest addition is a full-scale museum quality Apollo Lunar Module replica. The Lunar Module (LM) was the spacecraft that carried American astronauts to the lunar surface. Apollo 10 Commander, Tom Stafford, and fellow crew member, Gene Cernan, would be the first to fly the spidery-looking spacecraft into …
Petroleum Alliance praises Stitt’s response to Supreme Court ruling
The Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma applauded Gov. Kevin J. Stitt’s quick action to protect Oklahoma’s water, air and lands by triggering a federal law ensuring that state regulatory agencies have primacy in Indian country. In response to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Stitt officially requested that the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection …
Doubts persist about growing crude oil production in US
A reopening of some major economies locked down due to the coronavirus has lifted global oil prices and encouraged U.S. shale producers to return at least a third of the 2 million barrels per day (bpd) curtailed since April. But that bump in output is unlikely to be sustained as shale wells lose up …
Completion reports for July 22, 2020
Completion reports filed on July 22, 2020. ALFALFA COUNTY Sandridge Exploration & Production Llc Mississippian(5502): Oil 360 Gas 1413 Water 5 Pump Mississippian(5502): Oil 4 Gas 2500 Water 550 Pump 23 28N 9W Feely 2809 1-23h, July 14, 2020 HH, GAS, TD: 8459 ft Lat: 36.89770, Long: -98.13001 API: 35003230840002 CANADIAN COUNTY Chaparral Energy Llc Mississippian(9350): Oil 445 Gas 1722 Water 769 Gas Lift 28 12N 6W Andes 1206 1umh-28, …
Permits to drill for July 22, 2020
Permits to drill issued on July 22, 2020. Creek County GLIMP “A” #4, July 22 2020 23 17N 7E E2SENENE API: 03709377 Lat: 35.942109515639025, Long: -96.53092716119845 OTC/OCC NOT ASSIGNED SH, RC, 1670 ft, LAYTON(1550) Ellis County DAVIS 9/16 BO #1H, July 22 2020 04 18N 24W S2S2SWSE API: 04523835 Lat: 36.05754672731317, Long: -99.76321380932994 MEWBOURNE OIL COMPANY …
Oil prices end with a slight loss after unexpected build in U.S. supplies
A day after oil futures hit their highest mark since March, they pulled back slightly on Wednesday, apparently pressured by a surprise weekly increase in U.S. crude supplies. Increased tensions between the U.S. and China reportedly led to growing tensions for a drop in energy demand as West Texas Intermediate September crude lost 2 …
Austin, not Tulsa lands the new Tesla truck plant
Tulsa and Oklahoma leaders who tried to woo Elon Musk to build his proposed new Tesla truck plant in the northeast city came out on the losing end Wednesday. Tulsa was left standing on the altar as a bridesmaid and not the bride. Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on an earnings call Wednesday that …
2Q earnings report coming from Blueknight Energy Partners
Blueknight Energy Partners, L.P. in Tulsa will release its second quarter 2020 financial results next month as company leaders hope to turn around their economic conditions. The company will make known the report after the close of markets on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. An earnings conference call will be held the next day, …