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Completion reports for January 3, 2020
Completion reports filed on January 3, 2020. ALFALFA COUNTY Trans Pacific Oil Corporation 5 28N 12W Four Sisters A Swdw 1, May 31, 2018 SH, DISP, TD: 1000 ft Lat: 36.93691, Long: -98.51571 API: 35003233080000 GARVIN COUNTY Marathon Oil Company Woodford(14652): Oil 194 Gas 5799 Water 2842 Flow 18 3N 4W Smith 0304 7-18wh, September 07, 2019 HH, GAS, TD: 19644 ft …
Permits to drill for January 3, 2020
Permits to drill issued on January 3, 2020. Blaine County WINTERS ##1-10H, June 14 2019 10 15N 10W SWSWSESE API: 01124222 Lat: 35.78413844651617, Long: -98.24614984531723 UNIT PETROLEUM COMPANY HH, AM, 15320 ft, MISSISSIPPI(10150) Carter County GRAMERCY #1-32-5-8XHW, January 03 2020 32 1S 2W NWSESESE API: 01926357 Lat: 34.42121596687455, Long: -97.42348617580107 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC HH, DR, 19978 ft, …
Oklahoma bottling company expands investments
Refresco US, Inc. has announced plans to add 75 new jobs and invest nearly $12 million at its operation in Fort Gibson, Okla. The company says investments in facility and equipment upgrades will increase production capacity, modernize operations and increase efficiency. Refresco is the largest private employer in Fort Gibson and the third largest manufacturer in …
Chesapeake executives finished 2019 with acquisition of shares
Four executives of Oklahoma City’s Chesapeake Energy filed reports with the SEC showing their acquisition of hundreds of thousands of shares in the company. The acquisitions were made December 31, 2019 according to the filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. CEO Robert D. Lawler acquired 718,723 shares, each valued at $0.8256. The acquisition had …
Drilling activity declines in Oklahoma and the US
Oil and gas drilling rig counts dropped across the U.S. and in Oklahoma in the past week according to Baker Hughes Co. Oklahoma’s count slipped by one to 51 working rigs in the state compared to the 140 active a year ago. Nationally, the count dropped 9 to 796. The number of oil rigs fell …
Drilling advancements were North Dakota’s gain
North Dakota benefited from drilling advancements in the past 10 years. As the Bismarck Tribune reported, the development of the Bakken shale play came just as the recession of 2008 left many Americans unemployed or in debt. The promise of high-wage jobs drew tens of thousands of people to western North Dakota. Click here to read …
Southwest Missouri getting two wind farms
Construction is underway on two wind farms in southwest Missouri. Some of the turbines are going up at a site about 20 miles north of Joplin, Missouri. They are part of a 600-megawatt wind project in Southwest Missouri and Southeast Kansas for Liberty Utilities-Empire District. Some of the customers of the District are in northeast …
Minnesota to consider forcing utilities to abandon fossil fuel
An effort will be made this year in the Minnesota legislature to require the state’s electric utilities to move away from fossil fuel sources. The announcement was made by Minnesota Senate Republicans and it could mean the measure could become law following a divided state legislature last year. Sen. David Osmek, R-Mound, chairs the Senate …
Oil prices are up after US killing of Iranian General
The oil market responded to the U.S. airstrike that killed an Iranian general by jumping more than $2 a barrel. The price of Brent crude rose by more than 4% on Friday to more than $69 a barrel. The uptick came as traders reacted to news of the killing of General Soleimani at the Baghdad …
Senators support decision to kill Iranian militia leader
The decision by the U.S.to take out of Iran’s top military leader, General Qasem Soleimani in a drone strike is fully supported by Oklahoma’s U.S. Sens. Inhofe and Lankford. The strike occurred at the Baghdad International airport as Quds Force Leader General Soleimani arrived and was greeted by his militia leaders in Iraq. As they …