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Apex Clean Energy awards $1.2 Million to conservation efforts in Kansas, Iowa, and Texas
Apex Clean Energy, a company with wind farm operations in Oklahoma, announced the recipients of its 2022 Conservation Grant Program, totaling $1.2 million in funding for conservation projects near the company’s commercialized renewable energy sites. The program, which represents the first of its kind within the clean energy industry, contributed $1.7 million in its …
Senator wants Oklahoma to create its own Strategic Petroleum Reserve
If a bill becomes law as proposed by Sen. Nathan Dahm of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma could become the first state in the nation to develop its own Strategic Petroleum Reserve, one copied after the national Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The Senator introduced SB205 which calls for the creation of a petroleum reserve that will hold …
Energy Department’s stonewalling Rep. Lucas over a controversial grant
The Department of Energy doesn’t want to answer questions from Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas about a $200 million grant awarded to a company with direct ties to communist Chinese leadership. So Rep. Lucas, in his capacity as chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee has fired off a follow-up letter to the …
Crude oil in storage increases in Cushing hub and across the U.S.
Crude oil supplies again rose at the Cushing hub in Oklahoma in the past week, following what the U.S. total storage supply did. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported Cushing’s stored crude oil increased 4.3 million barrels, reaching a new total of 35.7 million barrels as of January 20. A week earlier on January …
Marathon Oil hits big producer in south central Oklahoma
A Marathon Oil Company well located 5 miles south of the city of Lindsay in Garvin County produced more than 1,700 barrels of oil a day when completed last spring. Marathon filed the completion report this week on the Hard Knox 0304 1-3-34sxh located at 9 3N 4W. Production totaled 1,728 barrels of oil …
Sen. Mullin outlines how energy restoration is important to him
Oklahoma’s newest U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin made it clear this week he intends to make energy one of his key efforts, carrying it over from his days as a U.S. House Representative. In a message to Oklahomans, the Republican Senator wrote, “Restoring American energy independence is one of my top priorities in the United …
Energy headlines elsewhere
** The U.S. Forest Service has finalized a rule restoring protections rolled back under the Trump administration for the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, the largest such forest in the U.S. ** Data from the Bureau of Land Management shows that President Biden approved more oil and gas drilling permits in his first two years …
Permits to drill for January 25, 2023
Carter County COURBET #12-27-21XHM, May 27 2022 27 1S 3W SWNESESE API: 01926486 Lat: 34.43686727554, Long: -97.49451068446878 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC MU, AM, 21139 ft, CANEY(9342), SYCAMORE(9913), WOODFORD(9983) Garvin County PACIFICO #0303 34-27-4WXH, January 25 2023 03 2N 3W NWNENENW API: 04925398 Lat: 34.68041579779044, Long: -97.50333518694599 CPRP SERVICES LLC MU, DR, 20530 ft, WOODFORD(9700) Garvin County PACIFICO #0303 …
Completion reports for January 25, 2023
CANADIAN COUNTY Ovintiv Usa Inc Mississippian(9067): Oil 1129 Gas 1214 Water 2089 Flow 3 13N 7W Bohlman 1407 4h-34x, July 30, 2022 HH, OIL, TD: 19951 ft Lat: 35.62538, Long: -97.93363 API: 35017257790000 CARTER COUNTY Kodiak Oil & Gas Inc Deese(1668): Oil 8 Water 85 Pump 4 2S 2W Brakers 166, January 03, 2023 SH, OIL, TD: 2164 ft Lat: 34.40639, Long: -97.42176 API: 35019265240000 GARVIN …
Crude oil prices saw little change in Wednesday’s trading
Wednesday’s crude oil prices didn’t change much in trading, mostly because of a smaller-than-expected gain in U.S. crude inventories. It was also not a strong day in trading for Oklahoma energy stocks. West Texas Intermediate crude rose 2 cents to $80.15 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Global benchmark Brent crude finished one …