One of the largest natural gas processing firms in the nation agreed to a settlement and $950,000 penalty with the New Mexico Environment Department over illegal emissions of pollutants. The state of New Mexico announced a settlement agreement and stipulated final compliance order with DCP Operating Company, LP, a firm headquartered in Denver, Colorado. …
Kansas AG says utilities might have broken the law over natural gas spikes
The Attorney General in Kansas said this week he believes the natural gas price spikes during the February winter storm “appear to violate Kansas law.” Derek Schmidt announced Monday his office will seek expert help with the investigation and possible lawsuits reported the Hays Daily News. Click here for Hays Daily News
OK Governor’s Water Conference changed to ‘virtual’ due to COVID-19
COVID-19 makes it mark once again in Oklahoma, forcing the state to alter the approaching 2021 Governor’s Water Conference. Instead of an in-person event, the conference will be a ‘virtual’ conference December 1-2 according to the Oklahoma Water Resources Center. The Center announced this week it had “recently received word” of the change in …
4,500 barrel production from Ovintiv wells in Kingfisher County
Just as we reported of the continued big well production by Ovintiv Mid-Continent Inc. in Oklahoma’s STACK, the company followed it up with two more wells from the same pad southwest of Kingfisher making combined production of nearly 4,600 barrels of oil a day. Ovintiv will sometimes file completion reports on one or two …
EIA updates DUC numbers and expected oil/gas production
A new drilling production report announced Monday by the U.S. Energy Information Administration showed the Anadarko Basin, of which Oklahoma is a primary state has some of the highest drilled but uncompleted wells in the U.S. Producers managed to trim the number from 838 in July to 819 by August 2021. But the …
Quake rattles SE Colorado and Oklahoma Panhandle
Southeast Colorado was shaken by a 3.8 magnitude earthquake early Monday morning and the shockwave rumbled into the Oklahoma Panhandle, Southwest Kansas and the northern edge of the Texas Panhandle. However, there are no reports of damage according to Out There Colorado. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded the earthquake at 3:27 a.m. Mountain …
Oklahoma energy stocks rebounded Monday while oil prices rose
Hurricane Ida’s impact on U.S. crude oil production resulted in prices reaching a six-week high in Monday’s trading. Prices might have also been affected by the arrival of yet another storm hitting the coast of Texas on Monday. West Texas Intermediate crude for October rose 73 cents or 1.1% before finishing the day at …
Ovintiv’s love affair with Oklahoma’s STACK
Sorry to sound like a broken record (young readers might ask “what’s that?”) but Ovintiv is at it again with large producing oil wells in Oklahoma’s STACK. The company’s latest venture in Kingfisher County were two Connie Fed 1608 wells on a single pad at a site about 5 miles west of Kingfisher where …
$42 million in new highway contracts awarded by ODOT Commission
Drivers can expect more highway improvement projects across Oklahoma following last week’s meeting of the Oklahoma Transportation Commission. Commissioners okayed 14 contracts in 22 counties worth an estimated $42 million for improvements to highways, roads and bridges. Numerous improvements to rural two-lane highways with deficient shoulders will be fast-tracked thanks to the commission’s vote to …
Congressman gets update on flood control project
Oklahoma congressman Frank Lucas took a recent tour of one of Oklahoma’s flood control rehabilitation projects in the western part of the state. He and officials of the USDA and the Oklahoma Conservation Commission toured the Upper Elk Creek Site 23D project near Elk City. Rep. Lucas was joined by Conservation Commission Executive Director …