Imagine an oil well with daily production of more than 10,000 barrels a day. It’s in North Dakota where the An-Bohmbach 153-94-2734H-8 well had production of 10,626 barrels of oil a day after completion was made by Hess Corp. Reports show the well’s production is out of the Middle Bakken interval at 11.084 feet to …
A division of Central States Water Resources has acquired the operating assets of Conway, Arkansas-based Flushing Meadows Water System. The acquisition was made by Flushing Meadows Utility Operating Company after approval came from the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality. Under the agreement, Flushing Meadows will continue to charge the same rates to customers as the …
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission has given approval to Chaparral Energy to begin fracking of a well drilled near a Banner community well in Canadian County. News 9 TV reported the approval came even though parents of school children opposed the well. Parents trying to keep a fracking operation away from their children’s school took their case …
While environmentalists are critical of the recent leasing of federal land in Oklahoma and New Mexico by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, one Oklahoma energy leader believes there are many obstacles before any fracking moratorium is enacted on federal land. And he says any drilling moratorium will hurt the nation’s economy. The belief comes …
Oklahoma oilman Harold Hamm isn’t the only one predicting a rebound in the oil and gas industry in the coming months. So does Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Snyder, who according to Barron’s, believes stocks have bottomed out and will rise in 2020. Snyder especially believes the U.S. shale exploration, of which Oklahoma is a …
When Harold Hamm speaks, those in the oil and gas industry listen and they listen carefully. The founder and President of Oklahoma City’s Continental Resources had some advice Wednesday at the Hart Energy DUG conference in Oklahoma City on how to survive in the oil and gas downturn. “You have to have a great deal …
Four wells on a single pad near Union City, Oklahoma are producing more than 2,100 barrels of oil a day for Oklahoma City’s Roan Resources. The company filed completion reports this week showing the combined production of the four wells is 2,145 barrels a day. Located at 5 10N 7W or about two miles southwest …
** California Gov. Gavin Newsom cracked down on oil producers Tuesday, halting approval of hundreds of fracking permits until independent scientists can review them and temporarily banning new wells using another drilling method that regulators believe is linked to one of the largest spills in state history. ** A ballot committee seeking to ban hydraulic fracturing in Michigan continues …
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt added his support this week to calls by some in Congress to prevent states from using the Clean Water Act to block energy projects. He told the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee that states should not be allowed to “politicize” the Act and “harm the assets of other states.” …
New Mexico became the newest member this week of the Western States and Tribal Nations natural gas initiative. WSTN is an international initiative led by sovereign tribal nations, states and counties, and demonstrates that seeking a balance between energy and environmental goals can be a bipartisan effort. “The Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department …