Marathon scores big on four wells in Kingfisher County

The four wells drilled by Houston’s Marathon Oil Company on the same pad site in Kingfisher County are producing a total of nearly 4,900 barrels of oil a day. Completion reports filed this week with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission show the largest of the wells at 33 15N 9W is producing 1,797 barrels of oil …

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Legislator says oil and gas tax hike was classic case of “enemies of our enemies”

Chickasha Rep. David Perryman cites an increase in Oklahoma’s Gross Production tax on oil and gas as another example of what it means to work with people on “the other side of the aisle.” He used it as an example in a commentary this week about “Enemies of Our Enemies.” The ancient idea that “The …

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Kansas struggles with 22,000 abandoned oil and gas wells

While the Oklahoma Energy Resources  Board celebrates 25 years of existence and the restoration of more than 17,000 abandoned well sites in the state, Kansas isn’t so lucky. Kansas is home to 22,000 abandoned oil and gas wells and more than 19,000 are in a 32-county part of eastern Kansas.  As a result, environmentalists and …

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Adjustments made at Pioneer Natural Resources

With investors hesitating to invest as much money as they have in the past in the nation’s oil and gas industry, it means belt tightening for a lot of firms. Ask Scott Sheffield, who returned as Chief Executive at Dallas-based Pioneer Natural Resources Company, a firm he had built into a leader of the country’s …

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Nation’s latest large solar farm going up in Nevada

One of the nation’s latest large solar farm projects will be in Clark County, Nevada where EDF Renewables North America is building the 200 megawatt Arrow Canyon Solar Project. EDF signed a power purchase agreement with NV Energy  and clean electricity is expected to be delivered beginning in December 2022. What is unique about the …

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Colorado driller hits 2,200 barrel a day well in western Oklahoma

Oklahoma’s largest well this week, one with production of nearly 2,200 barrels of oil a day is not in the STACK.  Not in the SCOOP. It’s only a few miles from the state line in far western Oklahoma’s Roger Mills County where Denver, Colorado-based FourPoint Energy LLC drilled the Freezeout 17×8-11-26 1hc. The well is …

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Oklahoma joins coalition exploring produced water possibilities

Representatives from Oklahoma, as a part of the Ground Water Protection Council (GWPC), worked collaboratively with scientists, regulatory officials, members of academia, the oil and gas industry, and environmental groups to explore roles produced water might play in developing greater water certainty. Out of that effort, the GWPC has released a report that examines current …

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Growing frac sand industry in Oklahoma and Texas puts mining operators out of business in Wisconsin

  The move by frac sand companies to open mining operations in Oklahoma and Texas in recent years has left Wisconsin’s frac-sand industry with piles of unused product.  In short, Wisconsin’s industry is hurting because of the competition, according to a report by the Associated Press. Kent Syverson, a geology professor at the University of …

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Electrical power is restored to city of Lindsay

After a loss electrical power because lightning struck an electrical substation, the 3,000 residents of Lindsay once again have their electricity on. Workers of the Grand River Dam Authority worked since Sunday afternoon when a storm rolled through south central Oklahoma. Power was restored Monday around 4 a.m. “About 30 minutes after we lost power …

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Court of Appeals finds part of Workers’ Compensation Act unconstitutional

Eight years after Robert Young fell to his death while working as a roofer for Oklahoma Roofing and Sheet Metal company in Oklahoma City, his death has led to the state Court of Civil Appeals  declaring part of the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation law unconstitutional. In a ruling this month, the court declared that the exclusive …

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