June 22, 2016 archive

Rep. Morrissette Bows Out of Oklahoma Corporation Commission Race

Term-limited state Rep. Richard Morrissette (D-Oklahoma City) announced on Wednesday that he is withdrawing as a candidate for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. The south Oklahoma City legislator and lawyer indicated his father’s recent death “had a bigger effect on my life than I thought it would,” according to an email statement issued by his campaign. …

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Crude Oil Futures Fall on Wednesday While Supplies Remain Replete

Oil futures settled below $50 a barrel on Wednesday as a weekly government report revealed a plateau in crude oil inventories, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, August West Texas Intermediate crude shed 72 cents, or 1.4%, to end trading at $49.13 a barrel, falling from $50.18 a barrel before release …

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Completion Reports June 23, 2016

CANADIAN COUNTY Cimarex Energy Co Mississippi Solid: Oil 184 Gas 2182 Water 1868 Flow 20 14N 9W Sims 1h-2017x, May 08, 2016 HH, OIL, TD: 21186 ft Lat: 35.66803, Long: -98.17891 API: 35017248850000 Cimarex Energy Co Mississippian- Woodford: Oil 53.44 Gas 2971 Water 174 Flow 3 13N 10W Golden 1-3h, September 24, 2015 HH, GAS, …

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Permits to Drill June 23, 2016

Canadian County DIVIDE-CLARK 28_21-14N-6W #1HX, June 22 2016 33 14N 6W NENWNWNW API: 01724913 Lat: 35.65221139186979, Long: -97.85014310521616 DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION CO LP HH, DR, 19128 ft, WOODFORD(8533) Kingfisher County COOKSHACK 4-16N-7W #1H, June 22 2016 04 16N 7W SWSWSESE API: 07325325 Lat: 35.88641634486723, Long: -97.94545876007307 DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION CO LP HH, DR, 11879 ft, …

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President Signs First Major Environmental Reform in More than 25 Years

Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe calls the Toxic Substance Control Act long overdue and also the first major environmental reform to be enacted in over a quarter century. It is the Frank Lautenberg act nursed through committee by the Senator and others and was signed into law Wednesday by President Obama. It was January 9, 2015 when …

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Two Oilfield Deaths in Past Week in North Dakota

  North Dakota has experienced its second oilfield fatality in the past week. The latest was a 36-year-old man struck by the boom of a crane being used to remove pipe out of the ground. He worked for a Michigan-based drilling contractor hired to perform work on the well that is owned by Houston-based EOG …

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Oklahoma’s Hot Weather is Nothing Compared to 2011—–Remember?

The weather’s been brutal over the past few weeks in Oklahoma but we apparently have short memories. Just ask Gary McManus, State Climatologist with the Oklahoma Mesonet. He notes that Kingfisher leads the way so far in the past month with four days of 100-degree weather or higher.  And most of that heat has been …

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Fracking Rules of Obama Administration Struck Down by Wyoming Federal Judge

  The same federal judge in Wyoming who last year blocked implementation of President Obama’s first attempts at controlling fracking on federal and Indian lands has now struck down those regulations. “The issue before this Court is not whether hydraulic fracturing is good or bad for the environment or the citizens of the United States,” …

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Success in the STACK Results in Increased Expectations for Newfield Energy

  Oklahoma’s STACK has been so good to Houston, Texas based Newfield Exploration Company, the energy producer has issued an interim operations update and raised production expectations for the second quarter and the rest of 2016. Second quarter 2016 net production is now expected to exceed the mid-point guidance by nearly 0.5 million barrels and …

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Senators Accuse Agency of Violating Law in Giving up US Oversight of the Internet

  U.S. Sen. James Lankford and two others want some answers from the Obama administration over its possible violation of federal law in using federal funds to relinquish the U.S. oversight of the Internet. He joined Texas Sen. ted Cruz and Utah Senator Mike Lee in sending a letter to National Telecommunications and Information Administration …

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