Crude oil futures climbed higher on Tuesday as investors bid up futures contracts on the heels of growing optimism about compliance with OPEC’s global pact to curb production, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, April West Texas Intermediate gained 55 cents, or 1%, to settle at 54.33 a barrel while the March …
February 21, 2017 archive
Completion Reports February 22, 2017
CADDO COUNTY Unit Petroleum Company 24 6N 9W Lessig 1-25h, January 27, 2017 HH, OIL, TD: 16130 ft Lat: 34.97152, Long: -98.09621 API: 35015232710000 DEWEY COUNTY Mewbourne Oil Company 18 17N 16W Blue Star 19 Ap #1hcg, January 25, 2017 HH, OIL, TD: 13060 ft Lat: 35.94321, Long: -98.94064 API: 35043234680000 Tapstone Energy Llc …
Permits to Drill February 22, 2017
Blaine County VIERSEN 21_17N-11W #1H, February 21 2017 21 17N 11W SWSWSWSW API: 01123746 Lat: 35.92803869875453, Long: -98.38726048111488 DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION CO LP HH, DR, 14620 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(8804), WOODFORD(10293) Carter County B&W ROSE #1-18, February 21 2017 18 2S 3W NESWSWSW API: 01925552 Lat: 34.377729601183944, Long: -97.56076451443637 B & W OPERATING LLC SH, RC, …
Pruitt Addresses EPA With Message of Being Open and Working With States
In his first address to the thousands of people who work for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, new Administrator Scott Pruitt delivered a message of what he expects of them. Smiling and holding an EPA baseball cap given to him during his introduction to workers gathered at EPA headquarters, Pruitt again stressed the ‘rule …
NARO to Hold STACK Town-Hall Meeting
The National Association of Royal Owners is planning a STACK town hall meeting Thursday night to educate landowners about leases as the oil play gains widespread interest among oil and gas explorers. The meeting will be held at the Canadian Valley Technology Center located on old highway 66 midway between El Reno and Yukon. Jay Freede, …
EPA Offers Glowing Description of Scott Pruitt’s New Job
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt was set to hold his first meeting with EPA employees on Tuesday. It was slated to be a webcast to all employees. Meanwhile, the Environmental Protection Agency wasted little time in creating a website for Pruitt’s new job. Here is how it appears on the EPA website: “On February 17, 2017, …
The Southeast Gets Its First Wind Farm
The southeastern part of the U.S. gets its first wind farm. The Amazon Wind Farm U.S. East is in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Developers say the wind farm will generate enough electricity to power 61,000 homes. The Internet retailer Amazon has agreed to buy some of the power from the electric grid. The first phase …
Pennsylvania Points to Minor Earthquakes Linked to Fracking
While Oklahoma has attracted most of the interest nationally regarding connections between earthquakes and wastewater injection wells, experts in Pennsylvania claim to have found a similar connection. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection contends the hydraulic fracturing operations have caused low-level earthquakes in the state. The minor earthquakes occurred last April in Lawrence county near …
Permian’s Popularity is Soaring
The Permian Basin in west Texas and southeast New Mexico remains the number one interest of oil and gas exploration in the U.S. Not even Oklahoma’s growing STACK and SCOOP plays can compare. The Permian Basin Petroleum Association says more than 40 percent of the rig activity in the U.S. is in the Permian. Further, …
Attorneys Think They Have Found a Significant Memo in Fighting Dakota Access Pipeline
Environmentalists and members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe who are fighting the completion of the Dakota Access Pipeline think they have something that could stop construction. It’s an overlooked memo from the top lawyer in the Obama administration’s Interior Department. Written by Interior Solicitor Hilary Tompkins, the 35-page memo outlined reasons the government …