March 22, 2017 archive

Completion Reports March 23, 2017

  KAY COUNTY Donray Petroleum Llc Tonkawa(2550): Oil 10 Gas 200 Water 500 Pump 33 25N 1W Stormy 8, December 22, 2016 SH, GAS, TD: 4700 ft Lat: 36.60011, Long: -97.30849 API: 35071248550003 KINGFISHER COUNTY Gastar Exploration Inc Mississippi (ex Chester): Oil 528 Gas 698 Water 1252 Gas Lift 6 17N 8W Geis 31-1h, November …

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Permits to Drill March 23, 2017

  Beckham County HENSON 27-11-25 #10HA, March 22 2017 34 11N 25W NENWNWNW API: 00921986 Lat: 35.39257047088532, Long: -99.83903567334006 FOURPOINT ENERGY LLC HH, DR, 16975 ft, MISSOURIAN(10380) Blaine County BIRCH 36_25-15N-12W #1HX, March 22 2017 01 14N 12W NENENENE API: 01123771 Lat: 35.724588222463694, Long: -98.42047154363411 DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION CO LP HH, DR, 22834 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(11042), …

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EPA Leader Pruitt Named in Complaint Filed with Oklahoma Bar Association

If EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt thought his problems over his confirmation hearing were finished, they are not. He has been named in a complaint filed with the Oklahoma Bar Association accusing him of violating the Oklahoma Rule of Professional Conduct. The complaint was filed this week by Kristen van de Biezenbosk, an Associate Professor at …

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Senate Committee Approves Nuclear Power Bill with Inhofe’s Support

Keeping you up to date on what the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is doing, it has passed a Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act. Called NEIMA, it improves the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s fee structure and lets it regulate and approve advanced reactor designs. The EPW committee, with the support of Oklahoma U.S. …

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Bridenstine Successful in New NASA Funding Law

  It wasn’t that we intentionally omitted Rep. Jim Bridenstine from a story this week about a White House signing ceremony for funding of NASA programs. We just weren’t aware of it until his office released an announcement indicating the Tulsa Republican Congressman watched as President trump signed S.442, a measure that included some of …

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Spring Storms Set to Develop in Oklahoma—-Could Produce a Tornado Threat for SE

  Spring’s here and that means the first severe weather of the season is developing in Oklahoma. David Payne, News 9’s Chief Meteorologist says at least four storms could occur in the next 9 days, bringing rain and of course, the threat of maybe a tornado. “Powerful storm systems are lined up about every three …

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Chaparral Energy Exits Bankruptcy Protection

Oklahoma City-based Chaparral Energy announced it has completed its financial restructuring and emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company’s reorganization plan was recognized and approved by the U.S. District Bankruptcy Court of Delaware on March 10. It allowed conversion of $1.2 billion of pre-petition debt to equity and elimination of nearly $100 million in …

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Legislators Want Credit for Funding Education

Maybe Andy Griffith on TV’s Mayberry said it best. “You can change the name of a rose but you can’t do anything about the smell.” Members of the Oklahoma State House apparently don’t think they’re getting enough credit for funding education. They voted this week in support of a bill that opponents called a “slight …

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Legislature Votes to Study Oklahoma Corporation Commission

Nearly three weeks after a State House committee okayed a measure creating a task force to study the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, the full House has also given approval. House bill 1377 would create a “Twenty-first Century Corporation Commission Task Force.” Approval came on a 91-0 vote meaning even those who questioned the measure in committee …

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Another Big Newfield Exploration Well in Kingfisher County

Oklahoma’s STACK has yielded another sizable oil well for Newfield Exploration Mid-con Inc., a well producing more than 1,000 barrels a day. As completion reports shown by OK Energy Today indicate, the Apache well located about 4 miles southeast of Kingfisher was drilled and completed last year. The filing of the report by the Houston, …

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