April 19, 2017 archive

Permits to Drill April 20, 2017

  Blaine County SUCCOTASH 26-15N-13W #1H, April 19 2017 26 15N 13W SWSESESE API: 01123783 Lat: 35.74036978707537, Long: -98.54559573725291 PALOMA OPERATING CO INC SH, DR, 13850 ft, MISSISSIPPI(12325), WOODFORD(13192) Canadian County ASHCRAFT #1-19H, April 19 2017 19 11N 6W NWNENENE API: 01724999 Lat: 35.42020519515801, Long: -97.86744056531268 CIMAREX ENERGY CO HH, DR, 14594 ft, WOODFORD(9604) Canadian …

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Legal Wind Storms Hit NextEra Energy in Oklahoma and Texas

Florida-based NextEra Energy is used to wind.  It likes wind to run its wind farms. But lately, it’s running into the kind of wind storms it doesn’t want. While battling lawsuits over its proposed wind farms in western Oklahoma, NextEra Energy is also hoping to get court approval to buy Oncor, the largest regulated electric …

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State House Approves Large Tire Fees for Recycling Fund

A bill adding to the cost of trashing old tractor and large-truck tires has won approval in the Oklahoma House. Senate Bill 426 was passed on a 67-25 vote this week as Rep. John Pfeiffer of Orlando pushed the measure to make changes in Oklahoma’s Used Tire Recycling Indemnity Fund. He explained it will allow …

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Pruitt to Visit Missouri Coal-Fired Power Plant as Part of Coal Tour

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s heading to Missouri with his “Back-to-Basics” tour, visiting a coal-fired power plant on Thursday. His visit to the Associated Electric Cooperative Inc. Thomas Hill Energy Center near Moberly will come a week after he went to a Pennsylvania coal mine and declared the war on coal was done. Missouri U.S. Sen. Roy …

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Oil Settlements Take a Tumble on Tuesday

Crude oil futures settled lower Tuesday as concerns mound over further growth in U.S. production output, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. May West Texas Intermediate crude fell 24 cents, or 0.5%, to settle at $52.41 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. June Brent crude, the global benchmark, fell by 47 cents, or 0.9%, to end …

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