October 2, 2017 archive

Completion Reports October 3, 2017

  GRADY COUNTY Marathon Oil Company Chester(13030): Oil 273 Gas 311 Water 775 Flow 27 4N 5W Marie 0405 3-27sh, August 08, 2017 HH, OIL, TD: 18023 ft Lat: 34.78385, Long: -97.71586 API: 35051240860001 Marathon Oil Company Chester(13030): Oil 456 Gas 576 Water 456 Flow 27 4N 5W Marie 0405 4-27sh, August 06, 2017 HH, OIL, TD: 17915 ft Lat: 34.78385, Long: -97.71593 API: 35051240870001 LINCOLN COUNTY …

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Permits to Drill October 3, 2017

  Canadian County JANEY’S PAD 1307 #1-30-31MXH, October 02 2017 30 13N 7W NENWNWNW API: 01725078 Lat: 35.57963706879583, Long: -97.99355674234207 MARATHON OIL COMPANY HH, DR, 20362 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(9196) Dewey County NORTH LITSCH #1-16-9XH, October 02 2017 16 16N 14W NWNWNWSW API: 04323558 Lat: 35.86234897733167, Long: -98.70256675119242 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC HH, DR, 20284 ft, WOODFORD(12340), HUNTON(12425) Ellis County …

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Survey Reveals Slow Population Growth in Oklahoma

A new report by WalletHub shows cities in Oklahoma are not among the fastest growing in the U.S. The honor of the fastest growing city in the nation goes to Frisco, Texas, a Dallas suburb. Frisco also had the nation’s highest job growth at 5.83 percent. The city is not only home to the Dallas …

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Environmental Protesters Go On Trial in North Dakota

The trial of one environmental activist who vandalized an oil pipeline last year in North Dakota was scheduled to begin this week in Bismarck. As the Associated Press reported, Michael Foster is among the first in a group of activists set to go on trial. He was allegedly part of a broader four-state effort to bring attention …

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Pruitt’s Travel Costs Nagging His Administration

Long before U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigned over his travel scandal, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt was under the same kind of scrutiny. However, Pruitt’s use of non-commercial flights totals $58,000 and not the nearly $1 million run up by Price before he was forced out of office last week. …

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Economic Survey Shows Continued Growth in Oklahoma and Midwest

Creighton University economist professor Ernie Goss is out with his monthly survey of business leaders suggesting improvements are still underway in the economy in Oklahoma and eight other Midwest and Plains states. His Mid-America Business conditions Index rose to 58.2 in September from 57.5 in August and 56.1 in July. The overall index for Oklahoma …

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Oklahoma City’s OK Foods Plant Hit With Criminal Pollution Charge

Criminal pollution charges have been filed by Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater against O.K. Foods in Oklahoma City following the release of wastewater and animal fat into the city’s storm drainage system in March. Prater filed one count of the “unpermitted discharge” on Sept. 27 alleging the company was in violation of state laws. …

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Senators to Study Light Rail, OCC and Transportation Department

While the Oklahoma legislature’s leaders are attempting to reach an agreement on how to fix a $215 million budget hole, the Senate will hold hearings into three studies regarding transportation and light rail. Studies will focus on light rail transport, the Corporation Commission’s Transportation Division’s Compliance with state law and on the State Transportation Department’s …

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Oil and Gas Association Leader Says Upping the Gross Production Tax Will Only “Worsen the Problem”

Oklahoma’s Oil and Gas Association is spreading the word trying to tell legislators—-leave your hands off the Gross Production Tax. And he’s not taking aim at just Democrats who recently called for hiking the tax…..but Republicans including Gov. Mary Fallin. Writing to newspapers around the state, Chad Warmington, President of the Association said legislators who …

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