Tulsa’s Casillas Operating LLC reported completions on five same-pad wells with combined production of nearly 3,200 barrels of oil a day in Garvin County. The five wells are located at 13 3N 4W or about four miles south of Lindsay and close to the community of Purdy. Their completions were actually made in the spring …
A Chesapeake Energy well located east of Austin, Texas caught fire Wednesday killing one worker and leaving three others in the hospital. The blow-out and fire happened during service work at a site 75 miles east of Austin in Burleson County, according to Reuters. The well continued to burn for several hours after the …
** Oil and gas companies operating in Colorado have failed to submit thousands of monthly reports used to track how much energy they produce, costing the state millions in tax revenues. ** A recent report by Nevada Gov. Steve Sisiolak’s Office of Energy shows the state reduced greenhouse gasses by 22% between 2005 and 2016. ** An expert says Wyoming and …
Those hoping to find some sort of a smoking gun in Rick Perry’s documents from his former position as U.S. Energy Secretary didn’t find one this week. As POLITICO’s Morning Energy Report stated, an Energy Department release of documents relating to Rick Perry’s interactions with government officials in Ukraine didn’t turn up much of interest, but the …
“It’s good for Oklahomans, good for all Americans.” It’s what Oklahoma Congressman Kevin Hern of Tulsa said Wednesday after President Trump signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement into law. Rep. Hern (OK-01) proclaimed President Trump continues to prove that voters made the right choice in 2016. “We elected President Trump to change the status quo, to …
Viking Energy Group Inc., a firm with shallow well operations in eastern Kansas is about to merge with Camber Energy, Inc. The two firms entered into a non-binding letter of intent last week. Under the proposal, Camber will issue shares of common stock to the equity holders of Viking. Viking will continue as the surviving …
ConocoPhillips shows its ambitions in oil and gas exploration in South Texas as it filed for nearly a quarter of all the drilling permits submitted last week in that part of the state. Oklahoma City’s Chesapeake Energy has more drilling plans there too. The company used Burlington Resources Oil and Gas Co. LP, a …
Construction of the Keystone XL pipeline could begin in August but opponents in South Dakota vow to continue their legal fight against the $8 billion project. TC Energy, the Canadian company building the pipeline, plans to begin construction in South Dakota in August, according to a court filing in Montana that also spells out planned …
A late drilling permit shows Newfield Exploration Mid-Con Inc. is drilling five more STACK wells, not four as we initially reported this week. Another Juanita FIU 1508 permit was released this week indicating the company plans to drill three wells at 26 15N 8W which is several miles northwest of Okarche and close to where …
A Pittsburg County jury deliberated less than three hours before returning a $10 million judgment in the January 2018 gas rig fire that killed five men near Quinton,Oklahoma. The jury found National Oilwell Varco, a Houston, Texas company partially responsible for the deaths of two of the victims. Families of the two will get a …