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Permits to drill for March 13, 2019
Permits to drill issued for March 13, 2019. Blaine County ZAZU SWD #1, March 13 2019 30 15N 12W SWSWSWNW API: 01124192 Lat: 35.747126737452426, Long: -98.52501203802662 LAGOON WATER LOGISTICS LLC SH, DR, 10800 ft, WOLFCAMPIAN(4300), VIRGILIAN(5300), MISSOURIAN(7200), MORROW(10200) Blaine County SEAN O’BRIEN 18-11-36 #1MH, March 13 2019 36 18N 11W SESWSESE API: 01124193 Lat: 35.986114021436016, Long: -98.31902525447775 …
Powerful winds leave their trail of damage across Oklahoma and other states
Oklahomans endured one of their windiest days in some time as winds on Wednesday reached 73 miles an hour in Gage. Power outages were reported and as of Thursday morning, 1,000 customers of OGE were still without power. Wind gusts of 60 were common throughout the state. But they were nothing compared to the 101 …
Gov. Stitt signs accountability bills into law
The head of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation is now one of those agency heads who could be removed from office by Gov. Kevin Stitt. On Wednesday, the governor signed five agency accountability bills giving him the authority to hire and fire the leaders of the DOT, the Department of Corrections, the Oklahoma Office of …
Hiett takes over as chair of OCC
Todd Hiett has been picked to be the new chairman of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. He was chosen in a unanimous vote on Wednesday to succeed Dana Murphy. Hiett, a former Speaker of the House has been on the commission since 2015. Commissioners also chose Bob Anthony to serve as vice chairman.
Ethanol isn’t going away
Corn farmers in Iowa and other states have to be smiling after President Trump pushed a plan this week to expand the use of ethanol in gasoline. The President’s plan pushes a proposal to allow year-round sales of gasoline blended with up to 15 percent ethanol, known as E15. E15 had previously been restricted under …
Record oil production reported for 2018 in New Mexico
When you enter the Permian Basin of southeastern New Mexico, you see mile after mile of pump jacks pulling oil out of the ground. Hundreds of them. There are so many that they have resulted in record oil production for the state of New Mexico in 2018. Southeastern New Mexico is riding a monster …
Higher tax collections reported in Oklahoma—thanks to oil and gas
Once again, gross production taxes on oil and gas production in Oklahoma helped create a major increase in Oklahoma’s General Revenue Fund collections for the month of February. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services reported the total general revenue fund collections topped $385 million, coming in at $64 million or nearly 20 percent over …
High speed Hyperloop study announced in Missouri
The state of Missouri has joined with business leaders in launching a study of creating an ultra-high-speed Hyperloop system connecting Kansas City and St. Louis. Costly? You bet. Perhaps up to $27 million a mile to build a tubular track in which passengers would ride in a train-like pod at speeds up to 640 mph. …
Regulators side with electric cooperative in fight with ONEOK
Mustang’s CKEnergy has won a battle with ONEOK to stop the large corporation from supplying power to a pump station near Binger. ONEOK’s building a pipeline in the territory already served by CKEnergy, a firm created in 2016 following the consolidation of Caddo Electric Cooperative and Kiwash Electric Cooperative. CKEnergy filed a request with the …
Bill protecting mineral rights owners wins approval in Oklahoma House
Rep. John Pfeiffer’s bill to protect mineral rights owners from cities and municipalities won approval this week in the State House. House Bill 2150 was approved on a 64 to 32 vote and sent to the Senate. Pfeiffer, a Republican from Orlando had earlier seen his bill win overwhelming approval in the House Energy and …