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New gas processing plant gets financing
Backed by money from Encap Flatrock Midstream, a Texas firm with offices in Oklahoma City, Cogent Midstream LLC is expanding its natural gas processing in the lower Midland Basin of West Texas. Cogent plans to build a new refrigerated cryogenic processing plant at the same location as its current Big Lake Plant in Reagan County, …
Devon finds another big producer in the STACK
While the completion was actually made last spring, the latest large well to be revealed in the completion reports filed at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission is in Blaine County. It is the latest producer to come out of the STACK play. Devon Energy’s Porcupine 34_27-1N-12W 1HX had initial production of 1,970 barrels of oil a …
Completion reports for August 22, 2018
Completion reports for August 22, 2018 ALFALFA COUNTY Aexco Petroleum Inc Mississippi Lime(5690): Oil 101 Gas 1591 Water 1561 Flow 2 25N 11W Crossroads 1-2h, December 01, 2017 HH, GAS, TD: 10660 ft Lat: 36.66709, Long: -98.35613 API: 35003232140001 ATOKA COUNTY Canyon Creek Energy Operating Llc Woodford(7021): Oil 20 Gas 2500 Water 1500 Flow 14 2S 10E Allen 1-22h, October 05, 2017 HH, GAS, TD: …
Permits to drill for August 22, 2018
Permits to drill for August 22, 2018 Creek County CAL JONES #1, August 22 2018 05 17N 7E SENESWNW API: 03729309 Lat: 35.983366846465415, Long: -96.59759776927027 LITTLE RIVER ENERGY COMPANY SH, RC, 3135 ft, PRUE(2300) Custer County ARDELLA #1-15HM, August 22 2018 15 15N 15W S2SESESE API: 03922552 Lat: 35.76941652722801, Long: -98.77512164415629 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC HH, DR, 18199 …
Wildfire smoke creates health problems in some areas of the U.S.
Smoke from the massive wildfires in California have made for hazy days in Oklahoma for weeks now. But this week, the smoke reached alarming levels in the state of Oregon. Officials in Portland declared the air was unhealthy and urged residents to remain in doors for at least Tuesday. But they also expected to same …
EPA calls off hearings for changes in vehicle efficiency standards
Public hearings slated for three major cities by the Environmental Protection Agency to discuss proposals to weaken vehicle efficiency standards have been cancelled. The EPA called off the hearings for Washington, D.C., Detroit and Los Angeles after it announced another proposed change to the Obama-era carbon pollution rule. Word of the change of plans was …
Pruitt cleared of wrongdoing by GAO over controversial beef association ad
Former Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt has been cleared of at least one of the political allegations made against him, claims that eventually led to him being forced out of office. And the Democrats in Congress who attacked him over it aren’t commenting. The Government Accountability Office has absolved him of any wrongdoing over …
Kingfisher county sued by oil and gas association over water line fight
The water pipeline fight in Kingfisher County has escalated into a lawsuit filed this week by the Oklahoma Oil and Gas Association against Kingfisher County. It came after the commission in May banned temporary water pipes in ditches alongside county roads. The lines carried treated and new water to oil and natural gas wells where …
EPA Attorney who gave Scott Pruitt ethics advice is leaving the agency
The EPA attorney who made some controversial ethics decisions for former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is leaving the agency in the coming weeks. Kevin Minoli, EPA’s principal deputy general counsel and designated agency ethics official plans to leave the agency at the end of September and join a Washington D.C. law firm. “I made this …
Court throws out new coal ash disposal rules offered by Trump EPA
It’s unclear how a new federal court ruling will impact Oklahoma’s power over coal ash disposal, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has thrown out some Trump administration rules saying they weren’t stringent enough. The ruling came in a fight by environmental groups against the actions of the Trump …