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Permits to Drill Jan. 11-17
COUNTY Well name Operator HOLE PERMIT SCTN TWN RNG SPOT Approval Date Scan Date API Document Alfalfa LOIS 2412 2H-02 B MIDSTATES PETROLEUM HH DR 1 24N 12W NE NW NW NW Jan-12-2018 Jan-16-2018 00323302 5586206 Blaine DONMAR RANCH FlU 1-7-18XH CONTINENTAL RESOURCE HH RC 6 13N 12W NE SW SE SE Jan-16-2018 Jan-17-2018 01123693 …
Former Iowa Governor Turns Wind Energy Efforts into Lobbying Job
As the governor of Iowa from 2007 to 2011, Chet Culver was credited with development of his state’s renewable energy efforts. Now he’s going to work doing lobbying work with a Washington, D-C based energy company. Culver has joined Green Generation Solutions LLC as a senior advisor to “enhance and augment the firm’s work in …
Oklahoma Gasoline Prices Jump 7 cents in Past Week
Gasoline prices jumped an average of 7 cents in the past week in Oklahoma to reach an average of $2.32 a gallon, according to the latest fuel gauge report from AAA Oklahoma. Credit a two-year high demand for gasoline across the U.S. The new average is 23 cents below the national average which rose 4 …
Northwest Oklahoma to Get Another Wind Farm
Oklahoma is getting yet another big wind farm. Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners based in New York announced this week plans for nearly quarter of a billion dollar Persimmon Project in northwest Oklahoma Capable of producing an estimated 900,000 megawatt hours of renewable power every year, the nearly $268 million project will go up in Woodward, Dewey …
ONEOK Announces Increase in Quarterly Dividend
Directors at ONEOK, Inc. declared on Wednesday a quarterly increase of its dividend of 2.5 cents a share or 3 percent compared with its prior dividend, bumping the dividend to 77 cents a share. It resulted in an annualized dividend of $3.08 a share and will be payable Feb. 14, 2018 to shareholders of record …
Icahn and SandRidge Energy Leaders to Meet
Leaders of Oklahoma City’s SandRidge Energy were scheduled to meet Wednesday with investor Carl Icahn over his demands for a shake-up of the company’s board of directors. His demands came after he publicly challenged SandRidge Energy’s proposed $746 million acquisition of Bonanza Creek Energy in Colorado. Icahn and other investigators argued it was too expensive …
Inhofe to Meet With EPA Chief Pruitt This Week
From Politico’s Morning Energy Report: FOR YOUR RADAR: Sen. Jim Inhofe, a long-time friend and ally of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, told ME the two would have a catch up conversation this week. ME asked Inhofe to see if he could get any more deets on Pruitt’s forthcoming trip to Israel. SPOTTED: Pruitt met with a group of …
SoonerPoll Gives Early Nod in Governor’s Race to OKC Mayor Mick Cornett
Whoever is elected Governor of Oklahoma later this year will have a lot to say about the impact of state government on the energy industry, whether it is oil and gas or wind. As those in the energy industry decide who to support, SoonerPoll’s latest survey of voters shows Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett is …
2017 Saw $6 billion in New Business Investments in Oklahoma
A new report from the Oklahoma Department of Commerce says the state had more than $6 billion in new investment by companies in 2017. More than 3,500 jobs are eventually expected from the announcements. At least 22 companies were new to the state. The largest investment was Invenergy’s $4.5 billion wind farm in the Oklahoma …
Governor Makes Assurances Over False Alarms of Missile Attacks
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin is trying to assure Oklahomans that a false warning about any missile attack on the U.S., whether it is from North Korea or not, is not likely. In a statement this week, the governor said “Procedures are in place to prevent a false warning being sent by the Oklahoma Department of …