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State Plans Coal-Mining Rules Changes
The Oklahoma Department of Mines plans a public hearing this week on proposed 2018 regulatory amendments focusing on training and safety requirements of underground coal mining. The hearing will be held Jan. 17 at two sites: at 2 p.m. at the ODM Offices, 2915 N. Classen Blvd in Oklahoma City and at 6 p.m. …
Devon’s 4th Q Report to be made Feb. 20
Oklahoma City’s Devon Energy Corp. will release its fourth-quarter and full-year 2017 results next month. The company says it will make the results known on Tuesday, Feb. 20 after the close of U.S. financial markets. Results will be available on the company website at www.devonenergy.com.
Rig Counts Grow in Oklahoma and U.S.
The latest rig counts in Oklahoma and across the U.S. showed growth in the past week. Oklahoma’s count of oil and gas rigs grew by 3 to reach 121 while the national count was up 15 to 939. In the past week, the U.S. oil rig count grew by 10 to reach 752 while the …
T. Boone Pickens Shuts Down Oil-Trading Operations
“It has been one hell of a roller coaster ride.” Oilman T-Boone Pickens on close of his oil trading operations. At age 89, oilman T. Boone Pickens apparently figures he has seen and experienced it all in his days of investment in the oil and gas industry. Riding the highs and surviving the lows. Giving …
Opponents Appeal to Scott Pruitt’s Religious Beliefs
As EPA Administrator and former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt moves ahead with a proposed end to the Clean Power Plan, his opponents and detractors are taking a cue from Pruitt’s own practices. They’re resorting to religion. As E and E reporter Nina Heikkinen recently wrote, those who don’t want to see an end to …
Deadly and Disastrous Wildfires Prompt Senators to Introduce Assistance Act
Nearly 10 months after hundreds of thousands of acres of land in northwest Oklahoma and southern Kansas and the Texas Panhandle were burned in wildfires, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe and Sen. Tom Udall of New Mexico introduced the Wildfire Regulatory Relief Act. The fires burned more than 1,200 square miles in Oklahoma and Kansas. …
State Senate Democrats Get Energy Committee Assignments
Democrats in the Oklahoma State Senate got their committee assignments this week for their caucus. And that included those named to various energy-related committee. Sen. John Sparks, Democratic leader made the announcement. “Our members come from a variety of backgrounds—education, business, agriculture, first responders, military, mental health and the law—and that real world experience serves …
Completion Reports Jan. 4-11
COUNTY Well name OPERATOR SCTN TWN RNG SPOT Completion Date Oil Gas Water Scan Date API Document Lincoln HILBERT 1-4MH ROBERSON OIL COMPANY 4 16N 3E SW SE SE SE Aug-30-2017 419 2994 1455 Jan-09-2018 08124294 500628854 Major CORNELSEN-MONAHAN 2-4 CHESAPEAKE OPERATING 4 20N 12W SE NE SW SE Jan-10-2018 82 Jan-10-2018 09324220 500629415 Canadian …
Permits to Drill Jan. 4 through the 10th
API COUNTY Well name Operator HOLE PERMIT SCTN TWN RNG SPOT Approval Date Scan Date API Document 13727496 Stephens WOMACK SWD 1 AMERICAN PETROLEUM & SH DR 1 2S 4W SE SW SW SE Jan-04-2018 Jan-04-2018 13727496 500627872 05124245 Grady ALLIE C 2H-1 CITIZEN ENERGY II LL HH DR 1 9N 7W NE NW NE …
Energy Groups Support FERC
At least nine energy industry associations including those representing oil and natural gas reacted positively this week to the action of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission proposed rulemaking on grid resiliency pricing in the nation’s bulk power system. The groups included the Advanced Energy Economy, American Council on Renewable Energy, American Petroleum Institute, American Wind …