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Government wants to shut down oil production in 9 Texas counties over lizard
A fight is in the making over the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to declare the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard an endangered species in the Permian Basin. The Service wants to shut down production in nine counties of the Basin and boy, has it angered Texas Congressman August Pfluger, State Sen. Kevin Sparks, the …
Some wonder whether the Kansas Panasonic battery plant was worth it
Now some second thoughts are being raised in Panasonic’s decision to build its $4 billion electric vehicle battery plant in Kansas rather than Oklahoma. Remember the race between the two states several months ago and how disappointed Oklahoma leaders were when the company announced its decision to go with the incentives offered by …
Energy briefs
** The Biden administration on Friday rejected more than two dozen oil refinery requests for exemptions from US biofuel-blending requirements. ** Exxon Mobil Corporation XOM has entered into an agreement to acquire Denbury Inc. DEN for $4.9 billion. The move is part of ExxonMobil’s plan to enhance its transition to clean energy with a well-established carbon dioxide sequestration operation. The …
Devon Energy records new producers in Blaine County
Devon Energy reported completion of three wells with production of more than 2,000 barrels of oil a day in Blaine County. The Burr Oak wells were drilled on a single pad at 26 15N 11W , a site a few miles northeast of the Greenfield community and just northwest of the Jesse Chisholm grave …
Permits to drill for July 13, 2023
Ellis County VIC 32/5 AN #1H, July 13 2023 29 17N 24W SWSWSESE API: 04523913 Lat: 35.912163502973875, Long: -99.777190341248 MEWBOURNE OIL COMPANY MU, DR, 20178 ft, CHEROKEE(9300) Kay County SWEET WATER CREEK #2-19A, July 13 2023 19 28N 4E SWNENWSE API: 07124938 Lat: 36.88965097397777, Long: -96.912109229764 MAXUM LEASING LLC SH, DR, 3800 ft, LAYTON(2287), CLEVELAND(2615), BROMIDE(3613), ARBUCKLE(3700) …
Completion reports for July 13, 2023
BLAINE COUNTY Devon Energy Production Company Lp All Zones Producing: Oil 593 Gas 12407 Water 535 Flow 26 15N 11W Burr Oak 35_2-15n-11w 5hx, April 03, 2023 HH, GAS, TD: 22176 ft Lat: 35.74043, Long: -98.33878 API: 35011243260000 Devon Energy Production Company Lp All Zones Producing: Oil 734 Gas 9279 Water 1074 Flow 26 15N 11W Burr Oak 35_2-15n-11w 3hx, April 03, 2023 HH, OIL, TD: …
Farm and trade groups line up against Biden’s tailpipe emissions regulations
President Biden’s eager move to control tailpipe emissions ran into strong opposition this week as more than 100 energy and farm trade groups set a letter against them. Designed to force more electric vehicle sales, the rules were proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency but the opponents argue they also remove consumer choice reported …
Energy news at a glance
** Despite the billions of dollars invested by private corporations, and government subsidies, Americans are still indifferent as a whole over electric vehicles. Just two in every 10 Americans say they’re “very likely” to buy an EV as their next car, according to a survey by the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute and the AP-NORC Center …
Another major acquisition is closed in the Permian Basin
Shale oil production is on the increase in the Permian Basin and Callon Petroleum Company of Houston wanted to get in while things are hot. It just closed a $300 million acquisition of oil and gas assets on the western edge of the Permian Basin from Percussion Petroleum Operation. The acquisition came after Callon sold …
More Continental Resources wells in southern Oklahoma
Again, OK Energy Today found itself ahead of all the completion reports filed for a series of Carter County oil wells drilled by Continental Resources. We reported earlier this week about three Courbet wells drilled at 27 1S 3W, a site about one mile east of Ratliff City and each produced from the Woodford formation. But …