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Leadership changes announced at Gulfport Energy

  Changes of corporate officers were announced Monday at Oklahoma City’s Gulfport Energy Corporation. Michael Hodges was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer while William “”Bill” Buese will transition from the CFO role. Buese will serve as an advisor to the Company until May 3, 2023. John Reinhart, …

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Commissioner Anthony makes blistering attack over failure to investigate natural gas costs

  Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony repeated his call for independent experts to review the 2021 Winter Storm Uri fuel costs claimed by PSO and ONG, and at the same time told his fellow Commissioners they were wrong in claiming the agency lacked such investigative powers. In a Monday filing …

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High fire dangers still exist this week in Oklahoma

  Just because the winds aren’t expected this week to be close to the 75 mile an hour wind gusts that fanned dust storms and wildfires last week in Oklahoma, doesn’t mean there will be any less concern for wildfires. After 36 homes were destroyed by fires on Friday north …

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Colorado oil and gas exploration remains behind pre-COVID-19 pandemic activity

  Over the past two years, the oil and gas drilling activity in Colorado rebounded but remains below the amount of exploration that was performed before the COVID-19 pandemic. At last count, there were 19 active drilling rigs in the state according to Baker Hughes. Colorado has faced challenges in …

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Sen. Mullin accuses Bernie Sanders of hypocrisy—to his face

  Okay. This latest Sen. Markwayne Mullin story has nothing to do with energy. But it’s worth reading as the Republican Oklahoma Senator launched into an attack recently against colleague, Sen. Bernie Sanders, suggesting Sanders is hypocritical for his criticism of a millionaire CEO. Mullin unloaded on Sanders during a …

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Coming soon—a ban on incandescent light bulbs

  What’s next in the Biden administration’s climate change battle?  How about the lightbulbs you use in your home. The administration’s taking aim at incandescent light bulbs and under rules finalized by the Department of Energy, they will be prohibited from being sold by retailers. Get ready for the ban …

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Oklahoma utilities recover from wind storm damage

  Power has been restored to most OG&E and PSO customers following Friday’s wind storm that brought 75 mile an hour gusts, outages, dozens of snapped power line poles and the wind-driven wildfires that destroyed dozens of homes and structures near Edmond. At one point on Friday, OG&E reported more …

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Completion reports for March 31, 2023

CADDO COUNTY Kaiser-francis Oil Company Marchand(10415): Oil 498 Gas 987 Water 2026 Flow 17 9N 11W C & G 1hx, December 01, 2022 HH, OIL, TD: 19265 ft Lat: 35.26112, Long: -98.38358 API: 35015233290000 ELLIS COUNTY Mewbourne Oil Company Cherokee(9600): Oil 715 Gas 1355 Water 1372 Flow 7 19N 25W King 7/18 Ap 1h, October 09, 2022 HH, OIL, TD: 19450 …

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Permits to drill for March 31, 2023

Ellis County HARRY #2-21-28 CHX, March 31 2023 21 17N 24W SENWNENE API: 04523897 Lat: 35.93952115971618, Long: -99.75858755030464 CRAWLEY PETROLEUM CORPORATION HH, DR, 20250 ft, CHEROKEE(10650) Ellis County MINNIE MAE #1-20HX, March 31 2023 20 19N 25W NENENESW API: 04523898 Lat: 36.107162005046646, Long: -99.89101012335162 DUNCAN OIL PROPERTIES INC MU, DR, 16400 ft, …

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Big new wells reported by Gulfport Midcon and Devon Energy

  Oklahoma City’s Gulfport Midcon LLC just filed completion reports on three Grady County wells drilled on a single pad with oil production of more than 1,200 barrels of oil a day along with 28,000 Mcf of natural gas. The three Scr wells were completed in October of last year …

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