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Permits to drill for September 9, 2019

Permits to drill issued for September 9, 2019. Oklahoma CountyVENCL #29, September 09 2019 31 11N 2W NESENWSE API: 10922476 Lat: 35.382302086305614, Long: -97.44617034077548 STEPHENS & JOHNSON OPERATING CO DH, DR, 6800 ft, HOOVER 4110 6 TULIP(CREEK), TONKAWA(4300), LAYTON(5030), OSWEGO(6240), PRUE(6300), MCLISH(6520) Seminole CountyLARNEY #1-24H, September 09 2019 24 10N 6E …

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Completion reports for September 9, 2019

Completion reports filed on September 9, 2019. MAJOR COUNTY Fairway Resources Operating Iii Llc32 22N 13W Ricky T Swd 1-32, November 27, 2018 SH, COMM, TD: 9285 ft Lat: 36.33649, Long: -98.61538 API: 35093250970000 PITTSBURG COUNTY Newfield Exploration Mid-con Inc24 5N 13E Payden 3h-12xx, September 25, 2019 SH, DRY, TD: 371 ft Lat: …

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Oklahoma and other states begin antitrust probe of Google

The growing multitude of stories of how Google might be spying on its customers resulted in Oklahoma and 49 other states and territories on Monday announcing the start of an antitrust investigation of Google. The Washington Post reported that only California and Alabama did not sign onto the movement that …

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How landowners can be forced to lease their land for fracking in Ohio

A National Public Radio story about Ohio landowners being forced to lease their land for fracking featured Oklahoma City’s Chesapeake Energy. In the nearly 6-minute piece that aired nationally, reporter Julie Grant with the Climate awareness effort Allegheny Front, reported how landowners don’t always have a say about who can …

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National Drive Electric Week to be observed in Arcadia and Jenks

Two cities in Oklahoma will observe National Drive Electric Week this month. The Association of Central Oklahoma Governments will hold its event on Saturday, September 14 at POPS in Arcadia. The event will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will be a chance for Oklahomans interested in driving …

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Falling rig count results in growing concerns in Oklahoma

  Many Oklahomas are out of work and the economy is hurting. “I have been worried for some time now,” said Russell Evans, Associate Professor of Economics, Executive Director, Steven C. Agee Economic Research & Policy Institute at Oklahoma City University. Mainly because the oil and natural gas industry, the …

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Cigarette butt leads to arrest 3 years after violent pipeline protests in North Dakota

DNA from a cigarette butt has led to the arrest in North Dakota of a man wanted for taking part in a riot three years ago in protest of the Dakota Access pipeline. The riot resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. Morton County prosecutors also charged Lawrence …

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Italian firm attempts to buy Energy Transfer gas pipeline

Reuters reports that Italy’s Snam is working on a bid for a stake in a $6 billion natural gas pipeline in the United States in what would be the gas group’s first foray outside Europe. The Milan-based company, controlled by state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, is carrying out due diligence …

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Rocky Mountain High isn’t so clean

Colorado took the unusual step of inviting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to downgrade the air quality rating of the state’s biggest population center, and not everyone thinks that was a good idea according to the Associated Press. The EPA held a hearing Friday on whether to lower the ozone …

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Warren vows to ban fracking if elected President

On my first day as president, I will sign an executive order that puts a total moratorium on all new fossil fuel leases for drilling offshore and on public lands. And I will ban fracking—everywhere. Sen. Elizabeth Warren. The promise from Oklahoma’s own Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts Democratic Senator who’s …

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