AUSTIN – The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 816 original drilling permits in September 2023. The total includes 709 to drill new oil or gas wells, 10 to re-enter plugged wellbores and 80 for re-completions of existing wellbores.
MINNEAPOLIS (Oct. 18, 2023) – Xcel Energy today announced it has been selected for a $100 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy to boost its work to reduce and mitigate the threat of wildfires and ensure the resiliency of the grid through extreme weather.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2023 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued more than $1.77 billion this year to agricultural producers and landowners through its Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), a critical piece of the Department’s efforts to support climate-smart agriculture and forestry on working lands. Right now, CRP’s more than 667,000 participants received payments from USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) for their voluntary conservation efforts on more than 23 million acres of private land.
Intents to Drill
OCHILTREE (WOLFCREEK, Douglas) Courson Oil & Gas, Inc., #4570 Kent, (665 acres) 1320’ FEL & 1420’ FSL, Sec 570, Blk 43, H&TC RR Surv, A-718, 13 mi S from Perryton TX TD 9565’ (sgd. Zach Heflin 806-435-2910) Vertical Recompletion
Gas Completions
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Oil Completions
(AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced this week he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $1.1 billion in local sales tax allocations for October, 4.5 percent more than in October 2022. These allocations are based on sales made in August by businesses that report tax monthly.
Week of October 2-8, 2023 &nbs
Week of September 25-October 1, 2023
Intents to Drill
MOORE (PANHANDLE, WEST) Scout Energy Management LLC, #S 51A Fee, (3840 acres) 993’ FNL & 1862’ FWL, Sec 51, Blk GM3, G&M Surv, A-444, 3.5 mi NW from Fritch TX TD 4000’ (sgd. Tonya Blanchard 972-782-4267) Vertical
Intents to Drill
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Gas Completions
HEMPHILL (BUFFALO WALLOW, Granite Wash) Blackbeard Operating, LLC, #2H Meek 238, 18 mi SW from Canadian, Sec 238, Blk C, G&MMB&A Surv, A-606, spud 7-17-2011, compl 10-6-2011, tested 8-16-2023, potential 76 mcf, 3 bbls cond, 17 bbls wtr, 169# ftp, 640# SIWHP, TVD 10935’, MD 15725’ API 42-211-34890, Horizontal Recompletion Reclass Oil to Gas
LUBBOCK – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), the Department of Natural Resources Management at Texas Tech University and the Texas Wildlife Association are hosting the Panhandle Wildlife Conference Oct. 20-21 at Texas Tech University’s National Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock.
The conference will be the first of its kind since the 1990s and will explore the diverse landscape and wildlife of the Texas Panhandle, a region rich in both history and natural resources.
Intents to Drill
DEAF SMITH (WILDCAT) Atmos Energy, West Texas Division, #01 ATE264, (1 acres) 602’ FWL & 210’ FSL, Sec 38, Blk K3, SK&K Surv, A-823, 3 mi SW from Hereford TX TD 530’ (sgd. Michelle Boillat 806-383-5047) Vertical Cathodic Protection Well
