Oklahoma Gas

Most Popular: 11/18 to 11/24

November 25, 2012

Inaccurate News Reports about Newberry Caldera and Salton Buttes [1]

Life Beneath the Seafloor [2]

Not Caused by Fracking [3]

Rare Earth Elements in Arizona? [4]

Stolen Petroglyphs [5]

Dispute: Natural Gas Under Natural Gas Storage Fields [6]

Volcano Movies [7]

[1] http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/10/fearmongering-speculation-newberry-salton-buttes/
[2] http://nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=126049&WT_mc_id=USNSF_51&WT_mc_ev=click
[3] http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/ceus/usb0006klz/aftershocks.php
[4] http://arizonageology.blogspot.com/2012/11/rethinking-rare-earth-element-potential.html
[5] http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-petroglyphs-theft-20121119,0,6886011.story
[6] http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/11/gas_storage_fields_complicatin.html
[7] http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/11/your-guide-to-volcanoes-in-movies/

More at Geology.com.

Not Caused by Fracking

November 19, 2012
earthquakes

About this time last year a swarm of over 100 earthquakes occurred in Oklahoma. Although many people initially pointed at hydraulic fracturing as the cause, USGS has a map and explanation… ” The aftershocks near the main shock appear to align along a northeast-southwest trend that is probably defining the fault rupture below the ground surface.” Quoted from the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program.

More at USGS.

State Governments Want Natural Gas Vehicles

August 11, 2012
energy

Twenty-two states are soliciting bids for natural gas vehicles that will be used in state government auto pools.

More at Business Week.

Helium: A Natural Gas Byproduct

May 30, 2012

“Helium is produced by the decay of uranium and thorium in granitoid basement rocks. The liberated helium is buoyant and moves towards the surface in porosity associated with basement faults. The helium then moves upwards through porous sedimentary cover until it is trapped with natural gas under beds of anhydrite or salt.” Quoted from the Geology.com article.

More at Geology.com.

65% of US Natural Gas from Five States

May 7, 2012

The leading states for natural gas production during 2011 were: Texas, Louisiana, Wyoming, Oklahoma, and Colorado. Together they produced 65% of US natural gas.

More at Energy Information Administration.

Oklahoma Earthquake Position Statement

April 11, 2012
earthquakes

The Oklahoma Geological Survey has published a “Position Statement on Triggered or Induced Seismicity” that was motivated by many people attributing recent earthquake activity to fluid injection.

More at Oklahoma Geological Survey.

State Crude Oil Trends

March 19, 2012

Five states account for over 50% of the USA’s crude oil production with production rapidly increasing in Texas and North Dakota.

More at Energy Information Administration.

USGS Blog Post on Oklahoma Earthquakes

November 27, 2011
earthquakes

This blog post by USGS from November 9th provides some background on the swarm of earthquakes that has occurred in Oklahoma. More in a recent news article on the New York Times [1].

[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/28/us/oklahoma-continues-string-of-recent-mild-earthquakes.html

More at USGS.

Woodford Shale Map – Oklahoma

November 10, 2011
energy

The Oklahoma Geological Survey has published maps and data bases that summarize natural gas drilling activity in the Woodford Shale.

More at Oklahoma Geological Survey.

What’s Causing the Oklahoma Earthquakes?

November 9, 2011
earthquakes

This article on recent earthquakes in Oklahoma includes ideas of what might be causing them from geologists at Purdue University Northwestern University and the Oklahoma Geological Survey. There is no strong evidence that they are being caused by hydr…

More at Christian Science Monitor.

What Caused the Oklahoma Earthquakes?

November 6, 2011
earths-interior

In this video, Dr. Bryan Tapp, a structural geologist at the University of Oklahoma explains what he believes caused Saturday’s M5.6 earthquake in Oklahoma – it wasn’t hydraulic fracturing.

More at News on 6.

How Natural Gas is Taxed in 19 Different States

October 24, 2011

The Marshall University Center for Business and Economic Research has prepared: Taxation of Natural Gas: A Comparative Analysis. This publication reviews the many methods of taxing natural gas 19 different states. You might be surprised at how many …

More at Marshall University Center for Business and Economic Research.

Oil from the Mississippi Lime

September 27, 2011
hydraulic-fracturing

Several oil and gas companies are producing oil from horizontal wells drilled into the Mississippi Lime, a permeable limestone beneath the Kansas-Oklahoma state boundary.

More at Tulsa World.

60 Billion Cubic Feet from an Oklahoma Gas Well

July 21, 2011

Chesapeake Energy has a natural gas well in western Oklahoma that has a cumulative production of 60 billion cubic feet since December 2002. It still yields about 8 million cubic feet of gas per day.