Dive Summary:

• Oil companies often use electric generators to drill and complete wells along the Mississippi Lime rock formation in northwest Oklahoma and western Kansas, but are currently being hindered by a lack of electricity access.
• Western Farmers, a utility that supplies electricity in the area, is in the process of building 135 miles of new transmission lines, but the oil companies are complaining that the lines aren't being built quickly enough.
• The power demand for oil extraction varies, but one section with three oil wells and a water disposal pump can use almost one megawatt of power, which is equal to the amount of power required to light 1,000 homes.

From the article:

Companies trying to extract oil and natural gas from the Mississippi Lime formation and other fields in northwest Oklahoma and western Kansas are dealing with insufficient access to electricity.

Oil companies can use electric generators to drill and complete wells in the dense rock formation called the Mississippi Lime, but the pumps needed to suck the oil to the surface require vast amounts of power, The Oklahoman reported Sunday. ...