The latest oil pipeline spill along the Pacific coast of California again involves Plains all American Energy, the same firm whose pipeline resulted in a grand jury indictment over alleged lax operations. This time the spill involved about 29,000 gallons of crude oil near Ventura, California but the oil did not reach the beach. However, …
Law firms across the U.S. are hailing a Wyoming federal judge’s ruling that struck down the Obama administration’s fracturing rules as a huge win for the oil and gas industry. The U.S. District judge ruled the U.S. Department of the Interior had no legal authority to involve itself in creating fracking control rules on federal …
Rig counts for the U.S. and Oklahoma fell over the past week with Oklahoma losing four and the national count dropping by three, according to data released by Baker Hughes Company of Houston, Texas. Oklahoma’s count slipped to 54 compared to the 105 oil and gas rigs the state had one year ago this week. …
Coming this week in Washington, D.C.—–a hearing by a U.S. Senate subcommittee into the EPA’s enforcement and compliance programs. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S,.D.) will chair the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management and Regulatory Oversight hearing on June 29. The official hearing is called “Oversight of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency …
No Oklahoma Senators are among them, but 39 U.S. Senators have sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy urging her agency to ensure the final 2017 Renewable Fuel Standard rule promotes growth in the U.S. rather than overseas. The 2017 proposal calls on refiners to blend 14.8 billion gallons of …
Oil futures climbed back above the key benchmark of $50 a barrel on Thursday, buoyed by traders who speculated that the United Kingdom would remain as a member of the European Union, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. August West Texas Intermediate crude increased by 98 cents, or 2%, to end trading at $50.11 a barrel on …
BLAINE COUNTY Chesapeake Operating Llc Meramec(9455): Oil 350 Gas 1228 Water 542 Flow 28 17N 10W Bernhardt 28-17-10 1h, April 17, 2016 HH, OIL, TD: 19405 ft Lat: 35.91372, Long: -98.27958 API: 35011235750000 CANADIAN COUNTY Payrock Energy Llc Mississippian(9031): Oil 840 Gas 1122 Water 2651 Gas Lift 1 14N 8W Grellner 1408 2-1mh, March 12, …
Blaine County HOMSEY #1-22H, June 23 2016 22 15N 11W NWNWNENW API: 01123622 Lat: 35.76795303265313, Long: -98.36159711672752 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC HH, DR, 16123 ft, MISSISSIPPI(11274) Grady County MICHELLE ABEL #1-11-2XH, May 16 2016 11 3N 6W SESESESE API: 05124037 Lat: 34.74032498294741, Long: -97.79222163809351 MARATHON OIL COMPANY HH, AM, 23362 ft, MORROW(10887), SPRINGER(12791), MISS (DEEP)(12815) Grady …
A Delaware judge overseeing the legal fight between Williams Cos. of Tulsa and Energy Transfer Equity promises to have a ruling by Friday. The commitment came earlier this week from Judge Sam Glascock who’s been hearing arguments in the conflicts between the two companies that proposed a $38 billion merger last fall. The suit was …
“I’m glad to see energy production put back into the hands of hard-working Americans.” Rep. Tom Cole The Wyoming judge who ruled against the Obama administration’s fracking regulations gets strong support from two Oklahoma congressmen. ‘I applaud the federal judge who stood by the law and struck down this unnecessary, politically-motivated power grab,” …
