Might be a year before a fire-damaged turbine at the Grand River Dam Authority’s coal-fired electric-generating plant at Chouteau is replaced. Authorities are still assessing damage from the Friday night fire that occurred when lightning struck and knocked a pump offline. The resulting shutdown caused a turbine to continue running and overheating, resulting in the …
Both Oklahoma and the U.S. start the July 4th week with a pickup in oil rigs. Oklahoma added four in the past week to reach a working total of 58 while the U.S. count picked up 10 rigs to reach a total of 431, according to the latest figures provided by Baker Hughes Company of …
A single-engine propeller aircraft piloted by Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe was forced off the runway at South Grand Lake Regional Airport on Sunday night due to severe weather conditions, according to the Associated Press. Severe thunderstorms were present during Sunday afternoon and evening. No injuries or damage to the privately-owned Harmon Rocket aircraft were reported. …
Oil futures rallied on Friday after data revealed a favorable drop in crude oil inventories coupled with a rise in active U.S. oil rigs for the week, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, August West Texas Intermediate crude tacked on 66 cents, or 1.4%, to end trading at $48.99 a barrel, …
CREEK COUNTY Dyer Dale E Dba The Loving Company Dutcher-red Fork: Water 60 Pump 12 17N 8E Pickett A-3, May 16, 2016 SH, OIL, TD: 3050 ft Lat: 35.96940, Long: -96.41509 API: 35037140260003 HARPER COUNTY Orca Operating Company Llc Morrow: Gas 2402 Water 2048 Flow 23 26N 20W Jerry 23-1, January 05, 2016 SH, GAS, …
Canadian County VOGT #1H-9X, July 01 2016 16 14N 6W NWSESESE API: 01724836 Lat: 35.68307932701714, Long: -97.83564985231702 NEWFIELD EXPLORATION MID-CON INC HH, DR, 18844 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(7934), WOODFORD(8360), HUNTON(8449) Cleveland County EARLES #1, April 25 2016 10 7N 1W SENWNENE API: 02721492 Lat: 35.100744109318114, Long: -97.28579736331382 GLB EXPLORATION INC SH, AM, 7500 ft, LAYTON UP 4860 …
A Louisiana lawsuit accusing two former executives of setting up sham companies to allegedly rob Superior Energy Services subsidiary Stabil Drill Specialites of tens of millions of dollars includes a Yukon oilfield executive. The suit filed recently in Lafayette, Louisiana names longtime Stabil Drill executives Martin A,. LeBlanc and Christopher J. Russo of stealing …
An Oklahoma City battery company that works with electric car makers is creating 116 new jobs thanks to its participation in the Oklahoma Department of Commerce Quality Jobs Program. The State says Spiers New Technologies, Inc., a startup company that’s just more than one year old, will expand operations through the program and get nearly $2 million in …
Those Oklahoma exploration companies who’ve been busy in the state of North Dakota and its Bakken field find themselves facing new rules aimed at reducing spills in the oil patch. The North Dakota Industrial Commission has approved the rules despite the objections by the oil and gas industry. Among the new requirements will be …
What researchers are studying in West Texas has the attention of oil and gas people and others in Oklahoma—recycle oil and gas wastewater. Texas A & M is looking into treating the wastewater, recycling it and using it to irrigate farmland. And so far, it appears to be working according to News 9’s Alex Cameron …
