October 25, 2016 archive

Williams Partners Issues Quarterly Dividend of $0.85 Per Unit

Tulsa-based Williams Partners declared a regular quarterly cash distribution of $0.85 per unit for its common shareholders as announced by the company on Tuesday. The partnership’s board of directors approved the quarterly cash distribution, which is payable on November 11, 2016, to common shareholders of record at the close of business on November 4, 2016. …

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WTI Settles Below $50 a Barrel on Tuesday as Traders Worry About Iraq, Domestic Inventories

West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures settled below $50 a barrel on Tuesday, as traders were pressured by Iraq’s aversion to OPEC’s proposed production plan and anxiously awaited the weekly status of U.S. oil inventories, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, December WTI crude slid 56 cents, or 1.1%, to settle at …

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Completion Reports October 26, 2016

  CANADIAN COUNTY Citizen Energy Ii Llc Woodford: Oil 216 Gas 1651 Water 1380 Gas Lift 11 11N 7W Peters 1h-11, August 08, 2016 HH, OIL, TD: 15686 ft Lat: 35.43615, Long: -97.91783 API: 35017248880000 ELLIS COUNTY Jones Energy Llc Cleveland(8345): Oil 61 Gas 910 Water 91 Flow 10 20N 26W Neidens 10 5h, June …

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Permits to Drill October 26, 2016

Blaine County GILLILAN #5-26-35XH, October 24 2016 26 16N 10W SWNENENW API: 01123672 Lat: 35.84011910069856, Long: -98.23483975691637 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC HH, DR, 19643 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(9985) Blaine County GILLILAN #4-26-35XH, October 24 2016 26 16N 10W SWNENENW API: 01123671 Lat: 35.840119113518774, Long: -98.23504218061855 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC HH, DR, 19793 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(10135) Caddo County CAPTAIN #1-30, October …

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Halliburton’s Looking for Workers

The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission’s recent report that the downturn in Oklahoma’s oil and gas industry might have hit bottom might be supported by Halliburton. The Houston, Texas based company opened a job fair this week in Yukon at the Yukon Event Center. Its sign advertising job openings for mechanical and electronic technicians. Inside, applicants …

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House Committee Told Oil and Gas Operators Won’t Change Saltwater Disposal Methods Until Forced by the Government

The President of a brine processing company that wants to build a $175 million plant in Oklahoma told a State House Committee hearing on Tuesday what some oil and gas groups have done in the past few years has been a “dog and pony show” when it comes to injection wells and earthquakes in the …

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Water Board Gets Nearly $11 million EPA Grant

The Oklahoma Water Resources Board has received a nearly $11 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to fund clean-water projects in the state. The grant goes to the state’s Clean Water Revolving Loan Fund. it provides low-interest, flexible loans to communities to help them improve water quality and infrastructure. The $10.79 million will …

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EPA Sued Over Radioactive Exposure Plan

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finds itself hauled into court again, but this time by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. The group filed suit in Washington, D.C., accusing the EPA of illegally withholding the specific effects of its pending plan to hike permissible radiation exposure in drinking water. The EPA has refused to disclose …

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Environmentalists Mount Opposition to West Texas Drilling Around Balmorhea State Park

Environmental groups are mounting a fight against the plans of Houston-based Apache Corp. to begin drilling in its newly-found Alpine High play in far west Texas. Of big concern to some of the groups is the plan to drill around Balmorhea State Park and its famous spring-fed pool, described as the largest in the world, according …

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Oil and Gas Money Split on Presidential Candidates

America’s oil and gas industry leaders are apparently split as they pour money into the Presidential campaigns of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. As it stands less than two weeks before voters decide on who to send to the White House, it appears Hillary Clinton has received slightly more money than Trump, according to a …

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