November 29, 2017 archive

Noble Energy Unloads $340 million in Holdings Including Some in the SCOOP

Oklahoma SCOOP holdings of Noble Energy are part of a $340 million divestiture deal by the company. It includes millions of acres of mineral rights and royalty interests in Oklahoma, Texas, North Dakota and other states. The buyer is Black Stone Minerals headquartered in Houston, Texas. The purchase expands Black Stone’s position in the STACK …

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CNG Use and Construction Slows Due to Cheap Gas and Electric Cars

In a review of the growth of compressed natural gas stations in Oklahoma, the Tulsa World found the growth has slowed in the past few years—-thanks go falling gasoline prices and the low-cost of electric-car charging stations. Five years ago, gasoline prices were in the $3 to $4 range and there was a big push …

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Developer and Land Owners Want Nebraska Regulators to Reconsider Keystone XL Decision

The Nebraska regulators who approved a construction permit for the Keystone XL pipeline are now being asked to reconsider their decision of last week. The requests come from landowners and from the pipeline developer, TransCanada. TransCanada indicated its request of the Nebraska Public Service Commission is not about changing the route but to “address some …

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ACOG Gets Ready for “Autonomous” Vehicles

The Association of Central Oklahoma Governments is preparing for driver-less cars…..those known as “autonomous vehicles.” It plans a Dec. 4 workshop in Oklahoma City entitled “Driving Toward the Future: Preparing Central Oklahoma for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles.” In announcing the workshop, ACOG said it has been planning for and responding to evolving vehicle technologies. “Autonomous …

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New Waste Management Site Opens in Permian Basin

A Houston oil and gas waste management company has opened a new operation in the Permian Basin. Milestone Environmental Services announced the operation is 25 miles south of Midland on State Highway 349 on a 20-acre site. The company is initially accepting drilling wastestreams including water-based mud and oil-based mud along with some completion and …

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Drilling Company Complies With Earthquake Guidelines—Reduces Fracking Operations

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission is releasing more information about the fracking that’s being blamed for small earthquakes around Yukon. Citizen Energy, an exploration company based in Tulsa cut back the volume as much as 50 percent on several stages of the hydraulic fracturing process. Matt Skinner, a spokesman with the Corporation Commission told News 9’s …

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Texas Firm Fined $545,000 Over Worker’s Death in Pottery Kiln

While the death of an oilfield worker near Watonga, Oklahoma is under investigation, OSHA announced it reached a settlement with a Texas company over the death of a worker last spring. The agreement with Marshall Pottery, Inc. located in Marshall, Texas includes a penalty of $545,160 after an assistant plant manager died last April when …

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Oilfield Worker Killed in Fracking Accident in Blaine County

The oilfield accident that killed a 36-year old worker on Tuesday in Blaine county remains under investigation by the Blaine County Sheriff’s Office. Undersheriff David Robertson indicated it happened at a Devon Energy well site located along County Road 2520 and a quarter mile south of County Road 840 west of Watonga. It occurred as …

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