While energy groups have come out in support of the tax-hike proposals from the civic and business group called Step Up Oklahoma, at least two GOP gubernatorial candidates are against them. Former US Attorney Gary Richardson of Tulsa and Kevin Stitt, a Tulsa businessman are against what Step Up has proposed, according to a Thursday …
The following is a list of Well Completions in the state as reported by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission for the period of Jan. 18, 2018 through Jan. 24, 2018. The display is in a spread-sheet form. But we hope to improve on it in the coming one to two weeks and COUNTY Well name OPERATOR …
The latest drilling permits issued by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission revealing extensive drilling interest in several counties including eleven permits granted for Blaine County, one of three counties that make up the STACK play. Eleven were also granted to companies drilling in Kingfisher County, another of the STACK counties. As shown in the Permits to …
“I think the record shows – certainly in the last few years – we’ve been one of the safest companies in the industry.” Patterson-UTI spokesman after Quinton explosion. This week’s deadly gas rig blast near Quinton that killed 5 workers is being described as the nation’s deadliest oil and gas accident since the Deepwater …
The latest drilling permits in Oklahoma for the period of Jan. 18, 2018 to Jan. 24, 2018. The reports as released by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission are still in the spread-sheet form rather than the previous form before the OCC suffered a hacker’s attack last October. However, we are working on returning to the previous …
A $150 million gas processing plant will be built in North Dakota’s Bakken by Houston’s Hess Midstream Partners LP and Targa Resources Corporation also based in Houston, Texas. Targa has extensive operations in Oklahoma. The new plant will be able to handle 200 million standard cubic feet of gas a day. It will be called …
A new survey by AAA says American drivers are beginning to embrace self-driving vehicles. The Oklahoma offices of AAA released the survey results showing 63 percent of U.S. drives report feeling afraid to ride in a fully self-driving vehicle. That’s down from 78 percent reported in early 2017. In 2016, a survey of Oklahoma drivers …
The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality announced this week it is offering free Radon Test Kits to Oklahoma residents. The offer following the declaration by the EPA that January is National Radon Action Month. The Oklahoma DEQ is working with the EPA in the nationwide campaign to educate the country about the dangers of radon …
A southwest Oklahoma contractor has been charged with felony construction fraud following the tornado that hit Elk City last May. But he is denying the claims made in the charges. Chris Poindexter, owner of Pridex Construction Company of Lone Wolf was the subject of a 37-page arrest warrant issued this week. He was charged after …
Details of the death of TV’s Storm Chasing star Joel Taylor indicated he was found dead on a cruise ship last this week in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Yahoo reports the cause of the death of the 38 year old Discovery Channel star from Elk City, Oklahoma has yet to be determined. He was found …
