September 5, 2018 archive

No completion reports or permits to file were processed for Sept. 5, 2018.

No completion reports or permits to file were processed for Sept. 5, 2018.

Strategic oil reserve focus of House subcommittee hearing

Oklahoma Congressman Markwayne Mullin and others on an Energy subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce committee plan a markup Thursday of a bill to modernize the Department of Energy’s security missions. The subcommittee will consider legislation H.R. 6511,the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Reform Act authored by Texas Republican Rep. Joe Barton and Democratic Rep. Bobby …

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EPA to review Pruitt’s last major move at the agency

After releasing a report critical of the $3.5 million spent on round-the-clock security protection for former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt,  the EPA’s Office of Inspector General isn’t finished with Pruitt’s actions. Next up? Glider vehicle emissions testing conducted by the EPA in 2017 under Pruitt. The audit follows complaints from Congressional Republicans that the agency …

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Tulsa’s Magellan Midstream announces construction of new Permian Basin pipeline

Tulsa’s Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. has joined forces with Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. based in Dallas and Delek US Holdings Inc. to announce plans to construct a new crude oil pipeline from the Permian Basin to the Texas Gulf Coast region. The 600-mile 30-inch pipeline system is expected to be operational by mid-2020, carrying oil …

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OKC’s Flywheel Energy acquires Arkansas holdings in $1.8 billion deal

Oklahoma City’s Flywheel Energy LLC, a firm once known as Valorem Energy and founded in 2017 has pulled off a nearly $2 billion purchase of shale operations in Arkansas. The company paid $1.865 billion in acquiring Southwestern Energy Company’s natural gas properties and affiliated midstream business in the Fayetteville Shale. The deal is to close …

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Koch company expanding crude loading capacity

Flint Hills Resources, a subsidiary of Koch Industries and a firm with operations throughout Oklahoma announced this week plans to expand storage at its terminal in Ingleside, Texas. The outbound crude loading capacity will be increased to nearly 380,000 barrels a day. The project consists of construction of four new crude storage tanks, 60,000 barrels …

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Top Interior Department attorney joins Dallas oil firm

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s top energy lawyer has left government employment to go to work for Dallas-based Cox Oil Offshore LLC. Vincent DeVito was Energy Counselor to Zinke but joined Cox Oil where he is an Executive Vice President and General Counsel. He went to work for Zinke in 2017 after being appointed by President …

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$950 million deal creates larger EagleClaw Midstream in the Permian

The largest privately held midstream operator in the Southern Delaware Basin of West Texas just got bigger with the $950 million purchase of Caprock Midstream Holdings in Midland, Texas. Eagleclaw Midstream, a portfolio company of Blackstone Energy Partners announced this week it entered into binding agreements to acquire Caprock from Energy Spectrum Capital and Caprock …

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Appeals Court rules against injured oilfield worker and others over helicopter flight costs

Oklahoma oilfield worker Johnny Trent and two others who challenged what they thought were exorbitant medical helicopter flights have lost again in federal court. Trent was hurt in an oilfield accident near Elk City and was flown by helicopter to an Oklahoma City hospital. He was charged $45,101.94 for the 106 mile flight by Air …

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OGE and OGE Energy Corp. Foundation to provide $70,000 for teachers’ projects for the 2018-2019 school year

Oklahoma Gas and Electric (OG&E) and the OGE Energy Corp. Foundation, Inc. will provide $70,000 to help fund teachers’ projects for the 2018-2019 school year. Funding for qualifying projects will be provided through DonorsChoose.org, a crowdfunding platform for educators. This year public school teachers will have two funding opportunities for their classroom projects: Matching funds …

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