January 2019 archive

Sunoco Pipeline pays $5.4 million in fines over oil spills in Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana

WASHINGTON – In the latest joint federal-state Clean Water Act enforcement action, Sunoco Pipeline L.P. has agreed to pay civil penalties and state enforcement costs and to implement corrective measures to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and state environmental laws by Sunoco and Mid-Valley Pipeline Company stemming from three crude oil spills …

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Rep. Horn named chair of Space and Aeronautics House subcommittee

Oklahoma’s Democrat congresswoman Kendra Horn has been chairwoman of a House Aeronautics and Space subcommittee. The 5th U.S. District Rep. sits on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee along with Oklahoma Republican Rep. Frank Lucas who is the ranking GOP member on the committee. “I am extremely honored by the opportunity to serve as …

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3 firms join forces to build 650 mile new crude oil pipeline in Permian Basin

Lotus Midstream, LLC, a firm with 3,000 miles of pipeline running to the Cushing oil hub in Oklahoma has joined ExxonMobil and Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. in forming a nearly 650 mile pipeline in the Permian Basin of West Texas. The Wink to Webster Pipeline LLC Joint Venture includes construction of a 36-inch-diameter line …

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Blackstone Investment makes $3.3 billion purchase of Tallgrass Energy in Kansas City

The investment firm Blackstone has entered into a $3.3 billion contract to acquire 100% of the membership interest in Tallgrass Energy, LP, the big midstream company based near Kansas City, Kansas. Tallgrass has operations in eleven states including storage at the Cushing oil hub in Oklahoma. The deal covers affiliates of Kelso and Co., the …

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2018 was a turnaround year for one midstream company

San Antonio’s NuStar Energy L.P., a firm that expanded pipeline capability out of the Permian to Wichita Falls, Texas just across the Red River from Oklahoma announced it made a $79 million gain after making hurricane repairs in 2018. The year proved to be a turnaround for the firm. The company reported the gain was …

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Massive turnaround in earnings for ConocoPhillips in the past year

A day after ConocoPhilips announced a quarterly dividend of 30.5 cents per share, the firm announced fourth quarter 2018 earnings of $1.9 billion and full year 2018 earnings of $6.3 billion. The turnaround proved to be gigantic for the firm. The Houston based company with major operations in Oklahoma said the quarterly earnings were $1.61 …

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$4 billion acquisition by Chesapeake Energy to be finalized this week

    Chesapeake Energy’s $4 billion acquisition of WildHorse Resource Development Corporation is expected to be finalized this week. At the same time, the two firms announced preliminary results of the elections made by shareholders of WildHorse’s common stock regarding the form of merger consideration to be received from Chesapeake. As announced on October 30, 2018, …

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Baker Hughes reports 4Q earnings following largest demand in orders in 3 years

Houston’s Baker Hughes reported the fourth quarter of 2018 saw the company’s biggest demand for orders in three years and as a result, the firm reported revenue of $6.3 billion. It was an 11% increase from the third quarter and up 21% from a year earlier. The amount of orders for the quarter totaled $6.9 …

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Tulsa’s NGL Energy Partners expands with purchase of propane operation

Figures were not released but Tulsa’s NGL Energy Partners LP has acquired a subsidiary of DCP Midstream, LP,  a Fortune 500 midstream master limited partnership headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The two announced they had executed a purchase and sale agreement under which DCP will convey to NGL its wholesale propane business generally consisting of seven natural …

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Oil spill cleanup underway in Garfield County

  An oil spill this week polluted a reported 5-mile stretch of a creek near Enid. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission reported cleanup was underway after the Tuesday morning spill was discovered about 4 miles north of Covington on East Southgate road. The OCC was notified by Great Salt Plains Midstream LLC that some 750 barrels …

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