May 8, 2019 archive

Broken levee leaves parts of city of Sayre flooded

A levee apparently couldn’t contain the amount of rainfall that fell in the western city of Sayre and broke early Wednesday morning, resulting in a flooded that damaged homes and businesses. There were no reports of injuries. It was Tuesday night when severe weather moved out of the Texas Panhandle and into Western Oklahoma, producing …

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State regulators forced by court ruling to increase OUSF charges on phone bills

“Oklahomans should pay more attention to the obscure, yet ever-increasing OUSF charges on their phone bills.” Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony.   Phone bills will  likely be going up soon in Oklahoma because of a State Supreme Court ruling. And Corporation Commissioners don’t like it but their hands are tied. Faced with the ruling, the Oklahoma …

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DEQ offers free testing of private wells impacted by flooding

The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is offering free bacteriological testing of private water wells that have been submerged in flood water. The offer extends to residents in the following counties: Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Canadian, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche, Cotton, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Garvin, Grady, Haskell, Hughes, Jefferson, Johnston, Latimer, LeFlore, Lincoln, Logan, Love, Marshall, Mayes, McClain, McCurtain, McIntosh, Murray, Muskogee, Nowata, Okfuskee Oklahoma, Okmulgee, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Payne, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Pushmataha, Rogers, Seminole, Sequoyah, Stephens, Tillman, Tulsa, Wagoner and Washington counties. The DEQ urged users not to drink the water from private wells submerged in …

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Study finds electric cars emit more CO2 than diesel vehicles

Maybe those electric cars on America’s highways aren’t as environmentally friendly as some claim—that is, if you believe new report by scientists in Germany. Their study, according to a report in The Brussels Times found that electric vehicles account for more CO2 emissions than diesel powered vehicles. Here’s how they deducted their conclusion. If you …

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Difference between “could” and “will”

One of our sharp-eyed followers caught a slight error in the story we reported this week about Tufts University and its study of earthquakes, fracking and wastewater disposal wells. As OK Energy Today pointed out, the research showed the subsurface injection of fluids, whether it be in the fracking process or the disposal of wastewater …

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Bill Nye the Science Guy and OU researchers talk Mars

Planetary Radio Live with Mat Kaplan and Planetary Society CEO Bill Nye at the Science Museum Oklahoma Science Live Auditorium featured two OU researchers on Wednesday. They were:  Nathan Kaib, professor of astrophysics, who discussed the formation of Mars; and Megan Elwood Madden, professor of geology and geophysics, who talked about the interaction of rocks and …

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Cypress Energy to release quarterly results next week

  Tulsa’s Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. plans to release its first quarter earnings and hold a conference call on Monday, May 13. The call will be held at 9 a.m. CDT where leadership will discuss the financial results. When the company released its fourth quarter 2018 results in March of this year, it reported a …

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Improved earnings reported at Nine Energy as leadership says ‘worst is behind us’

“We believe the worst is behind us.” Ann Fox President of Nine Energy. One of the players in Oklahoma’s SCOOP and STACK plays, Nine Energy Service, Inc. of Houston, Texas reported first quarter 2019 revenues of $229.7 million, net income of $17.3 million and adjusted EBITDA of $39.2 million. The basic earnings per share came …

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Chesapeake reports 1Q losses and increased debt but stronger oil production

  While reporting increased oil production in its expanded operations, Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy also reported increased costs and a loss of $182 million from operations in the first quarter of 2019. The $182 million loss compares to $42 millions in profits reported one year ago. Lost income before income taxes came to $335 million …

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Governor signs bill protecting military bases from wind farm encroachment

Governor Kevin Stitt has signed a bill into law creating clarification on wind farm development so it does not interfere with military air bases in the state. He signed House Bill 2118 which will require wind farm developers to first obtain approval from the Federal Aviation Administration and the State’s Military Aviation and Installation Assurance …

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