June 21, 2019 archive

Salaries of high tech workers improve in Oklahoma

  A survey indicates the average tech worker in Oklahoma City is paid nearly $75,000 a year while those in Dallas make more than $98,000 annually. The survey was conducted by Business.org which found Oklahoma City’s average Tech salary is $74,671 compared to $74,778 in Wichita, Kansas and $98,237 in Dallas,Texas. Oklahoma City’s average is …

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Flooding will keep barge traffic down at Tulsa Port of Catoosa

The director of the Tulsa Port of Catoosa says last month’s severe flooding along the Arkansas River will likely keep barge traffic halted for much of the summer. David Yarbrough says it might be months before traffic resumes. “Most of the ports and terminals have been hanging onto their fleet because we couldn’t ship,” Yarbrough …

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Oil and the financing of radio in Oklahoma

Oil has a long history of helping finance and develop a lot of businesses in Oklahoma and one of those industries is “radio.” There is a rich history of oil and gas companies either acquiring radio stations in the state or carrying out nationwide advertising on radio networks. When he worked for the Oklahoma History …

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Phillips 66 deepwater port proposal gets support in Corpus Christi, Texas

  Plans by Phillips 66 to build a deep-water crude exporting port in the Gulf of Mexico are getting the support of the Port of Corpus Christi in Texas. “When (Phillips) 66 came and pitched us on their concept and their location and their idea, we were very keen to work with them,” Port CEO …

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All this for less than one acre of land

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation has had to go to federal court as it attempts to purchase a tiny bit of land for highway improvements in Pawnee County.  And a U.S. District judge in Tulsa has ruled the DOT must dot all the “Is” and cross all the “Ts” in order to do it. The …

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Six more counties added to FEMA disaster declaration

Governor Kevin Stitt announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved the state’s request for disaster assistance for six more Oklahoma counties impacted by flooding, tornadoes, severe storms and straight-line winds. The disaster assistance benefits individuals and business owners affected by severe storms that have occurred since May 7 in Alfalfa, Craig, Garfield, Kingfisher, …

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Permits to drill for June 20, 2019

Permits to drill filed on June 20, 2019. Blaine County EDGEMERE FARMS #2-25-36XHM, June 20 2019 25 15N 13W S2NENENE API: 01124226 Lat: 35.7532454880505, Long: -98.52675091907517 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC HH, DR, 22694 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(12418), WOODFORD(13300) Caddo County CAPTAIN 6-31-11-12 #1HXL, June 20 2019 07 11N 12W NWNWNENE API: 01523312 Lat: 35.44906579285403, Long: -98.50406748875143 LYNX OKLAHOMA OPERATING LLC …

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Completion reports for June 20, 2019

Completion reports filed on June 20, 2019. OKLAHOMA COUNTY Gulf Exploration Llc Oswego(7545): Oil 8 Gas 480 Water 5 Flow 33 13N 3W Nichols Hills 3-5, April 05, 2019 DH, GAS, TD: 8960 ft Lat: 35.55520, Long: -97.52893 API: 35109220720002 Gulf Exploration Llc Simpson(8932): Gas 374 Water 42 Flow 33 13N 3W Why Not? 1-32er, April 01, 2019 DH, GAS, TD: 9105 ft Lat: 35.55603, …

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