February 18, 2020 archive

Wind turbine database is available

Take a look at the above picture. It’s what the wind farm locations look like in Oklahoma and Texas according to the newest wind turbine database released by a number of federal agencies. The United States Wind Turbine Database (USWTDB) provides the locations of land-based and offshore wind turbines in the United States, corresponding wind …

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Gasoline prices rebound in Oklahoma

A week after most states reported a drop in gasoline prices, they rose slightly according to AAA . The national average rose a penny, reaching an average of $2.44 per gallon this week. Oklahoma’s new average price is $2.15 a gallon, up about two cents compared to a week ago. Averages in the state’s major …

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Judge rules against landowners fighting Permian Highway pipeline near Austin

A federal judge in Austin has ruled against landowners and residents who want to stop Kinder Morgan’s $2 billion Permian Highway Pipeline which would carry gas from the Permian to near Houston. U.S. District Court Judge Robert Pitman struck down a request on Friday by opponents of the $2 billion project according to the Houston …

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Increase in wastewater reported

The amount of wastewater created by oil and gas wells has increased in recent years, according to a new estimate, but not as fast as oil and gas production. Oil and gas production yielded 1.02 trillion gallons of wastewater in 2017, or 2.8 billion gallons a day, according to the estimate by John Veil, an …

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NGL expands operations in the Permian

  Tulsa-based NGL Energy Partners LP announced that the Partnership recently signed separate, long-term produced water transportation and disposal agreements with two large, investment grade producer customers in the Delaware Basin. These agreements include acreage dedications totaling approximately 20,000 acres, from which initial produced water volumes are expected to be received beginning July 2020. The …

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