September 14, 2021 archive

Feds okay private nuke waste site in West Texas oilfields

  A private company’s plan to store tens of thousands of tons of highly radioactive nuclear waste in west Texas oilfields won approval this week from Federal regulators. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission granted a license to Orano CIS LLC and its joint venture partner, Waste Control Specialists LLC. It will allow the firms to …

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Natural gas processor hit with major fine over illegal pollutant emissions in New Mexico

  One of the largest natural gas processing firms in the nation agreed to a settlement and $950,000 penalty with the New Mexico Environment Department over illegal emissions of pollutants. The state of New Mexico announced a settlement agreement and stipulated final compliance order with DCP Operating Company, LP, a firm headquartered in Denver, Colorado. …

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Kansas AG says utilities might have broken the law over natural gas spikes

  The Attorney General in Kansas said this week he believes the natural gas price spikes during the February winter storm “appear to violate Kansas law.” Derek Schmidt announced Monday his office will seek expert help with the investigation and possible lawsuits reported the Hays Daily News. Click here for Hays Daily News

OK Governor’s Water Conference changed to ‘virtual’ due to COVID-19

  COVID-19 makes it mark once again in Oklahoma, forcing the state to alter the approaching 2021 Governor’s Water Conference. Instead of an in-person event, the conference will be a ‘virtual’ conference December 1-2 according to the Oklahoma Water Resources Center. The Center announced this week it had “recently received word” of the change in …

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4,500 barrel production from Ovintiv wells in Kingfisher County

  Just as we reported of the continued big well production by Ovintiv Mid-Continent Inc. in Oklahoma’s STACK, the company followed it up with two more wells from the same pad southwest of Kingfisher making combined production of nearly 4,600 barrels of oil a day. Ovintiv will sometimes file completion reports on one or two …

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