While Oklahoma saw an increase in drilling activity in the past week, the number of completions has been slow at the same time. The latest reports indicated drilling in the STACK, the SCOOP, and the WOODFORD plays. Reports filed this week showed Citizen Energy III LLC finished a two-well effort on a single …
Inhofe “disappointed” over government’s lesser prairie chicken listing
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe still thinks the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is taking the wrong action when it comes to listing the Lesser Prairie Chicken under the Endangered Species Act. The Senator said this week he was “extremely disappointed” to learn the Fish and Wildlife Service had taken the action. “I have …
Lucas fights FCC’s possible move on frequency band used by weather satellites
Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas thinks the Federal Communications Commission is heading down the wrong path when it comes to interfering with the radio frequencies used by the nation’s weather satellites. As the Ranking member of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, Rep. Frank Lucas and Democratic chair Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas …
Fracking is main suspect in Texas’ 5.4 earthquake
Fracking is still being held up as the most likely suspect in the 5.4 magnitude earthquake that struck last Wednesday in West Texas and the Permian Basin. Just as the Oklahoma Corporation Commission investigated fracking and deep earth injection of wastewater being linked to its spate of earthquakes a few years ago, Texas is …
New Mexico governor seeks President’s help in blocking nuclear waste storage site
The governor of New Mexico has demanded the Biden administration block a nuclear waste site in the southeast corner of her state. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham came out swinging in a letter to President Biden, saying she wants his support in blocking Holtec International from storing up to 100,000 metric tons of spent nuclear …
Veteran protest group joins fight against carbon capture pipelines
After leading the fight against the Keystone XL pipeline in Nebraska, the environmental group, Bold Alliance, is going after carbon-capture pipelines in the Midwest. The group is among a handful of others fighting plans for four such pipelines and last week protested at a conference held in Iowa reported KMA Radio. Click here for …
Crude oil prices slipped in Monday’s trading—so did OK energy stocks
Crude oil prices first rebounded dropped slightly on Monday after Saudi Arabia issued a denial that it might increase oil supplies with OPEC. Oklahoma energy stocks dropped too. West Texas Intermediate crude for December delivery dropped 35 cents to $79.73 on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Global benchmark Brent crude for January delivery slipped 17 …
EIA–Oklahoma could soon produce more wind power than Iowa
One of the nation’s largest wind farms, the Traverse Wind Energy Center in Oklahoma was the focus this week of the U.S. Energy Information Administration. At the same time, the EIA said completions of other wind farms could see Oklahoma surpassing Iowa as the state with the second-most wind capacity in the nation. In …
Frac sand plant fire might result in bad effects in Eagle Ford play
A weekend fire at a frac-sand plant in San Antonio could have devastating effects on oil and gas exploration in the Eagle Ford play of South Texas…a region where some Oklahoma companies are active. The blaze occurred early Saturday at the Superior Silica Sands LLC sand-processing complex. No one was injured but because of …
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** A leak at a Pennsylvania natural gas facility that lasted 11 days released over 1 billion cubic feet of the fuel into the atmosphere, according to its owner. The leak at the Rager Mountain Storage facility in Jackson Township was finally halted Thursday, Equitrans Midstream Corp. said. ** General Motors will invest $45 million to support the expanded …
