January 29, 2016 archive

Hamm’s Still Predicting a Rebound of Oil Prices in 2016

Oilman Harold Hamm remains bullish on the oil and gas industry, repeating his prediction that the future still looks bright for the industry and prices will rebound later this year. He first made the prediction earlier in the month during an interview …

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Governor Asks for Federal Diaster Declaration Over December Storms

Whether they were working the wind farms of northwestern Oklahoma, the oil and gas fields throughout the state or even the coal-producing areas of southeastern Oklahoma, workers felt the cold brunt of the winter storms that included ice, sleet, snow an…

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Governor Asks for Federal Diaster Declaration Over December Storms

Whether they were working the wind farms of northwestern Oklahoma, the oil and gas fields throughout the state or even the coal-producing areas of southeastern Oklahoma, workers felt the cold brunt of the winter storms that included ice, sleet, snow an…

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Completion reports Feb. 1, 2016

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Anemic Oil and Gas Rig Count Grows Weaker

With oil prices hovering around the $33 a barrel mark late in the week, the nation’s oil and gas producers are quickly backing off drilling efforts as the nation lost another 18 rigs in the past week, tumbling to a total of 619 still in the fields. Okl…

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Lankford says President’s Re-interpretation of Old Law Demands Supreme Court Ruling

One member of Congress who supports the U.S. Supreme Court challenge of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan is U.S. Senator James Lankford.
“When I look at the Clean Power Plan, this is the administration looking back at a 40-…

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Lankford says President’s Re-interpretation of Old Law Demands Supreme Court Ruling

One member of Congress who supports the U.S. Supreme Court challenge of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan is U.S. Senator James Lankford.
“When I look at the Clean Power Plan, this is the administration looking back at a 40-year o…

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House Speaker Moves to Get More Earthquake Power for Corporation Commission

Those state workers responsible for developing the research and response to the earthquakes in Oklahoma are welcoming the recent move by Governor Mary Fallin to transfer $1.4 million in emergency funds to the Oklahoma Geological Survey and the Oklahoma…

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Lost Jobs Mount in Growing Oil and Gas Downturn

While Oklahoma’s loss in the oil patch figures to be close to 12,000 employees in the past year, in the state of Texas an estimated 288,000 have lost jobs because of what’s happened to energy prices. One report says 72,000 of those are direct los…

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Lost Jobs Mount in Growing Oil and Gas Downturn

While Oklahoma’s loss in the oil patch figures to be close to 12,000 employees in the past year, in the state of Texas an estimated 288,000 have lost jobs because of what’s happened to energy prices. One report says 72,000 of those are direct losses in…

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