February 10, 2016 archive

WPX Energy to Close Oklahoma City Office, 60 Jobs Eliminated

NewsOK.com and the Tulsa World report WPX Energy is closings its Oklahoma City office. It means 60 employees will soon not have jobs. Thirty-three workers are relocating to the Tulsa headquarters while two others have been offered a position in the Car…

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Permits to Drill February 11 2016

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Recovery Will Take Too Long for Some Oil Companies to Survive

Survival. It’s what oil and natural gas companies are dealing with as energy prices swirl lower and lower. The very idea that some major companies that once could afford to wait out the low prices now cannot because they accumulated too much debt…

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Recovery Will Take Too Long for Some Oil Companies to Survive

Survival. It’s what oil and natural gas companies are dealing with as energy prices swirl lower and lower. The very idea that some major companies that once could afford to wait out the low prices now cannot because they accumulated too much debt in th…

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Wyoming Adopts New Natural Gas Flaring Rules

While the Interior Department prepares to hold a public hearing in Oklahoma City on venting and flaring rules on public and Indian Trust Lands, the state of Wyoming approves new flaring rules this week covering any newly-drilled wells.
Under the…

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Wyoming Adopts New Natural Gas Flaring Rules

While the Interior Department prepares to hold a public hearing in Oklahoma City on venting and flaring rules on public and Indian Trust Lands, the state of Wyoming approves new flaring rules this week covering any newly-drilled wells.
Under the rules…

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OGE Moves Ahead with Permitting Process for Mustang Power Plant

After being rejected by the state with plans to eventually put an end to its aging Mustang Power Plant, Oklahoma Gas and Electric is in the midst of steps to seek a routine permit from the state with eventual possible plans to replace some of the aging…

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Siemens Makes $25 million Grant to Technology Center

The Canadian Valley Technology Center announced this week it has just received a $25 million grant from German-based Siemens AG. Siemens, builder of wind farms across the U.S. including Oklahoma will offer software for development of Computer Aided Dra…

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AG Optimistic About Supreme Court Stay on EPA’s Clean Power Plan

An optimistic-sounding Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt responded to the actions this week of the U.S. Supreme Court to put a hold on what some consider to be the backbone of President Obama’s Green efforts—the Clean Power Plan.
“We are …

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AG Optimistic About Supreme Court Stay on EPA’s Clean Power Plan

An optimistic-sounding Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt responded to the actions this week of the U.S. Supreme Court to put a hold on what some consider to be the backbone of President Obama’s Green efforts—the Clean Power Plan.
“We are convin…

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