February 2016 archive

Newest Jobless Rates Don’t Reflect Latest Oilfield Layoffs

The layoffs of another 172 workers by SandRidge Energy this week no doubt will affect the state’s jobless rate. But the latest report from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission indicated the unemployment rates went up in December in only two of t…

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Well Blowout Leads to Criminal Charges against Gas Company

What happened this week in California could be a wakeup call to many natural gas utilities across the nation. Los Angeles prosecutors filed misdemeanor criminal charges against the Southern California Gas Co. for failing to immediately report a n…

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Well Blowout Leads to Criminal Charges against Gas Company

What happened this week in California could be a wakeup call to many natural gas utilities across the nation. Los Angeles prosecutors filed misdemeanor criminal charges against the Southern California Gas Co. for failing to immediately report a natural…

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FERC Approves Major Gas Pipeline Project in Southeast

Tulsa-based Williams Companies is right in the middle of a 685-mile long gas pipeline project for the nation’s Southeast markets that won approval this week from the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The project would also create 339,400…

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FERC Approves Major Gas Pipeline Project in Southeast

Tulsa-based Williams Companies is right in the middle of a 685-mile long gas pipeline project for the nation’s Southeast markets that won approval this week from the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The project would also create 339,400 horse…

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Lankford Wants to Keep Everyone Honest with Wind Tax Credit Phaseout

“This is keeping everyone honest.” Sen. James Lankford.

Whether Sen. James Lankford’s amendment to finally phase out federal government tax subsidies to the Wind Industry is successfully passed, we’ll have to wait and see what the U.S. Senate…

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Lankford Wants to Keep Everyone Honest with Wind Tax Credit Phaseout

“This is keeping everyone honest.” Sen. James Lankford.

Whether Sen. James Lankford’s amendment to finally phase out federal government tax subsidies to the Wind Industry is successfully passed, we’ll have to wait and see what the U.S. Senate does….

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Completion Reports February 4 2016

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Permits to Drill February 4 2016

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Production Cut Optimism Pushes Crude Above $30 on Wednesday

Traders bought into new signals that Russia wants to talk with OPEC about production cuts pushing crude prices higher on Wednesday. March West Texas Intermediate crude rose $2.40 to settle at $32.28 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. April B…

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