March 5, 2016 archive

SOER Event to be Held Wednesday

The Committee for Sustaining Oklahoma’s Energy Resources (SOER) will hold a free roundtable forum Wednesday in Oklahoma City to helpl oil and natural gas producers with management of properties considered to be marginal or in the red because of market …

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Oklahoma, US, Canada Rig Counts Continue to Decline

Oklahoma and regional states continued to lose active oil drilling rigs as a result of the energy slump, according to Baker Hughes Incorporated. Oklahoma lost three more rigs to reach a level of 70 this week, almost half in comparison to the 139 …

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Oklahoma, US, Canada Rig Counts Continue to Decline

Oklahoma and regional states continued to lose active oil drilling rigs as a result of the energy slump, according to Baker Hughes Incorporated. Oklahoma lost three more rigs to reach a level of 70 this week, almost half in comparison to the 139 rigs i…

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Embezzler Caused Energy Company Layoffs——Gets 45 Months in Prison

A woman who embezzled more than $1 million from an Oklahoma City-based energy company has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison and ordered to reimburse the company and the IRS.
Naomi D. Walker of Moore was sentenced in Oklahoma Cit…

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McClendon Indictment—-Never Just Two Sides to a Story

As a journalist for more than 40 years, I have always said there are ‘”never 2 sides to every story”, and never a story that is “black and white.”
There are “many” sides to a story and all stories, I believe based on years of covering the range of sto…

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Class Action Lawsuit over Alleged Bid-Rigging Could Involve Thousands of Lease Holders

The class-action federal lawsuit filed against Chesapeake Energy, SandRidge Energy and former SandRidge Energy CEO Tom Ward suggests there could be thousands of plaintiffs joining the suit. And the list of plaintiffs could extend into the Texas Panhand…

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Public Hearing Set for Oklahoma Weatherization Assistance Plan

The Oklahoma Department of Commerce will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. to receive comments on the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2016 Weatherization Assistance Program State Plan. The hearing will be held at the Oklahoma …

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New Vance Air Base Tower Dedicated by Sen. Jim Inhofe

Ceremonies were held Friday for the opening of a new air traffic control tower at Vance Air Force Base in Enid. Funds for construction came from the National Defense Authorizataion Act for Fiscal Year 2010.
The new tower was officially named the “Inho…

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State Capitol Rally Planned by Opponents of Turnpike Link across Oklahoma County

Those residents in eastern Oklahoma County who are fighting the State Turnpike Authority over a proposed link between Interstate 40 and the Turner Turnpike plan a State Capitol rally next week.
Members of Stop the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority or SOTA w…

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Permits to Drill March 7, 2016

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