Two things came out of Oklahoma Oil and Gas Association President Chad Warmington’s recent interview on Scott Mitchell’s “Hot Seat” show on News 9 over the weekend. One is that the state is doing a good job of handling efforts to develop tighter controls and regulations of disposal wells in order to reduce earthquakes in …
Oklahoma led the way last week with three new rigs while the U.S. rig count fell by two, according to the Baker Hughes rig count released on Friday. Canada lost two rigs for a total of 132. Canada is down 50 rigs when compared with data from a year ago. The U.S. rig count deceased …
Oil futures continued to fall on Friday, with WTI settling near $43 and Brent crude barely making it over $45, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, October West Texas Intermediate crude fell 88 cents, or 2%, to settle at $43.03 a barrel, marking its lowest finish since August 10. For the week, …
The vast wine collection of late energy executive Aubrey McClendon sold for $8.44 million, exceeding auction estimates and breaking records for some rare bottles, according to a Bloomberg report. When the sale was announced last month, the massive collection included 1,058 lots of nearly 4,700 fine bottles of Le Pin, Pétrus, Cult Napa Cabernet and …
The Oklahoma Geological Survey announced Friday that Dr. Jacob Walter was hired as the state’s lead seismologist to help study the increase in earthquakes linked to oil and natural gas wastewater disposal activities. Walter earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geology from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a Doctorate degree in Earth …
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An increase in earthquakes around Chickasha has the State Geological Survey investigating what’s happening and why according to the Express-Star newspaper. It quotes one scientist as saying so far, there is no firm explanation because Chickasha has not previously experienced them. Jefferson Chang told the paper he and others are working with energy companies. But …
Talk about energy! How about the nearly 200-mile-long lightning bolt that scientists maintain they recorded over Oklahoma. Experts at the world Meteorological Organization say they calculated the lightning bolt occurred June 20, 2007 and actually traveled 199.5 miles, making it the world’s longest lightning bolt. That means it traveled nearly the entire length of …
Congressman Steve Russell’s attempt to provide for an annuity supplement for certain Air Traffic Controller Instructors such as those at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical center in Oklahoma City, has won support in the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. It was a unanimous vote for the bill, H.R. 5785, that prevents full-time air traffic …
