October 2016 archive

Anti-Smart Meter Rally Scheduled for Friday in Tulsa

Those opponents of the smart meters installed by PSO in Tulsa are planning another rally against the efforts of the utility. Members of Tulsa 9.12 will hold a “Keep Our Analog Meter” rally Friday afternoon in front of the PSO headquarters at 212 E. 6th street in Tulsa. In announcing the rally time and date, …

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A Little Humor About Earthquakes in Oklahoma and Kansas

Sometimes you have to have a sense of humor when it comes to the growth of earthquakes in Oklahoma and southern Kansas, those reportedly caused by the thousands of wastewater injection wells in the two states. Take for instance how the Hutchinson News in Kansas reports earthquakes—-a shaking webpage. Easy for them to do, since …

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Chesapeake to Hold Analyst Day on Thursday

Chesapeake Energy is planning to hold its 2016 Analyst Day on Thursday, the first in two years. The event will bwe held at the company’s corporate headquarters and a live audio webcast will start at  9 a.m. CDT.  It can be accessed by visiting the “Investors” section of the Chesapeake website at www.chk.com. Chesapeake will …

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Samson Gets Green Light to Sell Assets in its Bankruptcy

A judge has signed off on allowing Tulsa-based Samson Resources to sell some of its assets to raise about $660 million as it works its way through Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware. Judge Christopher Sontchi with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware made the approval this week, according to the Tulsa World. …

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Union Pacific Sued Over 1995 Chemical Spill in Kingfisher County

Twenty-one years after a Union Pacific train derailment spilled 3,300 gallons of carbon tetrachloride in Kingfisher County, several landowners have sued the railroad company claiming the site still contains an underground plume of the chemical. The lawsuit, filed in Kingfisher County was transferred to Oklahoma City federal court, according to a report in the Journal …

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Germany Chemical Plant Explosion Kills 3—-Cause Unknown

Divers have recovered the body of a third victim in Monday night’s explosion and fire at chemicals maker BASF’s biggest production site in Germany. Another is still missing, according to BASF. The blast happened on a supply line connecting a harbor and a tank depot on the Ludwigshafen site which is about 80 kilometers or …

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Anhydrous Ammonia Gas Leak Kills Nebraska Driver—-Tulsa’s Magellan Midstream Investigates Leak

  A man was killed this week in Nebraska when he drove through an anhydrous ammonia gas leak. The pipeline is owned by Tulsa-based Magellan Midstream Partners and the company is investigating. The Monday night incident happened on an 8-inch pipeline in a rural area north of the town of Tekamah which is about 40 miles …

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New Negligence Lawsuit Involving 2014 Radioactive Spill Filed Against Tulsa University, Others

A 2014 chemical spill involving a radioactive isotope at the University of Tulsa’s north campus has resulted in the filing of a new lawsuit by more than two dozen plaintiffs, according to a report by the Tulsa World. The suit alleges the University of Tulsa, Chevron and British oil and gas subsidiary, Tracerco, were “grossly …

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Crude Oil Futures Rise Above $50 a Barrel on Tuesday

Oil futures settled above $50 a barrel on Tuesday as investors awaited weekly data on crude oil supplies, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. November West Texas Intermediate crude tacked on 35 cents, or 0.7%, to settle at $50.29 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, rebounding from $49.76 a barrel earlier in the day. The November …

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Completion Reports October 19, 2016

  CREEK COUNTY Gaskins Glendell L Production Llc Misener(3238): Oil 4 Water 600 Swab Te 4 14N 10E Yocham-wright 1, September 19, 2016 SH, OIL, TD: 3374 ft Lat: 35.72507, Long: -96.26221 API: 35037293350000 DEWEY COUNTY Jma Energy Company Llc Cleveland: Oil 209 Gas 2370 Water 3003 Flow 25 17N 20W Ira 1-25h, August 31, …

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