Governor Mary Fallin recently made four appointments to the State Aeronautics Commission. Jerry Hunter, owner and chief executive officer of Sundance Airport in Oklahoma City is a new appointee, named to replace the late Tom Stephenson who died in April. His term will expire at the end of 2021. Michael Ray of Guymon remains on …
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Oklahoma Gasoline Prices Hit $2.09 Average
As a record number of Oklahomans and others will travel for the upcoming July 4th holiday, gasoline prices in the state are holding steady with a statewide average of $2.09 a gallon. AAA Oklahoma says prices in the past five weeks in Oklahoma have been in the range of $2.07 to $2.16. “Oklahoma’s gas …
Natural Gas Plant Suffers Two Explosions in Southern Mississippi
Workers at a natural gas plant in southern Mississippi escaped injury early Tuesday when two major explosions rocked the place. The plant is owned by Enterprise Products Partners, L.P. of Houston, Texas. Only two workers were on duty at the time, according to Earl Etheridge, the Jackson County Emergency Manager. The blast happened about 11:30 …
Brexit Woes Push Crude Oil Futures Lower on Tuesday
Oil futures continued their fall on Monday as traders dealt with another day of market volatility while determining the consequences of the Brexit referendum vote, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. August West Texas Intermediate crude fell $1.31, or 2.8%, to end trading at $46.33 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. August Brent crude, the …
AAA: Lower Gas Prices Equate to Record-Breaking Holiday Weekend
Independence Day is near with more than 558,000 Oklahomans making preparations to travel during the record-breaking holiday as prices at the pump stabilize, according to a Fuel Gauge report from AAA Oklahoma. The state’s average price is $2.09 a gallon, an increase of less than one cent. “Oklahoma’s gas price average is 48 cents below where …
Completion Reports June 28, 2016
ELLIS COUNTY Ppp Petroleum Lp Cleveland(9215): Oil 240 Gas 85 Water 228 Flow 16 18N 24W Leroy Davis 3-9h, August 17, 2015 HH, OIL, TD: 14432 ft Lat: 36.04186, Long: -99.76448 API: 35045235060002 PONTOTOC COUNTY Crown Energy Company Senora-thurman: Gas 183 Flow 8 4N 6E Sandy Creek 1-8hh, January 28, 2016 HH, GAS, TD: 6500 …
Permits to Drill June 28, 2016
Grady County JACKSON 25-24-10-6 #1XH, June 27 2016 25 10N 6W SWSESESE API: 05124047 Lat: 35.306095602341145, Long: -97.77842854961156 LINN OPERATING INC HH, DR, 19691 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(9689)
Williams Shareholders Vote to Push Forward for ETE Merger
By an overwhelming vote, shareholders of Tulsa-based Williams Companies voted Monday to continue a merger with Energy Transfer Equity of Dallas, even after ETE won a Delaware judge’s ruling last week allowing it to bail out of the $38 billion deal announced last fall. Nearly 79 percent of the 750 million outstanding shares eligible …
TransCanada Files $15 billion NAFTA Lawsuit over Keystone XL Pipeline Rejection
The U.S. is being sued for $15 billion by TransCanada over President Obama’s rejection of the company’s proposed controversial Keystone XL pipeline. TransCanada contends the president’s move violated the North American Free Trade Agreement by thwarting the company’s expectations. The company’s first pipeline, the Keystone from Cushing south to the Gulf Coast has been operational …
OSU Professor Named to New Federal National Climate Assessment Committee
An Oklahoma State University professor has been named to serve on a new federal committee for climate change assessment. Regents Professor of Sociology and Dresser Professor Riley Dunlap is one of 15 appointees recently named by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to the new Advisory Committee for the Sustained National Climate Assessment. He is …






