2016 archive

Debt-Laden Ultra Petroleum Warned by New York Stock Exchange

Some of the Oklahoma energy companies that were warned or removed from trading on the New York Stock Exchange because of their financial struggles aren’t alone. As the Houston Business Journal reported recently, Houston-based Ultra Petroleum Corp. has …

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Fracking Disclosure Report Not Kind to Continental Resources

The 2015 Disclosing the Facts report on fracking is out with rankings of 30 publicly-traded energy companies and their disclosures of the chemicals used in the controversial process.
Eight oil and gas companies made improvements in their 2015 di…

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Fracking Disclosure Report Not Kind to Continental Resources

The 2015 Disclosing the Facts report on fracking is out with rankings of 30 publicly-traded energy companies and their disclosures of the chemicals used in the controversial process.
Eight oil and gas companies made improvements in their 2015 disclosu…

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Study Seeks Ways to Save Bats from Windfarm Deaths

While some wildlife biologists express concern about the fate of bates in northwest Oklahoma’s Selman Cave because of the cave’s proximity to wind farms, a new study suggests some species might be better able to absorb losses than others killed b…

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Study Seeks Ways to Save Bats from Windfarm Deaths

While some wildlife biologists express concern about the fate of bates in northwest Oklahoma’s Selman Cave because of the cave’s proximity to wind farms, a new study suggests some species might be better able to absorb losses than others killed by wind…

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Engineers Assure OKC of Ability to Withstand Earthquakes

The jump in earthquakes across Oklahoma in recent years got the attention recently of members of the Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust. They wondered about engineering designs of water pipelines and water treatment plants and whether there should be …

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Hamm says State is Wasting Money on Tax Credits for Wind Industry

Yes, Harold Hamm is one of the oil and gas leaders behind the billboard campaign against the Wind Industry continuing to get tax credits in Oklahoma. He admitted it over the weekend when he joined Pete Delaney, former OGE chairman in an interview on KF…

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Crude Futures Fall on Friday, Gain for Fifth Consecutive Week

Oil futures settled lower on Friday, pulling back from a rally a day earlier, as Baker Hughes reported the first weekly rise in the U.S. oil drilling rig count this year.
West Texas Intermediate crude futures for April delivery fell 76 cents, or 1.9%,…

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OKC Negotiates with Company that Paid Biggest Fine Ever at DEQ

The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality says Severn Trent Services will pay $955,000 to settle the water problems and violations it made in Hugo, reaching the largest water quality related settlement in the state department’s history.
At the …

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Rig Counts Slip Again in Oklahoma and the U.S.

The latest weekly oil and gas rig count showed declines in Oklahoma and the nation, according to Baker Hughes Company of Houston, Texas. Oklahoma’s count fell by one in the past week to reach 66 compared to the 136 a year ago. The nation’s rig count dr…

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