2016 archive

Congressman’s Air Traffic Control Bill Wins House Committee Support

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 …

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Senate-Passed Water Bill Contains Flood Levee and GRDA Money for Oklahoma

Breakdown of what the $10 billion water bill passed by the U.S. Senate includes for Oklahoma. Here is the release from Se. Jim Inhofe who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. “With strong bipartisan support, the Republican-led Senate has once again moved an economy-boosting infrastructure bill with the passage of WRDA 2016,” Inhofe said. “Many provisions in this …

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Stillwater Legislator Critical of State Response to Earthquakes—-Says State Needs to be Proactive, not Reactive

A Stillwater legislator who has led fights to stop oil and gas drilling around cities and towns and blames the energy industry for earthquakes in the state now wants a wider moratorium on disposal wells. The call has been made by Rep. Cory Williams, a Democrat who issued a recent press release outlining his plan. …

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Completion Reports September 16, 2016

  ALFALFA COUNTY Chesapeake Operating Llc Mississippian(5729): Oil 203 Gas 1786 Water 1427 Artificia 16 26N 11W Patti 16-26-11 1h, June 24, 2016 HH, OIL, TD: 10590 ft Lat: 36.72533, Long: -98.38963 API: 35003231240001 CARTER COUNTY Mid-con Energy Operating Llc Deese: Oil 4.3 Water 77 Pump 10 5S 2W Goddard 1-10, August 04, 2016 SH, …

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Permits to Drill September 16, 2016

  Blaine County TRINITY 33-16N-11W #1H, August 29 2016 33 16N 11W SWSESESE API: 01123644 Lat: 35.81288522770509, Long: -98.36767530159999 DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION CO LP HH, AM, 15817 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(9938), WOODFORD(11544), HUNTON(11646) Ellis County BERRYMAN 21 #1HA, September 13 2016 21 17N 23W S2S2SWSW API: 04523623 Lat: 35.92712502919856, Long: -99.66421950254961 FOURPOINT ENERGY LLC HH, AM, 15438 …

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Colorado Firm Wins 1st Weather Data Contract Under Bridenstine-Lucas Bill

    WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX21), chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, along with U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK1), chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment for the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, today released the following statements congratulating GeoOptics, a private sector weather company based in …

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WTI and Brent Crude Post Slight Gains on Thursday

Oil futures showed a slight increase on Thursday despite weeklong trading volatility and economic data suggesting a possible decline in energy demand, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. October West Texas Intermediate crude rose 33 cents, or 0.8%, to end trading at $43.91 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. November Brent crude, the global benchmark, added …

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Chesapeake Loses $438 Million Appeal in Bond Dispute

Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy Corporation lost its appeal in a $438 million bond dispute by a unanimous 3-0 vote of the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday. The Manhattan federal appeals court agreed with bond trustee, BONY Mellon, that bondholders were contractually entitled to a special “make-whole” price due to the early redemption. …

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Reporters Barred From State-Funded Earthquake Forum

As Desi always told Lucy on the old I Love Lucy TV show, “you got some splaining to do.”  And that’s clearly the case at the University of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Geological Survey where state funds were used to hold an earthquake forum from which reporters were given the boot. The story, as laid …

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McClendon’s Wine Collection to Be Sold—-Could Raise $7.5 million

The nearly 4,700 bottles making up the collection of the late energy leader Aubrey McClendon will be sold at auction on Saturday. The auction, expected to raise $7.5 million for the McClendon estate, will begin at 8:30 Oklahoma time as auctioneers at Hart Davis Hart Wine company begin the sale of 1,058 lots containing 4,699 bottles of …

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