The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company is fighting a Sierra Club lawsuit in Washington State, calling the suit a “logically meritless” challenge. BNSF, the railway that rolls throughout Oklahoma carrying Wyoming coal to electric-generating plants responded this week to the late July lawsuit in which the Sierra Club claimed coal dust regularly flies off trains …
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EPA Puts Gold King Mine to Superfund List
The abandoned Colorado gold mine that contaminated rivers in three states and drew the attention of Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe is now on the Superfund list of the Environmental Protection Agency. The announcement was made this week by the EPA, the very agency blamed for causing the environmental disaster last year near Durango, Colorado. …
Apache Oil Claims Discovery of Massive New Oil Field in West Texas
The oil and gas world is abuzz over this week’s announcement of a massive oil find in the Davis Mountains of West Texas by Houston-based Apache Corporation. Apache calls it the Alpine High discovery that could contain three billion barrels of oil and 75 trillion cubic feet of gas. “Today’s announcement is the culmination of …
Crude Oil Futures Settle Higher on Wednesday
Oil futures settled at their highest level on Wednesday in nearly a week and ahead of the latest governmental updates on U.S. crude oil supplies, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. October West Texas Intermediate crude added 67 cents, or 1.5%, to settle at $45.50 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On London’s ICE Futures …
Completion Reports September 8, 2016
ALFALFA COUNTY Chesapeake Operating Llc 36 27N 12W Columbia 36-27-12 Swd 1, May 18, 2016 SH, DISP, TD: 7902 ft Lat: 36.78195, Long: -98.44933 API: 35003227100002 CREEK COUNTY Gaskins Glendell L Production Llc Misener(3042): Oil 2 Water 16 Pump 25 15N 10E Gaskins 2-25, November 26, 2015 SH, OIL, TD: 3182 ft Lat: 35.74707, Long: …
Permits to Drill September 8, 2016
Blaine County BINDER #3-13H, September 07 2016 24 16N 11W SWNENWNE API: 01123649 Lat: 35.85406373032752, Long: -98.31902214236463 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC HH, DR, 16331 ft, WOODFORD(11059) Coal County JOLENE #3-26H, September 06 2016 26 2N 11E NWNENENW API: 02921346 Lat: 34.62146353536919, Long: -96.119725851951 : BP AMERICA PRODUCTION COMPANY HH, DR, 16750 ft, WOODFORD(11208) Coal County JOLENE …
Corporation Commission Dismisses $16 billion Refund Case involving Bribed Vote
“If they think bribery is good, that’s not Oklahoma law.” Ret. Gen. Richard Burpee The 2-1 vote by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to dismiss the efforts of consumers for nearly $16 billion in refunds from Southwestern Bell did not come as a surprise to those making the challenge. Commissioners Todd Hiett and Dana Murphy voted …
Sam Noble Museum Hosts Earthquake Exhibit
The Sam Noble Museum on the campus of the University of Oklahoma will hosts the traveling exhibit “When the Earth Shakes” from September 17, 2016 through January 2, 2017. “This really is an exhibit that will fascinate people of all ages, especially those who have a special interest in the science behind earthquakes,” said Morgan …
Magellan Midstream Offers $500 million in Senior Notes
TULSA, Okla., Sept. 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. (NYSE: MMP) announced today that it has priced $500 million of its 4.25% senior notes due 2046. The notes were priced at 98.762% of par to yield 4.324% to maturity. The partnership intends to use the net proceeds from this offering of approximately $488.7 million, …
Devon Announces Another Big Oil Find in Oklahoma’s STACK
OKLAHOMA CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Devon Energy Corp. (NYSE: DVN) announced today it has successfully tested its third Meramec spacing pilot and commenced production on two high-rate, extended-reach lateral oil wells in the core of the over-pressured oil window of the STACK. The Pump House spacing pilot tested a seven-well pattern across a single-section interval in the …







