February 2017 archive

Pruitt’s EPA Confirmation Vote this Week?

Sounds like the nomination of Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head the EPA could be voted on in the U.S. Senate this week.  However, Democrats are still asking for a delay as they want to get his office emails sought in an open records request. They want to see communications between Pruitt and any oil …

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Decision Made to Close Navajo Generating Station

Environmentalists are cheering about it. Others say it will hurt the region’s economy. They are reacting to the vote taken Monday by the owners of the Navajo Generating Station to close the largest coal plant west of the Mississippi River. In two years, the coal plant in northern Arizona will be shut down by The …

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Federal Judge Won’t Halt Final Work on Dakota Access Pipeline

Disappointed but not surprised. It’s the reaction of an attorney for the Native American tribes and environmentalists fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline after a Federal judge denied their request for a restraining order. The ruling on Monday means Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners will be allowed to continue drilling to finish the $3.8 billion project. The …

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Colorado A-G Threatens to Sue Boulder County Over Drilling Moratorium

Colorado and the county of Boulder could find itself in a court fight over a moratorium on oil and gas drilling. State Attorney General Cynthia Coffman last week demanded that Boulder drop its moratorium but the county refused to meet the deadline of Friday. It opens the door for the Republican Attorney General to move …

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State Agency Under Probe After Paying Ransom to Computer Hackers

An unidentified Oklahoma state government agency is under investigation over a ransom-ware attack that locked its computers last year and agency leaders decided to pay the ransom. Word of the incident was revealed last week during a hearing of the House government Modernization Committee. Mark Gower, director of the Information technology Cyber Command testified during …

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Chesapeake and McClendon Estate Settle Differences Over Proprietary Data

Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy Corporation and the estate of Aubrey McClendon have agreed to settle a multimillion-dollar dispute, according to a report by The Oklahoman. Chesapeake filed a civil lawsuit in Oklahoma County District Court on February 17, 2015 against American Energy Partners L.P. alleging McClendon committed acts of corporate theft by misappropriating highly sensitive …

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EIA Prediction of U.S. Production Growth Results in Losses for WTI and Brent on Monday

Crude oil prices settled lower Monday as worries grew concerning the growth of domestic oil production, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. March West Texas Intermediate crude fell 93 cents, or 1.7%, to settle at $52.93 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. April Brent crude, the global benchmark, lost $1.11, or 2%, to end trading at …

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Completion Reports February 14, 2017

  ALFALFA COUNTY Chesapeake Operating Llc 28 27N 12W Barbara Ann 28-27-12 2h, December 08, 2016 HH, GAS, TD: 10600 ft Lat: 36.78340, Long: -98.49240 API: 35003232280001 Chesapeake Operating Llc 28 27N 12W Barbara Ann 28-27-12 1h, December 07, 2016 HH, OIL, TD: 10342 ft Lat: 36.78344, Long: -98.49240 API: 35003232270001 Chesapeake Operating Llc 18 …

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Permits to Drill February 14, 2017

  Canadian County ROYSTER 1207 #36-1HW, February 13 2017 36 12N 7W NWNENENW API: 01724864 Lat: 35.47851090516954, Long: -97.8945543388244 EAGLE EXPLORATION PRODUCTION LLC HH, DR, 14410 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(9450), WOODFORD(9660) Dewey County FIGHTING BULL 4 MD #1HC, February 13 2017 09 17N 19W NWNENWNW API: 04323499 Lat: 35.97055548849303, Long: -99.23629807959473 MEWBOURNE OIL COMPANY HH, DR, 13756 …

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Self-Driving Cars Subject of Congressional Hearing

Congressman Markwayne Mullin and others on a subcommittee of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce committee will explore those self-driving cars in a hearing today on capitol hill. He is a member of the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection. The hearing entitled “Self-Driving Cars: Road to Deployment will begin at 9:15 a.m. Oklahoma …

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