Speculation is growing among political observers at the State Capitol that a special session of the legislature is likely because legislators have yet to reach a budget agreement. Political analyst Scott Mitchell is one of them, saying the House is further along than the State Senate. The Tulsa-based Oklahoma Policy Institute also believes lawmakers are …
An interesting story out of North Carolina where Duke Energy, the nation’s largest utility finds itself accused of racism as it tries to force a civil rights museum to cough up more than $18,000 in unpaid electricity bills. The Associated Press reports the utility has already turned off the lights once and is threatening to …
She was the top attorney for the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee when it was chaired by Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe and now Susan Bodine has been tapped by the President to head the EPA’s enforcement division. Bodine was the committee’s top attorney since January 2015. On Friday, President Trump announced her nomination …
Crude oil prices ended flat on Friday but recorded the first weekly gain in a month on expectations that OPEC will extend an agreement to curb production when the cartel meets later this month, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. West Texas Intermediate June crude settled at $47.84 a barrel, up a penny for the session on the …
The nationwide wind farm company known as NextEra has lost a federal lawsuit it filed against the city of Hinton after Hinton created an ordinance banning wind farms within 2 miles of the city limits. Oklahoma City U.S. District Judge Stephen P. Friot issued the ruling on Friday after Hinton city leaders asked to have …
The latest figures from Baker Hughes Inc. of Houston and the Red Top Rig Report of Wichita, Kansas show the national rig count gained by 8 in the past week while the count in Oklahoma fell by two. Baker Hughes reports the national count is up to 885 including 9 more oil rigs reaching 712 …
BECKHAM COUNTY Le Norman Operating Llc Desmoines: Oil 63 Gas 450 Water 1380 Flow 36 11N 21W Thoroughbred 1h-36, February 09, 2017 HH, OIL, TD: 17744 ft Lat: 35.39245, Long: -99.37900 API: 35009219820000 CANADIAN COUNTY Devon Energy Production Co Lp Mississippian (less Chester)(9588): Oil 472 Gas 1085 Water 1976 Flow 1 13N 8W Iron …
Blaine County HUIATT #1-34-3XH, May 12 2017 34 13N 13W NENENESE API: 01123802 Lat: 35.55811404664349, Long: -98.56236306110672 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC HH, DR, 23080 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(14840), WOODFORD(15620), HUNTON(15780) Dewey County ANITA 817-19-17 #1H, May 12 2017 20 19N 17W S2N2NENE API: 04323513 Lat: 36.11401192251068, Long: -99.02870956704314 TAPSTONE ENERGY LLC HH, DR, 21400 ft, MISSISSIPIAN(10900) Kingfisher …
Tulsa’s Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. reported this week a drop in revenues for the first quarter of 2017. Total revenues were $64.7 million, down 11.9 percent from the same quarter a year earlier. But Peter C. Boylan III, CELP’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer had an explanation. “As discussed in March, the first quarter is …
An environmental group is calling on the U.S. EPA to investigate the use of criminal enforcement officers as bodyguards for Administrator Scott Pruitt. It was made by the Environmental Integrity Project whose executive director, Eric Schaeffer says the inspector general should begin the investigation. Schaeffer contends the reassignment of special agents from investigating environmental crimes …
