A White House event held Monday highlighting American manufacturing included a display by Ditch Witch. The Charles Machine Works Co. based in Perry represented Oklahoma in the “Made in America” showcase. It had its JT20 horizontal directional drill on display on the White House lawn. “We are honored to represent the state of Oklahoma,” said …
Oklahoma’s SCOOP and STACK oil and gas plays are getting a new cryogenic gas processing facility, courtesy of Blue Mountain Midstream LLC, a company formerly known as Linn Midstream LLC. Blue Mountain’s a subsidiary of Houston-based Linn Energy Inc. and signed a contract with Midland, Texas-based BCCK Engineering Inc. to build the Chisholm Trail Cryogenic …
The federal government’s denied a request by North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum for a major disaster declaration to cover some of the $38 million in law enforcement costs over the Dakota Access pipeline protests. The governor made the request in April, writing to President Trump. The denial came in May but the governor’s office didn’t …
Oklahoma City-based Devon Energy is one of 37 oil, gas and coal companies sued this week by two California Counties blaming them for the sea level rise and coastal flooding. Marin and San Mateo Counties along with the city of Imperial Beach filed suit claiming the energy companies knew for nearly half a century that …
While oil production slipped in May in North Dakota, it still has the attention of some Oklahoma oil and gas exploration companies. Oklahoma City-based Continental Resources, according to the North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources has four active rigs in the Bakken. Tulsa-based WPX Energy has two rigs while Marathon Oil has at least …
Houston-based private equity firm EnerVest has experienced the energy industry’s boom to bust phenomenon firsthand as the company’s $2 billion energy fund has plunged to virtually having little value, according to a recent report by CNBC.com. Reports indicate the firm borrowed heavily and made numerous purchases of oil and gas wells when crude oil prices were high. …
Crude prices fell on Monday as a government report revealed expectations for a rise in U.S. shale oil production for August, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, August West Texas Intermediate crude shed 52 cents, or 1.1%, to settle at $46.02 a barrel. On the London ICE Futures Exchange, September Brent crude, …
Employees at ConocoPhillips in Bartlesville may be in for another round of layoffs, according to a report by Newson6.com. Following a $13 billion asset sale of its heavy crude and gas operations in Canada this past March, speculation is running rampant that more jobs will be lost in Bartlesville. Although specifics aren’t being discussed officially, …
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Already facing legal challenges in Oklahoma City federal court and the state of California over its manufacture of Roundup, Monsanto Co.’s now facing issues with another of its weed killers. Tennessee has become the fourth state to ban dicamba, a weed killer that is considered to be a flagship pesticide for the company. Arkansas banned …
