An Oklahoma State University scientist led a study of more than 60 other experts into the increase of hot droughts globally and how they affect plants and vegetation. The study was published in Nature Ecology and Evolution and was spearheaded by Henry Adams. It explored the development of a more accurate land-surface prediction model, according …
ConocoPhillips finally gets permission to expand Alaska’s existing North Slope oil field. But it’ll cost the company $7 million in payments to the state and it has to pledge to drill a well by June and make other development steps. The $7 million in payments will exist only if ConocoPhillips will bring the new leases …
While Oklahoma City’s Chesapeake Energy is retrenching slightly as it cuts rig counts from 18 to 14 for the remainder of the year, the company still has had success in its exploration in Texas. The company reported spending $667 million on exploration in the second quarter of 2017, its principal debt balance was nearly $9.7 …
Successful wells keep being hit as oil and gas explorers drill throughout the state. Keeping track of what’s happening in the STACK, OK Energy Today’s well completion reports show Continental Resources Inc. brought in two more wells in Blaine county while Newfield reported five wells also in the STACK. Continental’s were multi-unit wells at 18 16N 10W …
It’s one thing to raise money for oil and gas ventures and use the money for that purpose. But it’s not when you use the money for personal purposes, such as paying for your children’s college tuition. Ask William “Gilligan” Sewell, owner of 7S Oil and Gas based in Midland, Texas. He’s agreed with the …
A Texas businessman awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to conspiring to smuggle radiation-hardened integrated circuits to China and Russia for use in their space programs. Peter Zuccarreli, 62 of Plano pleaded guilty recently to violating the International Emergency Economic Powers act. It was in 2015 and last year when he and his co-conspirators agreed to …
Calling it a “wrong” that the Trump administration plans to fix, EPA Chief Scott Pruitt’s visited Colorado’s Gold King Mine spill site, the 2015 incident caused by EPA contractors that eventually contaminated water for millions. Pruitt was at the site near Silverton, Colorado on Friday saying the EPA “walked away” from Colorado after the spill. …
Final arguments for and against TransCanada Corps’ proposed Keystone XL pipeline, the one meant to eventually connect to the Keystone already in place in Oklahoma and Texas will be heard this week by Nebraska regulators. It is considered the last big hurdle for the project after President Trump gave federal approval earlier in the …
Support is growing for extending the passenger rail service from Oklahoma to Kansas City. The city of Arkansas City, Kansas recently voted in support of a resolution urging the creation of such a route and extending Amtrak’s Heartland Flyer from Oklahoma City north to Newton and into Kansas City. “The spectacular turnout of more than …
As state regulators continue their investigation into a recent spate of tremors in central Oklahoma, our neighbors to the north are reeling from a series of earthquakes over the weekend. Four small earthquakes occurred late Friday night and early Saturday morning, according to a report by The Wichita Eagle. The first quake registered 3.0 and …
