A natural gas line exploded Thursday afternoon in Kingfisher but no one was injured in the incident. The road was damaged in the explosion that happened south of 2880 Road and 810 Road intersection. A 15-foot section of the road was damaged in the blast and authorities closed 2880 Road due to the damage. The …
The Oklahoma Water Resources Board has come through a State Auditor’s Operational Audit with only a few recommendations of changes in the way it manages money. Released Thursday, the operational audit covered July 1, 2014 through Dec. 31, 2016. One recommendation indicated revenues were at risk “due to inadequate segregation of duties.” The auditor …
COUNTY Well name OPERATOR SCTN TWN RNG SPOT Completion Date Oil Gas Water Scan Date API Document Blaine COMPTON 10-2-35XH CONTINENTAL RESOURCE 11 15N 11W NE NW NE NE Aug-16-2017 2216 3584 450 Dec-08-2017 01123705 500622387 Blaine COMPTON 2-2-35XH CONTINENTAL RESOURCE 11 15N 11W NW NE NW NW Oct-02-2017 1331 2687 2267 Dec-11-2017 …
EPA Chief Scott Pruitt’s facing criticism for flying off to Morocco this week with four staffers on a trip that cost taxpayers some $40,000. He made the trip to encourage the North African kingdom to import liquefied natural gas from the United States. But Democrats and advocacy groups immediately questioned the need of the …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe continued his criticism this week of why the U.S. continues to lag behind in the permitting process for more nuclear power plants in the country. He made clear his opinion at a hearing held by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works where Nuclear Regulatory Commission chairman Kristine …
The latest to join the list of pipeline companies seeking customers to move their crude oil out of the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico to the Gulf Coast refineries is Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. The Houston-based company announced this week it has sufficient customer interest to conduct a binding open season for …
Another city is expanding its fleet of CNG vehicles. Santa Fe, New Mexico has awarded a $3 million contract to Clean Energy Fuels Corp. of California to design, build and operate the new compressed natural gas fueling station to serve public and private customers. The station will primarily be used for Santa Fe’s transit and …
Oklahoma companies and those firms with operations in the state were among those U.S. corporations listed in Newsweek Magazine’s annual Green Rankings. Boeing, with major operations at Tinker Air Force base in Midwest City was ranked 22nd out of the top 500 global publicly traded companies. Based on the magazine’s annual assessment of sustainability …
A Canadian County District judge has granted a temporary restraining order to prevent Tulsa-based Citizen Energy from moving ahead with drilling two oil wells in the city limits of Mustang. The city sought the order after Citizen Energy reportedly said it would proceed with the two wells without complying with certain restrictions approved by the …
While Carl Icahn, the man known as a “corporate raider” is critical of SandRidge Energy’s recent $746 million purchase of Denver’s Bonanza Creek Energy, SandRidge is responding with its side of the story. In a letter and “investor deck” to shareholders, SandRidge maintains the purchase is a “strong strategic fit” with “high quality assets” and …
