To most readers, the oil flowing through the Keystone pipeline in Oklahoma to Gulf Coast refineries is just oil. But the stuff coming out of Canada that eventually will flow through the Keystone XL pipeline once it’s completed in Nebraska, South Dakota and Montana comes from tar sands. A most fascinating pictorial story of how …
Investor Carl Icahn has raised his objections to the move by Oklahoma City-based SandRidge Energy to acquire a Denver, Colorado energy firm in a $746 million deal. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Icahn notified the government of a letter he sent to SandRidge Energy directors, saying the acquisition of …
Reports by energy groups show the number of oil and gas rigs in the U.S. rose by 6 in the past week to reach a level of 929. Oklahoma’s count remained at 122, the same as one week ago. The Baker Hughes Rig report indicated the number of oil rigs rose by 2 to reach …
Solar energy has been in use for years in the oil and gas industry but not to the extent that it is about to become in one of the largest oil field in the country. Small solar units have powered remote recording equipment at oilfield sites in Oklahoma. Heck, farmers have used them for years …
Hired three years ago to assist dozens of state government agencies in reducing energy use, an Oklahoma energy consultant has gone to court in a lawsuit against those agencies. The lawsuit filed by Engineered Systems and Energy Solutions Inc. accuses the dozens of agencies of breach of contract, a move that it claims cost the …
Billionaire oilman Harold Hamm, founder and head of Oklahoma Cit-based Continental Resources Inc. isn’t the only one who thinks the federal government’s oil production forecasts are exaggerated and wrong. Now researchers at MIT agree and in a study and report on the U.S. oil and gas markets, they believe the country’s shale boom could “end …
Here is the Weekly Completions Report. The table below provides a summary of the Completion tickets (Form 1002A) that have been published between the 22nd November and close of business on the 29th November. I have excluded wells that were completed more than 12 months ago. The table includes the Initial Production (data for Oil (b/d), Gas (MCF/d) …
Please find below a summary of the Permits (Intents) that have been approved and/or published between the 22nd November and close of business on the 29th November. If you click on the document link in the right hand column you will be taken to the Permit document where you will be able to find additional information. “HH” = …
An oil leak from an oilfield site in south Oklahoma City on Thursday had city firefighters scurrying to prevent more oil from leaking into a drainage canal. Firefighters reported the spill near SE 55 and High. Crews described it as a “large oil leak” but there is no word on the amount of oil that …
The U.S. House has passed a measure dealing with Brownfield environmental cleanup sites across the U.S. The vote was 409-8 and Oklahoma Reps. Tom Cole, Frank Lucas, Markwayne Mullin, and Steve Russell supported the bill. Rep. Jim Bridenstine did not vote. Brownfield grants were used in cleanup of several sites in Oklahoma City. “The number …
