Tulsa’s Williams Partners has run into opposition from some Pennsylvania nuns as the company tries to build a natural gas pipeline. The sisters are members of the Catholic Adorers of the Blood of Christ and to show their opposition to the 183-mile long pipeline, they’ve built a prayer chapel on the proposed right of way. …
If an analysis of Oklahoma’s horizontal well production is accurate, then maybe state lawmakers should realize their tax rates on oil and gas wells are focused the opposite of when they should be. If you’re an oil and gas developer, you’ll want taxes to remain as they are. The analysis by Oklahoma Watch found that …
Suspicions are falling on Russian hackers over recent attempts to break into the system that runs the Wolf Creek Nuclear power plant near Burlington, Kansas. U.S. authorities suggest not only that they might have been from Russia, but they were considered to be a sophisticated group of hackers targeting several U.S. nuclear power plants. Reports …
One of the more than 60 interim study requests approved by the Oklahoma House Speaker will focus on the location of wind farms near military airfields in the state. The request was made by Rep. Charles Ortega, R-Altus who has concerns that some wind farms in the state are located in military training routes. “We …
Westar Energy and Great Plains Energy in Kansas are trying it again. They’ve announced an amended agreement to form a $14 billion utility with headquarters in Topeka and Kansas City, Missouri. In the early-Monday morning announcement, the boards of directors of the two unanimously approved a revised transaction. There’ll be no exchange of cash and …
Both the U.S. and Oklahoma saw big jumps in rig counts in the past week according to figures released by Baker Hughes. Oklahoma’s count jumped by four to reach 136. A year ago, the state had only 59 working oil and gas rigs. Nationally, the count grew by 12, reaching 952 active rigs. The nation’s …
Crude prices plunged on Friday resulting in a loss of nearly 4% for the week, as a rise in domestic oil production and an uptick in the active rig count troubled investors, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, August West Texas Intermediate crude fell $1.29, or 2.8%, to settle at $44.23 a …
Last November, OK Energy Today reported on the $500,000 claim filed by retired Tulsa businessman Thomas Quinn against the estate of Oklahoma City oil mogul Aubrey McClendon. Oklahoma County District Court Judge Patricia Parrish granted a motion for summary judgment last month against Quinn in the matter. Quinn is striking back by filing a petition …
With a major operation in Bartlesville, ConocoPhillips plans to release its second-quarter 2017 results on July 27. The Houston-based company said the results will be released before the market opens on that day and a conference call webcast will begin at 11 a.m. CT. The webcast will be available at ConocoPhillips’ Investor Relations site, www.conocophillips.com/investor. …
Berkshire Hathaway Energy, a subsidiary of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. announced a merger agreement with Energy Future Holdings Corp. in a nearly $11 billion deal. It means Berhshire Hathaway Energy will acquired reorganized EFH which will also result in the acquisition of Oncor, the energy delivery company serving 10 million customers in Texas. It …
