Oilfield equipment manufacturer The Crosby Group in Tulsa announced the hiring of Laura Murphy-Wolf as Vice President and Chief Financial officer. Her hiring was effective March 31. She most recently was the CFO of Faro Technologies, a leading global 3D measurement, imaging and realization technology company. She previously spent six years in senior financial positions …
2017 archive
Nebraska Starts Public Comment Period on Keystone XL Pipeline Request
Nebraska state leaders have started accepting comments from those for and against TransCanada’s plans to build the Keystone XL pipeline through the state. The Nebraska Public Service Commission just started an 8 to 12-month review of the pipeline and plans public hearings beginning this month and continuing through June. One group’s ginning up opposition. It’s …
Lawsuit Challenges Keystone XL Pipeline Permit
The plan by TransCanada to restart its efforts to build the Keystone XL pipeline has run into a lawsuit filed by a coalition of environmental groups. The coalition including the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council and other groups challenged TransCanada’s federal permit saying much more environmental scrutiny is needed. Their lawsuit contends the initial …
Oil Flowing in Dakota Access Pipeline
After months of delay caused by environmentalists and Native American protesters, the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota is moving oil and soon cash will be flowing into developer Energy Transfer Partners. The oil started flowing his week through the 1,200-mile pipeline that cost $3.8 billion. Full operations aren’t expected for a few more weeks. …
Oklahoma Bar Association Investigating Complaint Against Scott Pruitt
The Oklahoma Bar Association is investigating a complaint filed by a University of Oklahoma law school professor against former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, according to a report by The Tulsa World. The complaint alleges the new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency administrator violated bar association rules by lying under oath during his January confirmation hearing. …
Crude Oil Prices Leap Over $50 a Barrel on Thursday
Jumping above $50 a barrel on Thursday, crude oil prices surged ahead for a third straight session, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, May West Texas Intermediate crude rose 84 cents, or 1.7%, to settle at $50.35 a barrel. On the London ICE Futures Exchange, May Brent crude, the global benchmark, …
Completion Reports March 31, 2017
DEWEY COUNTY Mewbourne Oil Company Cottage Grove(8068): Oil 125 Gas 96 Water 1830 Flow 16 17N 16W Blue Star 16 Md #1hcg, February 24, 2017 HH, OIL, TD: 12585 ft Lat: 35.94260, Long: -98.91733 API: 35043234670000 HUGHES COUNTY Silver Creek Oil & Gas Llc 2 6N 8E Davis Tower Swd 1, March 08, 2017 …
Permits to Drill March 31, 2017
Canadian County ELMENHORST #1H-05-08, March 30 2017 06 11N 6W NENENENE API: 01724990 Lat: 35.46382465570793, Long: -97.86711146788718 TRAVIS PEAK RESOURCES LLC HH, DR, 17300 ft, MISSISSIPPI(8990), WOODFORD(9315) Ellis County ROCKIES 33 #3H, March 30 2017 33 20N 24W NWNENWNE API: 04523645 Lat: 36.17248827350925, Long: -99.76321839002593 JONES ENERGY LLC HH, DR, 12983 ft, CLEVELAND(8440) Grant …
Rep. Lucas Gets US House to Pass EPA Transparency Bill
A bill by Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas to urge transparency and scientific integrity at the Environmental Protection Agency won approval in the U.S. House on Thursday. H.R. 1431 is also known as the EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2017 and was passed on a 229-193 vote. “Sound science must be the cornerstone of …
Oil and Gas Association Applauds President’s Rewrite of Clean Power Plan
State leaders in Oklahoma aren’t the only ones applauding this week’s action by President Trump and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to reverse the Obama Clean Power Plan. So are energy industry leaders. “The Trump administration’s executive order sends a signal that his federal agencies will put American energy production first with sensible regulations and best …






