A Texas Appeals Court ruling last week that reversed a $3 million dollar harmful-emissions verdict against a Texas driller might have environmentalists and the oil and gas industry wondering about the impact of lawsuits. The Dallas-based 5th District court of Appeals sided with Aruba Petroleum Inc. which was sued by a family that claimed it …
When the U.S. House on Friday voted to overturn the Obama administration regarding flaring of natural gas during drilling operations on public lands, all five Oklahoma Congressmen were in the majority. Representatives Bridenstine, Cole, Lucas, Mullin and Russell were among the 221 who passed the measure and sent it to the U.S. Senate. They were …
Former Interior Secretary Sally Jewell decided she and her husband will visit national parks as she takes a break following her departure last week from Washington, D.C. As Climate News reported, the former CEO of sport goods retailer REI said she was “definitely not retiring” but looking forward to a break. Her first stop …
The developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline will have to go before the North Dakota Public Service Commission to face claims it did not notify the commission when it discovered a Native American cultural site during work on the controversial pipeline. Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners maintains it was an unintentional violation of state rules when …
As Federal Energy Regulatory Commission member Norman Bay left FERC on Friday, the commission issued a certificate, giving permission to Dallas-based Energy Transfer LP to move ahead with a more than $4 billion pipeline project. The Rover Pipeline, with a price tag of $4.2 billion will transport gas from processing plants in southeastern Ohio, southwestern …
Colorado-based Buccaneer Energy lost a bid in the Denver Federal Appeals court to revive its antitrust lawsuit against three other gas companies. The firm sued the three claiming they unfairly cut it out of a competitive area of western Colorado. But the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals would not bring new life back to …
CUMULATIVE SUMMARY OF OCC COMPLETION REPORTS BY COUNTY (January 30, 2017 – February 3, 2017) 3 – Alfalfa County 1 – Beckham County 2 – Blaine County 1 – Caddo County 6 – Canadian County 2 – Creek County 2 – Dewey County 1 – Garvin County 2 – Grady County 1 – …
CUMULATIVE SUMMARY OF OCC PERMITS TO DRILL BY COUNTY (January 30, 2017 – February 3, 2017) 8 – Blaine County 2 – Canadian County 3 – Coal County 1 – Dewey County 3 – Ellis County 1 – Garfield County 1 – Garvin County 6 – Grady County 1 – Harper County 1 …
Crude oil futures posted slight gains on Friday to finish higher for the week as additional data continued to support OPEC’s compliance with curbing production to rid the current market glut, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, March West Texas Intermediate crude added 29 cents, or 0.5%, to settle at $53.83 …
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