2017 archive

Cleanup Continues at Cushing Oil Spill Site

Cleanup is still underway of a nearly 16,000-gallon-oil spill after a contractor ruptured a 16-inch crude oil pipeline last week south of Cushing. The contractor had been hired by Plains All American Pipeline LP and accidentally struck a line operated by Centurion Pipeline according to an update from the Stillwater NewsPress. The incident happened Oct. 10 …

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Cimarex Energy Expands STACK Efforts

Denver-based Cimarex Energy intends to stay busy in Oklahoma’s STACK after filing and receiving 9 permits to drill at one site. The 9 variations of  the Vince wells, located at 26 11N 8W are about four miles west of Union City. It’s there the company will explore the Mississippian, Woodford and Hunton zones. The permits, …

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Denver Federal Appeals Court Rejects Appeal in Osage County Wind Farm Fight

The Denver Federal Appeals court ruling against wind farm developers in Osage County will apparently stand. The Tenth Circuit Court rejected the appeal this week of the developers in the court’s ruling that said they should have obtained a mineral lease from the Osage Nation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs before construction of the …

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New Mexico Water Lawsuit Stems from Permian Drilling Operations

Two water companies located in the Permian Basin in southeast New Mexico have filed suit against the state Land Commissioner accusing him of infringing on water rights dating back more than half a century. The lawsuit was filed by Loco Hills Water Solution and Steve Carter, Inc. against Commissioner Aubrey Dunn. They contend Dunn overstepped …

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Well Explosion and Fire Close to Western Oklahoma Border

No injuries were reported in a well explosion Tuesday near the Texas Panhandle town of Glazier. The Department of Public Safety was forced to close Highway 60 for a while as the fire was allowed to burn itself out. Glazier is a community located north of Canadian, Texas. The well was leased by Overflow Energy …

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Pruitt Says ‘War on Coal’ Was a Real War….Defends Move to End It

As head of the Environmental Protection Agency, former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s defending his decisions in recent days to end the Obama-era ‘war on coal’ and its ‘sue and settle practice.’ Interviewed Tuesday on Fox News with Neil Cavuto, Pruitt cited the Obama administration’s ‘war on coal’ as overreach by the government, something he …

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Mustang Fuel Corporation Announces $65 Million Update to STACK System

Oklahoma City-based Mustang Fuel Corporation announced that its midstream subsidiary Mustang Gas Products, LLC is making progress on a $65 million capital upgrade aimed at increasing the capacity, efficiency and reach of its STACK midstream assets, according to a company press release issued on Tuesday. Mustang Fuel’s capital spending program is already underway and will …

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Crude Oil Yields Flat Finish on Tuesday

Crude oil futures settled flat on Tuesday with very little change as traders awaited weekly supply data, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. November West Texas Intermediate crude tacked on a penny to settle at $51.88 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. December Brent crude, the global benchmark, rose 6 cents, or 0.1%, to end trading at …

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Cherokee Nation’s Bryan Rice Wins Nod for BIA Director Post

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced Tuesday that Bryan Rice has been named as the new Bureau of Indian Affairs Director, according to a departmental press release. Bryan – a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and veteran federal administrator – will lead the federal agency that coordinates government-to-government relations with 567 …

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Permits to Drill October 18, 2017

  Beaver County PHEASANT RUN #1-23, October 16 2017 23 6N 21E CN2NWSW API: 00723076 Lat: 36.971002838495494, Long: -100.7632556349357 HUNTINGTON ENERGY LLC SH, RC, 6380 ft, MORROW LOW(6010) Blaine County MARNITA FIU #1-3-34XHM, October 16 2017 03 13N 13W SESESESW API: 01123869 Lat: 35.624706009744344, Long: -98.57063316185213 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC HH, DR, 23932 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(13828), WOODFORD(14660) Canadian County …

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