January 25, 2018 archive

Scott Pruitt’s Special Phone Booth Draws GAO Investigation

Not only are some Democratic members of Congress interested in the $25,000 secure phone booth in EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s office, so is the Government Accountability Office. It plans an investigation into Pruitt’s decision to have the specially designed booth installed in his office, according to E and E News and the Daily Caller. In …

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OKC Based Love’s Travel Stops Expanding by 40 Stores in 2018

  The Oklahoma City-based Love’s Travel Stops company announced this week it intends to open more than 40 new stores this year. The first to be opened is in Alma, Arkansas located at 8060 State Route 282 which is at exit 24 of Interstate 49. It is the company’s third location along the 500-mile stretch …

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AG Asks FERC to Ensure Corporate Tax Savings Are Passed On to Customers

Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter is asking federal regulators to pass along new corporate tax savings to utility customers. In a Jan. 19 letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Hunter urged the commission law to make sure corporate tax savings from the new law result in utility savings for customers. The corporate income tax …

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Baker Hughes Shutting Down South Oklahoma City Operations

World-wide operator Baker Hughes, now a GE company confirms it will close its operations in south Oklahoma as the firm pushes ahead with its merger that was announced last year. The firm’s artificial lift systems operation will be closed but it’s unclear how many jobs will be affected. Some positions from the former GE facility …

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Two GOP Candidates for Governor Oppose Step Up Oklahoma’s Tax Hikes

While energy groups have come out in support of the tax-hike proposals from the civic and business group called Step Up Oklahoma, at least two GOP gubernatorial candidates are against them. Former US Attorney Gary Richardson of Tulsa and Kevin Stitt, a Tulsa businessman are against what Step Up has proposed, according to a Thursday …

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Completion Reports Jan. 18, 2018–Jan. 24, 2018

The following is a list of Well Completions in the state as reported by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission for the period of Jan. 18, 2018 through Jan. 24, 2018. The display is in a spread-sheet form. But we hope to improve on it in the coming one to two weeks and COUNTY Well name OPERATOR …

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No Letup in Drilling Interest in STACK and SCOOP

The latest drilling permits issued by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission revealing extensive drilling interest in several counties including eleven permits granted for Blaine County, one of three counties that make up the STACK play. Eleven were also granted to companies drilling in Kingfisher County, another of the STACK counties. As shown in the Permits to …

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Rig Operator Defends Safety Record In Light of Deadly Blast at Quinton

  “I think the record shows – certainly in the last few years – we’ve been one of the safest companies in the industry.” Patterson-UTI spokesman after Quinton explosion. This week’s deadly gas rig blast near Quinton that killed 5 workers is being described as the nation’s deadliest oil and gas accident since the Deepwater …

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Permits to Drill: Jan. 18, 2018 to Jan. 24, 2018

The latest drilling permits in Oklahoma for the period of Jan. 18, 2018 to Jan. 24, 2018. The reports as released by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission are still in the spread-sheet form rather than the previous form before the OCC suffered a hacker’s attack last October. However, we are working on returning to the previous …

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Oklahoma Gas Operator to Build $150 million Plant in North Dakota

A $150 million gas processing plant will be built in North Dakota’s Bakken by Houston’s Hess Midstream Partners LP and Targa Resources Corporation also based in Houston, Texas. Targa has extensive operations in Oklahoma. The new plant will be able to handle 200 million standard cubic feet of gas a day. It will be called …

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