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August 2018 archive
Poultry farm opponents gather support in NE Oklahoma
Northeast Oklahomans are putting up a growing fight in an effort to stop pollution caused by additional chicken farms popping up in the area. As the Tulsa World recently reported, another meeting was held last weekend by angry residents of Delaware County. It was the latest gathering of those upset over a poultry operation near …
Congressman unhappy over House Ethics Committee ruling
Oklahoma Congressman Markwayne Mullin, who sits on the House Energy and Commerce Committee has been ordered by the House Committee on Ethics to return $40,000 wrongly paid to him five years ago by his plumbing business. And he’s not happy with the ruling. It was Mulling Plumbing where he gained large recognition in eastern and …
Storms produced flooding in Oklahoma City, southern Oklahoma and SE Kansas
Storms dumped up to 5 inches of rain Wednesday night in Oklahoma City and produced at least two weak tornadoes. No damage was reported from the tornadoes, each which lasted only a few seconds. But Oklahoma City firefighters indicated they had to make at least 32 high water rescues involving stranded motorists and at least …
Devon Energy sells acreage in Delaware Basin in $215 million deal
Devon Energy Corp. (NYSE: DVN) announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell 9,600 net acres of non-core Delaware Basin acreage in Ward and Reeves County to Carrizo Oil and Gas for $215 million. Net production from these properties is approximately 2,500 oil-equivalent barrels per day (60 percent oil). The transaction is …
Valkyrie Systems Aerospace to locate training and manufacturing plant in Oklahoma
Governor Mary Fallin and Valkyrie Systems Aerospace (VSA) announced Tuesday a partnership between the state of Oklahoma and the company. The partnership will ultimately accommodate manufacturing facilities, as well as flight operations and training in the greater Oklahoma City area. VSA was recently awarded a 21st Century Quality Jobs Program incentive contract that will create …
Gas prices remain steady nationally but drop in Oklahoma
Gasoline prices dropped a few cents a gallon across the state of Oklahoma in the past week while they held steady nationally. AAA Oklahoma reports the state average is $2.62 a gallon which is 2 cents cheaper than last week at this time. Nationally, the average is $2.86 which was the same as a week …
Chesapeake reaches tentative lawsuit settlement with Pennsylvania royalty owners
Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy has reached a federal class-action settlement in a Pennsylvania lawsuit that would result in a $7.75 million payout by the company. The settlement pertains to a lawsuit filed over royalty claims of nearly two-thirds of the company’s royalty holders in the state. It alleged Chesapeake overpaid transportation costs which resulted in …
Government predicts increased oil production in Oklahoma’s Anadarko Basin
The U.S. Government expects oil production in the Anadarko Basin of Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle to increase by September. New-well oil production is forecast to increase by 9,000 barrels a day, reaching 558,000 barrels a day by next month, according to a forecast released this week by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The August …
Government predicts oil prices to average $73 a barrel for remainder of 2018
Forecast crude oil prices reflect competing price risks In the August 2018 update of its Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts Brent crude oil prices to average $73 per barrel (b) in the second half of 2018 and decline to an average of $71/b in 2019 (Figure 1). Competing upside and downside …
