Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the former Oklahoman who contends she is part Native American but cannot prove it, now wants corporations to make climate change disclosures. The Democratic Senator has unveiled the Climate risk Disclosure Act which would force corporations to reveal to the public and investors how much they are contributing to climate …
Houston’s Cheniere Energy Inc., the firm building a 200-mile natural gas pipeline in Oklahoma announced Monday it’s subsidiary has entered into a LNG sale and purchase agreement with Vitol Inc. Cheniere Marketing, LLC agreed to sell 0.7 million tons a year of liquefied natural gas to Vitol for 15 years beginning this year. . “This …
A North Carolina coal-ash landfill, similar to the one best known at Shady Point in southeast Oklahoma collapsed over the weekend because of rain from Hurricane Florence. A spokeswoman for Duke energy said about 2,000 cubic yards of ash, or enough to fill 180 dump trucks, were displaced at the closed L.V. Sutton Power Station …
Tulsa’s NGL Energy Partners LP announced that it has called for redemption all $367,048,000 aggregate outstanding principal amount of its 6.875% Senior Notes due 2021. On October 16, 2018, registered holders of such notes will receive a redemption payment of 101.719%, or $1,017.19 per $1,000, of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to …
Cromwell oil company owner Kevin Wieck has been found guilty of defrauding investors in his firm. He was convicted by an Oklahoma City federal jury on ten counts of wire fraud and five counts of money laundering. Wieck, 52 owned and operated Wieck Oil Company, LLC and received $1.17 million from investors in Tulsa, Edmond, …
The U.S. Geological Survey reported at least two small earthquakes in Oklahoma over the weekend along with others in southern Missouri and West Texas. The strongest of the Oklahoma earthquakes measured 2.7 magnitude and occurred in an area where there is active oil and gas drilling and wastewater injection wells. Scientists contend the wastewater wells …
Oil and gas rig counts were up in Oklahoma and across the rest of the nation in the past week. Oklahoma’s count grew by 2 to reach 139 while nationally, the count was up 7 to reach 1,055. Baker Hughes Co. reported the national count included an increase of 7 oil rigs to reach 867 …
Completion reports from Sept. 14, 2018 BLAINE COUNTY Continental Resources Inc Mississippian – Woodford: Oil 11 Gas 5948 Water 2880 Flow 7 14N 13W B Perkins 1-7-18xh, June 09, 2018 HH, GAS, TD: 23842 ft Lat: 35.71007, Long: -98.63025 API: 35011238440000 Continental Resources Inc Mississippian(16986): Oil 557 Gas 7543 Water 2487 Flow 18 15N 12W Lenard Trust 1-18-19xh, January 08, 2018 HH, OIL, TD: 22237 …
Permits to drill from Sept. 14, 2018 Canadian County ML 6_7-14N-9W #5HX, September 14 2018 06 14N 9W NWSENWNW API: 01725273 Lat: 35.722880293424474, Long: -98.20391226039764 DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION CO LP HH, DR, 20105 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN (LESS CHESTER)(10483), MISSISSIPPIAN SOLID(10483), WOODFORD(11125) Canadian County ML 6_7-14N-9W #7HX, September 14 2018 06 14N 9W SWNWNWNE API: 01725271 Lat: 35.723470697189484, Long: …
A $30,000 donation has been made by Houston’s Newfield Exploration Co. to the National Wild Turkey Federation to improve grassland bird habitat in Oklahoma. The donation was part of the company’s partnership with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation and its Oaks and Prairies Join Venture. The program is focused on increasing songbird and game …
