The Oklahoma Corporation Commission is moving ahead this week with steps to make emergency additions to the Oklahoma Wind Energy Development Act so wind farms in light of a new law protecting military air bases from wind farm encroachment. The Commission’s Public Utility Division plans a technical conference on Thursday. It will begin at 10 …
Streetcar tests got underway Monday in downtown Oklahoma City where the city’s installing the new system. The tests come as the MAPS 3 streetcar construction is concluding in the central business district. The tests began with the cars on the downtown loop which is the longer of the routes that wind in and out of …
Thanks to energy, at least six Oklahomans made the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans. They are billionaires. Topping the Oklahoma list is Harold Hamm, founder of Continental Resources Inc., the firm that has made him worth an estimated $17.2 billion. He is the highest Oklahoman ranked on the list of 400 and came in …
You probably couldn’t blame for Oklahoma’s oil and gas groups if they wrote legislators and said, “told you so.” Witness the Point of View published in Saturday’s edition of The Oklahoman, a piece written by energy consultant Chris Hosek of Austin, Texas. Headlined “A Texan’s thank you to Oklahoma,” it made the argument that Oklahoma’s …
Permits to drill issued on Oct. 5, 2018. Blaine County AMERICAN HORSE SWD #3, April 04 2018 01 14N 13W SENENENW API: 01123979 Lat: 35.72385575833697, Long: -98.53522432037778 OVERFLOW ENERGY LLC SH, AM, 5500 ft, WOLFCAMPIAN(3450), VIRGILIAN(4810) Caddo County BIG BITSCHE #3-4, October 05 2018 04 5N 9W NWSENENW API: 01522773 Lat: 34.93970763756701, Long: -98.1560327354414 TERRITORY RESOURCES LLC …
Completion reports for Oct. 5, 2018. BLAINE COUNTY Continental Resources Inc Mississippian(12334): Gas 15688 Water 3693 Flow 35 14N 13W Vincent Way Fiu 1-2-11xhm, May 03, 2018 HH, GAS, TD: 24340 ft Lat: 35.63898, Long: -98.55951 API: 35011238810000 DEWEY COUNTY Newfield Exploration Mid-con Inc Mississippian (less Chester): Oil 720 Gas 5164 Water 1075 Flow 16 19N 14W Hyden 1914 1h-17x, June 04, 2018 HH, OIL, …
While the nation’s rig count slipped by two in the past week, the number of rigs in Oklahoma rose by two. The state’s rig count grew to 143 while nationally, it declined to 1,052. Baker Hughes reports the national count this week included two fewer oil rigs, with a total count of 861. The number …
A correction to our recent story about the election of retired Navy Admiral Willilam H. McRaven to the board of directors of ConocoPhillips. We incorrectly identified the board as that of Phillips 66 but it was ConocoPhillips. Navy Admiral William H. McRaven retired in 2014 after a 37-year career and will be one of 12 …
Another phase of the nearly $12 million, 70-mile Kaw Lake pipeline carrying water from near Ponca City southwest to Enid has been approved by the Enid City Commission. Members voted to approve Phase III which will get underway this month with work ongoing across Osage, Kay, Noble and Garfield counties. Total cost will be $12.1 …
Federal favoritism. It’s what oil and gas legend T-Boone Pickens says about the way the government favors electric car development over fossil fuels. Writing in the Austin Statesman, Pickens came out against the way the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality proposes to use $200 million the state will get from the VW emissions scandal. Here’s …
