July 14, 2019 archive

Welding explosion at oilfield servicing company kills worker in El Reno

An explosion caused by a welder’s torch left a man dead early Sunday morning at an oilfield firm in El Reno. Fire investigators say it was around 7 a.m. when the incident happened at Canyon Oil Field Services at 1608 East Highway 66. The explosion happened outside the shop where a man was welding on …

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Western Oklahoma is site of another large producer

  Another significant oil well producing more than 1,000 barrels of oil a day is reported in far western Oklahoma. Valpoint Operating LLC, an Amarillo, Texas based company filed a completion report for the Shrewder 26-23-1H located at 35 18N 23W in Ellis County. The Shrewder well had initial production of 1,076 barrels of oil …

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Seven defendants dropped in lawsuit over 2018 deadly gas rig explosion

At least seven of the defendants named in a negligence lawsuit over the Jan. 22, 2018 gas rig explosion that killed five workers in southeast Oklahoma have been dismissed from the case. At the same time, a Pittsburg county district court judge ruled against another defendant’s move for a protective order. The case involved the …

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State regulators urged to approve OGE rate agreement

When the Oklahoma Corporation Commission votes in a few weeks on a proposed rate package for Oklahoma Gas and Electric, it will do so with the recommendation of approval from an administrative law judge. OGE originally filed a request last year for a $78 million rate increase but attorney general Mike Hunter’s office opposed the …

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