Even as a Chinese National remains jailed in Tulsa on charges of attempting to steal nearly $1 billion in Phillips 66 battery storage secrets in Bartlesville, the federal government has nearly 200 other investigations underway at major academic centers in the U.S. Representatives of at least three major medical research centers in Oklahoma say …
November 2019 archive
New York sues firefighting foam makers
The companies that manufacture the firefighting foam blamed for contamination at military bases in the U.S. are being sued by New York Attorney General Letitia James. She has filed suit against 3M, DuPont and other chemical and firefighting foam manufacturers. James targeted them for their role in contaminating the water in several New York sites …
Magistrate rules against church built on superfund site in Bristow
Five years after the Bristow Assembly of God was forced to move because its church was built atop a former refinery that became an EPA Superfund site, the church is still fighting in court. But it has experienced at least one setback. A Tulsa Federal Court Judge recently granted a protective order to the oil …
Court order against Oklahoma hacker upheld in appeals court
The organizer of a computer attack on the Oklahoma City business Astronomics that resulted in the shutdown of its website lost his appeal of being ordered to repay more than $27,000 to the business. David Goodyear appealed his 2018 conviction in Oklahoma City federal court of causing intentional damage to a protected computer. But the …
Houston firm is like the Energizer Bunny in Oklahoma’s STACK
Houston’s Oklahoma Energy Acquisitions LP is like the Energizer Bunny—-it just keeps drilling and drilling and drilling in Oklahoma’s STACK. The latest example were completion reports filed by the company on three wells in Kingfisher County and another three in adjacent Major County. Two wells were on a pad about 7 miles east of Kingfisher …
EPA probes allegations of document destruction by former aide to Inhofe
The former aide to Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe who was named the EPA’s chief of staff has come under an inspector general’s investigation whether he destroyed internal documents that should have been retained. The probe also involves actions concerning former EPA administrator Scott Pruitt. Using two people as sources, POLITICO reported that Ryan Jackson, …
Completion reports for November 7, 2019
Completion reports for November 7, 2019. KINGFISHER COUNTY Oklahoma Energy Acquisitions Lp Mississippian (less Chest): Oil 220 Gas 360 Water 168 Esp 24 16N 6W Lil Sebastian 1606 7-24mh, December 08, 2018 HH, OIL, TD: 12477 ft Lat: 35.85581, Long: -97.78519 API: 35073262790000 Oklahoma Energy Acquisitions Lp Mississippian (less Chest): Oil 277 Gas 174 Water 441 Gas Lift 6 17N 6W Tullamore 1706 10-7mh, November 29, …
Permits to drill for November 7, 2019
Permits to drill issued for November 7, 2019. Carter County NAYLOR #3-11H2X35, November 07 2019 11 4S 2E SENWNWNE API: 01926315 Lat: 34.229280860723314, Long: -97.0632172811407 XTO ENERGY INC HH, DP, 25500 ft, SYCAMORE(14426), WOODFORD(14790), HUNTON(15130) Carter County ALBERT #5-29H20X17, November 07 2019 29 3S 3E NWSWSENE API: 01926331 Lat: 34.26798603969839, Long: -97.0065034001614 XTO ENERGY INC HH, DP, …
Chesapeake go bust? It’s being discussed as a possibility
When times were good for Chesapeake Energy Corp. in Oklahoma City, they rolled. A growing campus and much more to go with the success. But it was as though Charles Dickens was reporting on the energy company. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was …
Inhofe frustrated over defense spending bill talks
POLITICO’s Morning Energy Report says Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe isn’t exactly pleased with how negotiations are going regarding the annual defense bill and PFAS—those chemicals polluting military bases nationwide. Here’s how it was reported: PFAS REMAINS NDAA STICKING POINT: Senate Armed Services Chairman Jim Inhofe said on Tuesday that negotiations on the annual defense bill are inching …