**The U.S. seized four tankers carrying Iranian gasoline bound for Venezuela in an unprecedented move by the Trump administration that carries the potential to destabilize global oil shipments if Iran retaliates. The tankers were transporting 1.116 million barrels of petroleum, which has now been confiscated after help from “foreign partners,” the Justice Department said in a …
2020 archive
Wind farm operator donates to Mill Creek Schools in Southern Oklahoma
A southern Oklahoma school district has received a $50,000 grant as a result of ALLETE Clean Energy’s new wind farm under construction near Ardmore. ALLETE announced the grant to the Mill Creek School District, a grant in partnership with GE Renewable Energy and Wanzek. The donation is a relief to Mill Creek School administrators …
Cypress Environmental reports $1.3 million 2Q loss
The COVID-19 pandemic has struck energy companies hard and Tulsa-based Cypress Environmental Partners, L.P. says it resulted in a $1.3 million second quarter loss for the company. And management says there is a liklihood of more volatility in the market for the remainder of the year. “The second wave of virus cases, the reinstitution …
Nuke waste sites in Texas and New Mexico worry League of Women Voters in Ft. Worth
Members of the League of Women Voters in Fort Worth are speaking out against the rail movement of nuclear waste that would pass through their city enroute to two possible waste sites, one in Texas and another in eastern New Mexico. One would be at the existing low-level storage facility in Andrews County, Texas. The …
Tiniest village in Texas to become SpaceX resort
He’s building a more than $1 billion electric plant in Austin, Texas so it only makes sense for Elon Musk to develop a resort—turning the tiniest of Texas villages into a SpaceX resort. The San Antonio Express News says SpaceX, the American aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company, is currently building its new passenger …
New Austin Tesla truck plant to cost state and city $1 billion a year in tax breaks by 2022
The state of Texas and the city of Austin will pay dearly after landing the new Tesla truck plant, a plant that will cost the two governments more than $1 billion a year in tax breaks. When Tesla, Inc. made its splashy announcement last month that it will build a $1.1 billion Cybertruck factory …
Halliburton to auction 13 real estate properties in the U.S. and Canada
After closing its former El Reno command center last year in Oklahoma and laying off hundreds of workers, Halliburton sold the new operation only a few months ago. Now the company is planning to auction surplus real estate in five states and Canada. Reports indicate Williams and Williams, a leader in global live and …
Sen. Inhofe praises EPA Administrator for final methane rule
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe says the former methane rules created under the Obama administration were “unnecessary and burdensome.” That’s why the Senator, who is a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee had nothing but praise for EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler who rolled back the rule. “These new rules are …
Completion reports for August 13, 2020
Completion reports filed on August 13, 2020. HASKELL COUNTY Trinity Operating Usg Llc Woodford – Sylvan: Gas 3059 Water 3369 Flow 7 7N 19E Donna 3-12/1h, June 07, 2019 HH, GAS, TD: 16188 ft Lat: 35.09339, Long: -95.34552 API: 35061223660001
Permits to drill for August 13, 2020
Permits to drill issued on August 13, 2020. Canadian County VINCE GILL 1108 #10-3-1MXH, March 09 2020 10 11N 8W NWNENESE API: 01725612 Lat: 35.441580593168254, Long: -98.02685241342431 CAMINO NATURAL RESOURCES LLC MU, AM, 18991 ft, MISSISSIPPI LIME(10839), WOODFORD(11087) Grady County EIGHT BELLES 36-25-9-6 #2XH, February 12 2018 02 8N 6W NWNENENE API: 05124276 Lat: 35.20298227893107, Long: …