April 13, 2021 archive

Colorado is on track to take its most significant step toward a Front Range passenger train system

  Colorado legislators have taken another step toward the possibility of helping finance a new Front Range passenger train system. Senate Bill 238 would create a special taxation district along the Interstate 25 corridor to fund the initiative reported the Colorado Sun. The train is seen as a way to drive down vehicle emissions in …

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Two largest shareholders okay takeover of Enable Midstream Partners

  The two largest unitholders in Enable Midstream Partners LP gave their approval to the $7 billion merger of the company with Dallas-based Energy Transfer LP. Enable and Energy Transfer announced the unitholders delivered their written consents in support of the merger following an SEC filing of Form S-4 last week. These unitholders, CenterPoint Energy, …

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Kansas outlaws natural gas bans

  The governor of Kansas allowed the Energy Choice Act to become law, one that stops cities and counties from banning the use of natural gas. It means Kansas is the latest step to oppose a push by environmentalists and other clean air advocates to ban continued use of natural gas. Gov. Laura Kelly did …

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Lucas gets update on fiber-optic project in Woodward

  Congressman Frank Lucas received a recent update on a new nearly $10 million fiber-optic installation project by Pioneer Telephone Cooperative Inc. in Woodward. Click here for story from Woodward News

OEPA annual meeting to be held in June

  The annual meeting of the Oklahoma Energy Producers Alliance will be held June 4 in Oklahoma City. The event will begin on the evening of Thursday June 3 with a reception while the main meeting will be held the next day at the Embassy Suites hotel. The morning session will feature a discussion on …

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Oklahoma plan unveiled to ease burden of utility costs following winter storms

    Nearly two months after promising to investigate huge energy bills and rolling blackouts during the February winter storm, Oklahoma leaders have finally unveiled their plan to help consumers pay off an estimated $4.5 billion bill. The plan was laid out to the public this week after utilities went to the Corporation Commission asking …

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Continental Resources says Texas winter storm hit first-quarter production

  The Texas winter storm in February hit Oklahoma-based Continental Resources resulting in a drop of first-quarter production by nearly 6,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day. The company made the announcement Tuesday and said it expects to average nearly 152,000 barrels of oil a day along with natural gas production averaging nearly 935 million …

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Permian pipelines face lack of crude oil

  A report suggests that by the end of the year nearly half of all oil pipelines from the Permian basin will be empty because of the coronavirus pandemic and the effect it had on the oil and gas industry. By the fourth quarter, total utilization of the largest oil pipelines from the Permian is …

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