February 13, 2023 archive

Devon’s newest Blaine County wells combine for 3,000 barrels of oil a day

  Reporting the completion reports filed by oil and gas companies in Oklahoma can be tricky. Sometimes, oil firms filed one completion report followed a day, or two later by others. Such is the case with Devon Energy and its filing of reports for the Cheetah wells the firm drilled in Blaine County. Now it …

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Retired engineer joins Williams board of directors

Williams announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Carri Lockhart as an independent director on the Board, effective Feb. 10, 2023. Lockhart brings nearly 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry both in the United States and overseas, most recently serving as Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Technology, …

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Rail merger will mean more Canadian tar sands oil to be shipped across Oklahoma

  The proposed merger of the Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern rail lines would mean the shipment of more Canadian oil sands across Oklahoma, if approved by regulators. The two rail lines have already signed a 10-year deal with ConocoPhillips Canada and USD Group to transport the oil across the U.S. and south to …

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** Texas residents grilled U.S. energy regulators on Saturday over their supervision of liquefied natural gas processing plants at a meeting to discuss conditions at the fire-idled Freeport LNG plant. The second-largest U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility was knocked offline by a fiery blast last June and operations halted while regulators review operations and staffing. …

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Growing dangers of lithium battery fires as EV use spreads

  As the nation is adopting more and more electric vehicles from cars and trucks to scooters and bikes, it is also experiencing a growth in dangerous and deadly lithium battery fires. Firefighters have been seriously hurt in dealing with the fires and now a University of Texas fire scientists and professor of mechanical engineering …

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