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Daily Permit Report — August 8, 2018
Blaine County PIPER’S HILL SWD #1-35, August 07 2018 35 15N 13W SWSESESE API: 01124059 Lat: 35.72587363807842, Long: -98.5446036165933 E O K OPERATING LLC SH, DR, 9000 ft, WOLFCAMPIAN(3500), VIRGILIAN(4900), MISSOURIAN(7600) Custer County WINGARD SWD #1-15, August 07 2018 15 14N 14W SENENENW API: 03922548 Lat: 35.69537214749701, Long: -98.6776263014454 E O K OPERATING LLC SH, DR, 10000 …
Senate Amendment Forces Amtrak to Keep Rail Service on Track for Southwest Chief
A blockbuster move by a Senate bipartisan coalition will require Amtrak to provide $3 million in rail-repair funds to assist with continuity of the Southwest Chief passenger service, according to a recent report published in the Pueblo Chieftain. Six senators from Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico placed an amendment into a national transportation appropriations bill …
New JV Pipeline Adventure for Permian Basin to Texas Gulf Coast
Four energy companies signed a letter of intent to jointly develop a natural gas pipeline from the Permian Basin to the Texas Gulf Coast, according to a recently issued press release. The Whistler Pipeline Project is the focus of Houston-based Targa Resources Corp., Florida-based NextEra Energy Pipeline Holdings LLC, Austin-based WhiteWater Midstream LLC, and Ohio-based …
Time for a Cool Change in Oklahoma
Temporary relief is in store for Oklahoma this week as the dog days of Summer are quenched by some much-needed rain and cooler temperatures. Gary McManus, State Climatologist with Oklahoma Mesonet, reported Monday that the jet stream’s northwest flow should interact with Gulf moisture to produce overnight precipitation, particularly on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Tuesday …
OCC Releases Signing Agenda for Tuesday Morning Session
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission will meet on Tuesday morning for a signing order session. The meeting will be held at 9:30 a.m. at the Jim Thorpe Building in Room 301. One item is Cause No. PUD 201800061, an application of Public Service Company of Oklahoma for an order of the Commission determining if CKEnergy Electric Cooperative, …
ONEOK Executives to Present at NYC’s Tuohy Brothers Energy Conference
Senior executives of Tulsa-based ONEOK, Inc. will participate in the Tuohy Brothers Ninth Annual Energy Conference on Wednesday in New York City. ONEOK’s Walter S. Hulse III, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning and Corporate Affairs, and Kevin L. Burdick, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, will direct several one-on-one meetings with …
Continental Partners with Franco-Nevada for New SCOOP and STACK Mineral Subsidiary
Oklahoma City-based Continental Resources, Inc. announced a new multimillion dollar strategic alliance on Monday with Canada-based Franco-Nevada Corporation. Franco-Nevada agreed to invest $220 million for an interest in the newly-created minerals subsidiary. Both companies committed to spend up to a combined $125 million annually for the next three years to acquire minerals in Oklahoma’s prolific SCOOP and STACK plays, …
U.S. EPA Adds Midwest City’s Abandoned Eagle Industries Site to Superfund List
A contaminated former industrial site in Midwest City was added to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s national priorities list for Superfund sites on Tuesday, according to a news report by The Oklahoman. As previously reported by OK Energy Today, the Eagle Industries site was located southeast of Oklahoma City at 10901 SE 29th in Midwest …
Colorado Regulators Considering New Pipeline Rules After Deadly Home Explosion
The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission is considering new rules for thousands of oil and gas pipelines following last year’s fatal explosion in a newly developed neighborhood addition in the town of Firestone. Investigators said the explosion was caused by odorless, unrefined gas leaking from a severed flow line. Colorado regulators met on Monday …
Icahn Spars With SandRidge in Attempt to Gain Seat on the Board
Corporate raider and activist investor Carl Icahn is at it again. In an open letter to Oklahoma City-based SandRidge Energy, Icahn is seeking the ability to appoint a member on the oil and gas company’s board of directors, according to a news report by The Oklahoman. Icahn spent over $82 million in October and November …