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Texas water company fined by Canadian County
Texas-based Select Energy has become the first to be fined under Canadian County’s 8-month policy requiring firms obtain a permit before using the county rights-of-way for temporary pipelines. The Yukon Review reported Select Energy was fined $1,000 for failing to obtain the permit. The firm also forfeited another $1,000 to pay for the cost of …
Completion reports for August 13, 2018
BLAINE COUNTY Staghorn Petroleum Ii Llc Mississippi Lime: Oil 893 Gas 1721 Water 1163 Flow 17 19N 12W Crows Nest 19-12-08 1h, November 26, 2017 HH, OIL, TD: 13859 ft Lat: 36.12922, Long: -98.51171 API: 35011238620000 KINGFISHER COUNTY Marathon Oil Company Mississippian(7457): Oil 544 Gas 629 Water 804 Flow 35 16N 7W Cerny 1607 5-35mh, February 15, 2018 HH, OIL, TD: 12870 ft Lat: 35.82692, Long: …
Permits to drill for August 13, 2018
Blaine County BELL FARMS #1-23-14XH, April 04 2016 23 13N 13W SWSESESE API: 01123596 Lat: 35.58119864056214, Long: -98.54464749219645 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC HH, AM, 23020 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(12934), WOODFORD(14963) Carter County LAURA LYNN #16, July 02 2018 32 1S 2W SWNENWSW API: 01926307 Lat: 34.425653449521235, Long: -97.43710539762642 BUTKIN OIL COMPANY LLC SH, AM, 1960 ft, HOXBAR(1200) Creek County JONES …
Repairman sentenced in oil and gas scheme
An Oklahoma City oil and gas repairman was sentenced this week to 33 months in federal prison for ripping off an Austin, Texas energy company to the tune of $450,000. Luis Enrique Damazo, 54 was sentenced by Oklahoma City federal court by U.S. District Judge Stephen P. Friot and ordered him to pay $456,863.59 in …
Zinke’s Colorado speech met with protest
Last week, we were in Steamboat Springs, Colorado where on Friday protesters tried to upstage Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke over a scheduled political speech. The following is an account of what happened at the speech, as reported by the Huffington Post. A protester at a Colorado right-wing conference challenged Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke over his failure …
Former electrical transformer plant removed from EPA Superfund list
While the EPA still has Superfund sites in Oklahoma, it is removing a site in Greenville, Texas from its list of polluted areas. The former Esco Manufacturing Plant site is being removed from the Superfund National Priorities List, according to an announcement by the Environmental Protection agency. A statement issued by the EPA and the …
ConocoPhillips warns of layoffs in September
No word if job cuts suggested by ConocoPhillips might reach its Bartlesville operations, but the Houston-based company said it’s preparing for “modest” numbers of layoffs during September in a move to cut costs. The company recently posted a $1.6 billion net profit in the second quarter but it also has trimmed its workforce in recent …
Growing drought results in USDA disaster designation
Federal Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue notified Governor Mary Fallin this week that he has designated four Oklahoma counties as primary natural disaster areas due to a recent drought. A Secretarial disaster designation makes farm operators in primary counties and those counties contiguous to such primary counties eligible to be considered for certain assistance from the Farm …
Patterson gets pay boost as head of ODOT
The State Transportation Commission voted last week to boost the salary of Oklahoma Department of Transportation Executive Director Mike Patterson from $156,000 to $185,000 a year. The commissioners went into executive session to discuss Patterson’s work performance. Afterward in their public meeting, they voted unanimously to increase the salary. “Mr. Patterson has been a vital …
Eufaula gets federal grant to fix pollution problems
Today, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a grant to Team Up to Clean Up to create 4 acres of wetland habitat to mitigate pollution from stormwater runoff and flooding from the City of Eufaula, OK. The project will improve water quality in Lake Eufaula and …
