Jerry Bohnen

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Blaine County well payment fight leads to Federal court ruling

Another squabble over oil production payments from a Blaine County well has led to a ruling in Muskogee U.S. District Court. It came in a lawsuit (CIV-17-334-SPS) filed by Chieftain Royalty Company based in Oklahoma City against Marathon Oil Company.  Chieftain Royalty accused Marathon of delaying payments and denying interest payments. U.S. Magistrate Judge Steven …

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Gasoline prices drop in Oklahoma and across the U.S.

While gasoline prices in Oklahoma dropped an average of 4 cents a gallon over the past week, more counties in the state also report higher averages. The state’s average is $2.62 per gallon compared to $2.66 one week ago . The state’s average is one of the lowest in the nation. The national average also …

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WPX officials to be part of J-P Morgan Energy Conference

  Tulsa-based WPX Energy  President and Chief Operating Officer Clay Gaspar is scheduled to speak at the 2018 J.P. Morgan Energy Conference on Monday, June 18, at 3:20 p.m. Eastern. Alan Killion, WPX’s vice president of E&P Services, also is participating on a panel discussion at the 2018 Wells Fargo Securities West Coast Energy Conference on Wednesday, June 13, at 9 a.m. Pacific. The topic is …

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Judge ruled against extensive fees after attorney wins vertical well damage lawsuit

An Oklahoma City federal judge has ruled against allowing the recovery of extensive attorney fees in a lawsuit won by an independent oil company over damage to its vertical well operation caused by nearby horizontal drilling. U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange ruled that attorney Steven D. Singer who represented Singer Oil Company, LLC could only …

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Democrats question Justice’s ties to Devon Energy

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote Thursday on the nominations of several persons to judgeships including that of Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Patrick Wyrick. But his ties to Oklahoma City’s Devon Energy could prove to be a stumbling block for a positive recommendation for Justice Wyrick to become an Oklahoma City U.S. …

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Shale country salaries create employee shortage

The oil and gas boom of the Permian Basin in west Texas and eastern New Mexico has resulted in a massive labor shortage for anything but the oil and gas industry. The high-paying shale country salaries of the oil patch have sucked employees from other industries while the at the same time, places like Midland, …

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Pope Warns Big Oil Against Destruction of Civilization

Oklahoma’s big oil executives weren’t there, but no doubt by now, they’ve read and heard reports of how Pope Francis warned senior oil company executives it’s time to prevent humanity being destroyed by climate change. His warning came in a conference held behind closed doors at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences attending by about 50 …

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Pruitt Deals with Protester

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt recently responded to a heckler at one of his speeches by saying the left doesn’t want to talk about the truth. The former Oklahoma Attorney General,  was speaking at a Faith and Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority conference in Washington, D.C. when a woman protester interrupted him. She held up a …

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Number of nonstop flights grows at Tulsa International Airport

More airlines are offering nonstop flights out of Tulsa’s International Airport and it’s a good sign for airport CEO Mark VanLoh. Soon, the airport will feature nonstop flights to 25 airports in 23 cities, according to a recent report by the Tulsa World. As a result, passenger volume at the airport grew by nearly 3 …

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More Ryder Electric Vehicles Coming

More of those Ryder trucks and vans you see driving along around the nation will soon be electric powered. Although, it might be a while before the Ryder EV’s make it to Oklahoma where the typical drive is more than the 100 mile limited range. The Miami, Florida-based company has reserved 500 new Chanje Energy …

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