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First Real Blast of Winter coming Wednesday to the State
Oklahoma is bracing for its first real arctic blast of the approaching winter with temperatures dropping to the single digits in the Panhandle and teens elsewhere. The blast is to arrive Tuesday night and early Wednesday, resulting in day-time highs on Thursday only in the 20s across northern Oklahoma and 30s in the south. …
North Dakota Pipeline Builders Call Government’s Halt of work “purely political”
While Hollywood celebrities and Native Americans are celebrating the Obama administration’s decision to stop construction of the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota, the pipeline owners are denouncing the decision. Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. and Sunoco Logistics Partners L..P. called it a “purely political action” by the Army Corps of Engineers not to grant …
Two More Earthquakes Rattle Pawnee and Cushing
Days after a U.S. Geological Survey report indicated state regulatory actions on wastewater injection wells appeared to be working in reducing large earthquakes in northern Oklahoma, Pawnee and Payne Counties were rattled by quakes Sunday night and Monday morning. The 3.9 magnitude quake, with an epicenter east of Pawnee was recorded at 9:22 p.m. and resulted …
Chesapeake Dumps More Holdings to Ease Debt Load
Chesapeake Energy’s announced another $450 million dollar sale of its natural gas assets. It involves nearly 78,000 net acres in the Haynesville Shale area of northern Louisiana. A private company has made the purchase but Chesapeake did not disclose the identity in making the announcement early Monday. The sale includes 250 wells with a current …
Inhofe says Iran Can’t be Trusted
With the Iran Sanctions Act set to expire at the end of the year, the U.S. Senate and the House recently approved an extension of the act and had the support of Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe. “In failing to adhere to United Nations Security Council Resolutions, Iran has repeatedly demonstrated it cannot be trusted,” …
Sen. Lankford Says It’s Time to Pull the Plug on Renewable Fuel Standard Program
If Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford gets his way, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Renewable Fuel Standard program will be history. At a recent hearing of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal management, the Senator said it’s time Congress repealed the entire RFS program. “The ethanol Renewable Fuel Standard mandates …
Oklahoma Supreme Court Asked to Intervene Again in 1989 Bribed ATT Case
The group seeking a $16 billion bribery refund from ATT over a 1989 bribed vote on a rate case is asking the Oklahoma Supreme Court to order an evidentiary hearing to examine all of the facts surrounding the bribed vote by the Corporation Commission that allowed ATT to keep millions in excess revenue and not …
Oil and Gas Rig Counts Grow in Oklahoma and U.S.
The number of drilling rigs increased in the nation’s oil and gas patch in the past week, growing by 4 to reach a total of 597 while Oklahoma added two, according to figures from the Baker Hughes Company. The nation’s count increased 3 additional oil rigs to reach 477 and one more gas rig to …
Big Gas Wells Hit in Blaine and Grady Counties
Oklahoma’s STACK has produced a big gas well in Blaine County, one producing more than 12,000 Mcf of natural gas according to the latest completion reports at OK Energy Today. Marathon Oil, based in Houston hit the Donna Dudley well several miles northwest of Geary and had a spud date of July 4 while drilling …
New Chairman Chosen for House Energy and Commerce Committee
Oregon Republican Rep. Greg Walden will be the new chairman of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee after being chosen this week. He will succeed Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) in the 115th Congress. “Like the Chicago Cubs, we are a team full of MVPs and Energy and Commerce will be in great hands with …