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North Dakota’s Oil Production Falls Again
As oil production in Oklahoma is on the upswing, the downturn is still taking away revenue and production in what once was one of the biggest oil producing sections of the country—-North Dakota’s Bakken play. The North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources reports September production dropped by more than 10,000 barrels, doing from more than …
Court Rules Against Gas Line Developer Wanting to Survey on Private Land
Constructing a pipeline is getting to be quite a challenge these days. While hundreds of Native Americans are protesting the building of the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota, landowners in West Virginia are fighting a natural gas pipeline developer. And they’ve won a West Virginia Supreme court ruling that the developer will not …
Cause Probed in Deadly Natural Gas Blast in Canton, Ohio
It was a worker for a gas company investigating a leak who was killed this week in a natural gas explosion in Canton, Ohio. The person worked for Ameren Illiniois. Eleven others were injured in the massive blast that happened just before 6 p.m. on Wednesday. “All of the sudden, I heard the biggest kaboom …
State’s Largest Earthquake at Pawnee Leads to Lawsuit Against Two Oil and Gas Firms
The Sept. 3 earthquake that measured 5.8 magnitude in Pawnee has led to the filing of a class-action lawsuit against at least two oil and gas companies, blaming them for the damages. The suit was filed Thursday in Pawnee County District court (CJ-2016-78) by James Adams and others against Eagle Road Oil LLC, Cummings Oil …
Drought Getting a Grasp of More Parts of Oklahoma
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows dry conditions in Oklahoma are getting dryer. “Paints a really nasty picture for SE U.S. through Oklahoma into the High Plains,” is how Gary McManus of the Oklahoma Mesonet put it in Thursday’s report. The Panhandle and southeastern Oklahoma are in areas described as where the “drought persists” while …
Natural Gas Inventories Grow—–Prices Hold Steady
With record setting high temperatures this week in Oklahoma, prices of propane for winter heating purposes aren’t doing much. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported Thursday that residential heating oil and propane prices started the winter heating season at levels similar to last winter’s levels. “Inventories of both fuels are near or above five-year …
OSU Inks Contract for New Airplane Transportation System
A contract was scheduled to be signed Thursday in Stillwater paving the way for research and development that could lead to a working prototype of an automated system for handling landed aircraft. The contract is between the New Product Development Center at Oklahoma State University and Airplane Transporting Systems. The ATS is what the University …
Texas Official Agrees—-Wastewater Injection Wells Can Cause Earthquakes
A statement by Texas Railroad Commissioner Ryan Sitton that oil and gas wastewater injection wells are possibly causing earthquakes in Texas is getting some attention in the industry. “I take the issue of induced seismicity very seriously,” said Sitton in announcing his collaboration with the Bureau of Economic Geology Center for Integrated Seismicity Research. “The …
BNSF Considers Covers for Coal Cars as part of Settlement with Environmental Groups
Covers might be seen soon on BNSF Railway cars carrying coal in the northwestern part of the U.S. It’s part of a tentative agreement reached this week between the rail company that rolls through Oklahoma with environmental groups who alleged the coal spilled from the trains has polluted waterways in Washington state. BNSF has denied …
Continental’s Blaine County Density Tests Result in Big Production
Continental Resources and its density unit tests in Blaine County are coming through for the company’s STACK exploration with results now known for 8 wells from its density tests. The Oklahoma City company, founded and operated by billionaire Harold Hamm filed six more completion reports this week for its LUDWIG density testing with five showing production …