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Small Oil and Gas Operators Await Outcome of Lawsuit Against EPA
Small oil and gas operators in Oklahoma are awaiting the outcome of their legal challenge to new Clean Air act rules from the Environmental Protection Agency that they contend could put them out of business. The Oklahoma Independent Producers Association joined the national group called the Independent Petroleum Association of America in filing a lawsuit …
Experts Still Argue Injection Wells are Causing Oklahoma’s Earthquakes
At a recent legislative study hearing held at the state capitol, one Oklahoma State University professor declared the evidence that oil and gas wastewater injection wells are causing earthquakes is “clear and convincing.” It’s the charge from hydrogeologist Dr. Todd Halihan, who said a lot of published research from Columbia University, the U.S. Geological Survey and other …
Oklahoma Gas Price Average Falls Below $2—–Lowest in the Nation
For the first time since mid-August, the average price of gasoline in Oklahoma dropped below $2 a gallon, according to the latest Fuel Gauge Report from AAA Oklahoma. Oklahoma’s new statewide average is $1.99, tied with Missouri for the lowest in the nation. “Although Tulsa’s citywide gas price average today for regular is lower than …
Marathon Oil Turns Out Three Large Wells in Oklahoma’s STACK
The STACK’s latest big hits to be reported to the Corporation Commission are three wells by Houston, Texas based Marathon Oil Company…the largest coming in at more than 2,000 barrels of oil a day. The Marjorie in Blaine County is producing 2,070 barrels a day along with 3,285 Mcf of gas, according to the completion reports …
Scientists Now Believe Oil Drilling Caused Deadly 1933 Earthquake in Long Beach, California
Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey now believe oil drilling might have triggered the 1933 earthquake that left more than 100 people dead in the Los Angeles region. Going back through historical records, they identified several quakes in the 20s and 30s that might have been caused by industry activities. The 1933 magnitude 6.4 quake …
Government Report Shows 18% of Electricity in Oklahoma Comes from Wind Power
A new government report shows Oklahoma is one of eleven states that generated at least 10 percent of their total electricity from wind in 2015. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reports that Oklahoma ranks fourth among the eleven states with 18 percent of its electricity coming from wind power. Iowa is ranked at the top …
Denver Federal Appeals Court Won’t Stop San Juan Basin Drilling in New Mexico and Colorado
The Denver federal appeals court has ruled against environmentalists and a Navajo tribal group fighting to stop the Bureau of Land Management from approving permits to drill in the San Juan Basin in New Mexico and Colorado. It represented another win for supporters of the fracking technology. The U.S. 10th Circuit Court said the coalition …
Pawnee Nation Director calls for More Action to Stop Earthquakes
“We think the evidence is pretty clear and it keeps mounting,” so stated an attorney about Oklahoma’s earthquakes. The chief of the Pawnee Nation made it clear over the weekend that his tribe intends to do something about the growing earthquakes around Pawnee and northern Oklahoma. And if that means joining those who have …
Montana Going After Pipeline Company Over 2015 Oil Spill into Yellowstone River
While Native Americans are protesting construction of a nearly $4 billion oil pipeline in North Dakota, not far away the State of Montana and the federal government plan to see compensation over a 2015 oil pipeline spill into the Yellowstone River. The U.S. Department of Interior joined the state in indicating it wants damages paid …
Attorneys who Sued BP Over Gulf Oil Spill to Share $555 million
As the saying goes, “Not bad work if you can get it!” A federal judge in New Orleans has ruled the attorneys who sued BP over its 2010 Gulf oil spill will divide $555.2 million for their work on behalf of the people and businesses who suffered economic damages. It’s the ruling from U.S. District …