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Feds to Re-examine Claims Oil and Gas Drilling is Harming Ancient Indian Remains in NW New Mexico
Native American concerns that ancient architecture found in northwest New Mexico could be harmed by oil and gas drilling have prompted the federal government to expand its review of public lands management in the area. The focus of the attention by the U.S. interior Department is the Chaco Culture National Historical Park, considered a world …
Actress Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ After Arrest During Protest of Dakota Access Pipeline
North Dakota—where Indian activists and environments are protesting the Dakota Access Oil pipeline construction, actress Shailene Woodley has pleaded not guilty in court to criminal trespass and riot charges. The start of “Divergent” entered her pleas this week through attorney Alexander Reichert. She was among about two dozen protesters arrested Oct. 10. Woodley could get …
Some Still Evacuated from their Homes After Deadly Anhydrous Ammonia Leak North of Omaha
Even late into the week, some residents near a deadly anhydrous ammonia leak 40 miles north of Omaha, Nebraska still weren’t allowed into their homes. The evacuation continued as officials with Tulsa-based Magellan Midstream Partners pipeline investigated the leak that killed a 59 year old farmer who drove into the cloud Monday night. As of …
$19 million Energy Upgrade for Tinker’s Former GM Plant
Tinker Air Force Base is about to get a nearly $19 million energy efficiency project to be carried out by Oklahoma Gas and Electric and Honeywell. Honeywell says the challenge will be retrofitting the massive former GM vehicle assembly plant, replacing the hot water system with new boilers, the chilled water system and retrofitting light …
Chesapeake Makes Changes in Drilling to Produce Less Wastewater
Chesapeake Energy Corp. is working with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to make significant changes in the way it drills in northern Oklahoma, a change that produces far less wastewater than its normal operations in the Mississippian Lime.. The Journal Record reports CEO Doug Lawler discussed the changes at his company’s analyst day.
Energy Industry to be Spotlighted in Upcoming OSU Economic Outlook Conference in OKC
The 2017 Oklahoma Economic Outlook Conference to be held by the Oklahoma State University Center for Applied Economic Research and the Spears School of Business will be held Dec. 6 at the Metro Technology Centers Springlake Campus in Oklahoma City. This year’s conference will focus on what the sponsors call a “focus on trajectory of …
Permian Oil Production to Increase……Leases Top $45,000 per Acre
Experts are predicting the oil production in the Permian Basin will total more than 2 million barrels a day next month and it will be the highest total since 2007, according to the Energy Information Administration. The EIA indicates the Permian is the only oil play in the U.S. that will see an increase in …
Unfinished Work Leads to Lawsuit filed by Continental Against Seismic Contractor
A dispute over seismic surveys has led to a lawsuit filed by Continental Resources Inc. against one of its contractors. The suit filed in Oklahoma City federal court was against Silverthorne Scoop Seismic LLC of Texas and accused the company of not completing 3-D seismic surveys and failing to pay subcontractors. The suit (cv-01187-M) indicated Continental was …
State’s Biggest Earthquakes—-Not Where Scientists Thought They Would Occur
The director of the Oklahoma Geological Survey says studies show the biggest earthquakes recorded in the state, including the 5.8 magnitude event last month at Pawnee have been at the edges of vulnerable faults, not close to them where active wastewater injection wells are located. It’s what Jeremy Boak told a meeting this week of …
New Partnership Makes $294 million Purchase of SCOOP Acreage
Oklahoma City-based Continental Resources Inc. recently sold 30,000 acres of land in the Oklahoma SCOOP, a sale that boosted the SCOOP efforts of Casillas Petroleum Resource Partners LLC. Casillas is a partnership formed earlier in the year by Tulsa producer Casillas Petroleum Corp. and Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP, a Los Angeles private equity firm. …