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5,000 Drilled but Uncompleted Wells Nationally
Latest oil production figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. New-well oil production per rig barrels/day New-well gas production per rig thousand cubic feet/day Region September 2016 October 2016 change September 2016 October 2016 change Bakken 875 896 21 1,189 1,228 39 Eagle Ford 1,153 1,170 17 3,335 3,382 47 Haynesville 31 31 – …
Congressman’s Latest Waste Watch Report Includes Money for Off-Road Trails
Oklahoma Congressman Steve Russell is out with his latest “Waste Watch” report, one detailing $10 billion in what he calls wasteful government spending including hundreds of thousands spent on off-roading trails in West Virginia. But the Republican Representative (5th Dist. Ok.) led off his list with the U.S. paying $1.7 billion in legal settlement …
Law Professors tell House Committee It’s on Legal Track to Subpoena Attorneys General in Fraud Probe
The Republicans who issued subpoenas to state Attorneys General and environmental groups investigating Exxon Mobil Corp. received legal advice this week giving them support for what they’re doing. Three of four law professors from schools around the country told Representatives Frank Lucas and James Bridenstine and others on the U.S. House Committee on Science, space …
Trump to Campaign Saturday in Norman but Not at OU-Ohio State Game
With a massive crowd expected Saturday in Norman for the football game between OU and Ohio State, Donald Trump will bring his Presidential campaign to the city. But OU President David, a longtime Democrat makes it clear, he has not and will not issue a personal invitation to Trump to attend the afternoon game. It’s …
DC Circuit Court Now Weighing What to do with Dakota Access Pipeline Construction
While thousands of Indians and environmentalists are camped in North Dakota fighting the Dakota Access oil pipeline, the D.C. Circuit Court in Washington has heard arguments for and against the project. It’s where the Standing Rock Sioux tribe took their case after a North Dakota federal judge last week refused to block the $3.8 …
Energy Secretary Denies Obama Administration “War on Coal”
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — President Barack Obama’s energy secretary said Monday that the administration isn’t waging a “war on coal” and is working to maintain coal as an important part of a low-carbon energy future. At the Mid-Atlantic Region Energy Innovation Forum at West Virginia University, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said Congress needs to …
Pipeline Company Owner Says Concerns of Tribe are “Unfounded”
While protesters led by the Standing Rock Sioux continue to vandalize construction equipment in a protest of the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota, the head of the company says it’s committed to the project. Kelcy Warren, CEO of Energy Transfer partners told employees in a memo that the pipeline is nearly 60 percent completed …
Oklahoma Argues Denver Federal Appeals Court Has Authority to Rule on WOTUS Fight
The State of Oklahoma launched its second round of attacks this week on the Environmental Protection Agency over its enforcement of the Clean Water Rule and the controversial WOTUS or Waters of the U.S. Rule. The State, along with business groups led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce argued the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals …
Cherokee Tribal Council Votes to Support Indian Protest of North Dakota Oil Pipeline
The Standing Rock Sioux tribe fighting the construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline across North Dakota and three other states is getting support from Oklahoma’s Cherokee Nation. The Cherokee Nation’s Tribal Council voted this week in favor of a resolution of support for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s protest of the pipeline. Chief Bill John Baker …
Lexington to Finally Get Clean Drinking Water
Thanks to a big loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the city of Lexington will finally soon have clean drinking water. Rep. Bobby Cleveland announced this week the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation has entered into a contract to sell drinking water to Cleveland County Rural Water district Number one. It will bring an …