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Oil and Gas Group Leader Calls Trump’s Pipeline Decisions a “new era of certainty”
The head of the Oklahoma Oil and Gas Association maintains the decision to move ahead with possible construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and the completion of the Dakota Access pipeline is good news for Oklahoma’s oil and gas industry. Chad Warmington, President of OKOGA issued a statement following the Monday morning announcement …
Senators Say Moving Ahead with Keystone XL is Long Overdue
President Trump’s decision to move ahead with the Keystone XL pipeline and the Dakota Access oil line got the support Tuesday from Oklahoma U.S. Senators Jim Inhofe and James Lankford. “The completion of these important pipelines is long overdue and great news for domestic energy producers, our economy and our national security,” said the …
Trump Orders Freeze of Activity at EPA
It’s not a secret President Donald Trump had the Environmental Protection Agency in his sights as he took office. And on Tuesday, he proved it by announcing and implementing a media blackout at the EPA. His order also bars staff from awarding any new contracts or grants. President Trump’s move bans the EPA from making …
Environmentalists on Trump’s Pipeline Reversal Orders—-“It’s a Dark Day”
Environmentalists and others who opposed the Keystone XL pipeline knew it was likely coming when Donald Trump was elected President. On Tuesday, he carried through with his pledge to reverse the executive orders of President Obama that stopped construction of the Keystone as well as the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota. Environmentalists responded …
Trump Follows Through on Campaign Pledge—-Reverses Obama’s Order Against Keystone Pipeline
For some oil and gas operators, President Trump’s action on Tuesday was what they wanted—-a reversal of President Obama’s decision against the Keystone XL oil pipeline and later a move to stop construction of the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota. President Trump had campaigned on the promise of reversing Obama’s Keystone decision and with …
Cause Still Undecided in Deadly Waukomis Oil Tank Explosion
Whether it was an accident or arson, the investigation into last week’s deadly oil tank explosion near Waukomis might take a few more weeks. It’s the indication from investigators probing the blast that killed Keith Milacek, a 33-year old man who lived near the site of the oil tank batteries. There are still reports …
Chesapeake Makes Filings of Completion on 10 Northwest Oklahoma Wells
In an apparent move to catch up on paperwork, Chesapeake Energy filed 10 completion reports this week including some on wells drilled in December of 2014. As published on OK Energy Today, the wells were in northwest Oklahoma. Three were in Alfalfa County just outside the typical 3-county zone comprising the STACK. All were located …
Judge Delays Sentencing in Deadly California Pipeline Explosion
Six years after a pipeline explosion killed 8 people in the San Francisco suburb of San Bruno, Pacific Gas and Electric Company is ready to pay a maximum $3 million fine. This, after a jury convicted the firm of deliberately violating pipeline safety regulations. But the utility is also asking a federal judge not to …
Halliburton’s Still Hurting as Reflected in 4th Quarter Report
Even with total fourth quarter 2016 revenue of $4 billion, Houston-based Halliburton Company reported a loss of $149 million from continuing operations. That figured to be $0.17 per diluted share while adjusted income from the same operations was $35 million or $0.04 per diluted share. It compares to third quarter continuing operations income of $6 …
Senator Lankford Says New GAO Report shows It’s Time to Delist American Burying Beetle
A Government Accountability Office report requested by Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford shows the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service doesn’t have adequate financial controls in its conservation efforts to protect the American burying beetle. And its operations are full of errors and missing data. “Years ago, to protect the American Burying beetle population, the Fish …