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Joint Venture to Target Delaware Basin in West Texas
Another new joint venture is being formed to target oil and gas land in the Permian Basin. Santa Fe Midstream LLC based in Plano, Texas has joined forces with Vermilion Cliffs Partners LLC of Fort Worth as the two plan to carry out exploration in Reeves and Culberson counties in West Texas. Vermilion will contribute …
Growing Commercial Investments in Oklahoma
A new report by the Oklahoma Commerce Department says the state had $2.2 billion in new investment by companies last year. Fourteen of the firms were new to Oklahoma. The total in new investment meant the creation of more than 5,200 jobs. The report says google’s $1.2 billion expansion in Pryor was the largest investment …
Oklahoma Sierra Club Worried About Issues in State Legislature Next Month
The Sierra Club of Oklahoma is gearing up for the start of the legislative session on Monday, Feb. 6 and leaders are already talking of “unfortunate” things they see developing among legislators. Mark Derichsweiler, the Vice-Chair and Legislative chair of the Oklahoma Chapter of the Sierra Club talked of them in a newsletter this week. …
Sierra Club Ratchets up Fundraising Over Trump’s Policies
The Sierra Club is ratcheting up its fund-raising efforts using the Donald Trump administration. “This is what we’re up against. The minute Trump took office, he scrubbed every mention of Climate Change from whitehouse.gov,” wrote Michael Brune, Executive Director in his latest effort to raise money for the national organization. “His new energy “plan” …
Oil and Gas Rig Counts Jump in Oklahoma and Soar Nationally
The oil and gas rig count soared by 7 in Oklahoma in the past week while it jumped 35 nationally, according to the weekly count released by Baker Hughes Company based in Houston, Texas. Oklahoma’s count climbed to 91, four more than reported one year ago at this time. The U.S. count leaped to 694, …
Montana Fracking Law Challenged in Court
Some landowners, conservationists and health advocates in Montana have gone to court challenging a state law that allows energy companies to conceal the chemicals they use in fracking. Their lawsuit was filed this week in an attempt to force the energy companies to reveal which chemicals are used in hydraulic fracturing. The law in question …
Boynton Town Leaders Suspect Illegal Activities Led to Empty Water Tower
The Muskogee County Sheriff’s office is working with city leaders in the eastern town of Boynton to determine if someone’s possible illegal actions might have led to the town’s water tower being emptied this week. Travis Wilson, the town’s water operator told the Muskogee Phoenix he suspected “foul play” caused the water loss. At …
More STACK Wells Completed
They are not record-producing wells, but they are still producers—-the latest to be completed and producing oil in Oklahoma’s STACK. Reports published by OK Energy Today show another four wells are producing in Canadian County, one of the handful of counties that make up the STACK. Citizen Energy Ii LLC, based in Tulsa had the largest …
Was Deadly Waukomis Oil Explosion Set by Victim?
While investigators have determined the identity of a person killed in a Wednesday night explosion of an oil tank battery near Waukomis, there are reports they are looking into whether the victim set fire to the tanks and was caught in the blast. The victim was Keith Milacek, 33 who was operations manager for Centennial …
Senate Report by Inhofe Includes Attack on EPA and Fond Comments for a Retired Adversary
They might have been at odds when it came to politics and the environment, but Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe offered fond comments about former U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer in a report on accomplishments of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. It was a report for the EPW committee in the 114th congress, a …