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Inhofe says Pruitt’s Qualified for the Job of EPA Administrator
The nation will get a good view of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt this week as he goes before a U.S. Senate confirmation hearing to become the new administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. “He’s qualified for the job,” said Sen. Jim Inhofe in a recent interview with CBS News. The Republican Senator …
Continental Hits Another 2,000 Barrel Well in STACK
Continental Resources is reporting a 2,000 barrel a day well in the STACK. A completion report shows the Angus Trust well located a few miles west of the Blaine County community of Greenfield and north of Geary produced 2,008 barrels a day from the Mississippi Solid. It also produced a whopping 15,322 Mcf of gas when …
North Dakota Landowners Say Pipeline Owners Lied to Them
The pipeline company that’s in a fight not only with Native American protesters in North Dakota as well as the federal government, now finds itself in a $4 million legal battle with landowners. Dakota Access Pipeline, owned by a Dallas-based company was sued in federal court by a dozen families. They accused the firm of …
Austin Energy Firm Invests $607 million in West Texas Oil Properties
Austin, Texas-based Parsley Energy announced it’s made a deal to buy $607 million in properties in the Midland and southern Delaware basins in West Texas. Some of the transactions are still pending. The company also acquired some mineral interests in the Southern Delaware Basins for $43 million. Parsley said it is financing the acquisitions through …
Samson Resources Proposes Amended Chapter 11
Tulsa-based Samson Resources was scheduled to be in court Thursday as part of an amended Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan with creditors. It came more than a year after the oil and gas producer filed a $4 billion bankruptcy. The latest hearing was part of a proposed global settlement with the company’s first-lien lenders. At the …
ONEOK Decides to Fight $732,000 Fine over 2008 Fire in Kansas
Tulsa-based ONEOK has gone to court in Washington, D.C. appealing a $732,000 fine from a 2008 fire at its operations in Bushton, Kansas. The company is asking the D.C. Circuit to review the actions taken last fall by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. As OK Energy Today reported …
Williams Takes its Suit Against Energy Transfer to Delaware Supreme Court
More than 6 months after Tulsa-based Williams Cos. and Dallas-based Energy Transfer Equity LP called off their $38 billion pipeline merger, the Williams lawsuit is still in the courts. Williams is still arguing it was wronged by ETE. This week, Williams attorneys were before the Delaware Supreme Court arguing that ETE breached its duty to …
SEC Fines Aerospace Contractor for Bad Bookkeeping
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission wields a lot of power including those over energy companies all over Oklahoma. Sometimes its power involves transportation such as the $1.6 million fine against an aerospace company that provides aircraft for the Oklahoma Air National Guard and Fort Sill, to mention a few. In Wednesday’s announcement, the SEC …
Ice Storm in the Works for Oklahoma?
A nasty potential ice storm is in the works and it could play a big role in affect Oklahoma’s energy industry in the coming days. If the weather forecasters are accurate, central and northwest Oklahoma could see a major ice storm on Friday and Saturday. It already has the attention of electrical companies as they …
Pruitt Meets With More Senators—–Democrats Are Skeptical of His EPA History
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt is making the rounds on Capitol Hill, meeting with U.S. Senators and trying to get support for his nomination to take over the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. But he’s run into some opposition among some skeptical Democrats who don’t like his reputation of taking on the EPA regarding his …