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Injection Well Shutdowns Might Not be Last Action Taken by OCC Following Pawnee Earthquake
Officials at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission make it clear that the mandatory shutdown of 37 wastewater injection wells following Saturday’s magnitude 5.6 earthquake might not be the last action they take. “This is not considered a final action,” stated Matt Skinner, spokesman at the OCC in a note to reporters. “Other actions are possible depending …
Chaparral Wants more Time in Meeting Chapter 11 Requirements
SandRidge Energy did it and now Oklahoma City-based Chaparral Energy wants the same thing—an extension of its exclusive period for the Chapter 11 plan. Chaparral is asking a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge permission to extend through and including Dec. 5, 2016 and Feb. 3, 2017. “As described in the Fischer Declaration, in the months prior …
Williams Asks Feds for Pipeline Expansion Approval
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s being asked by Williams Partners and its Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company to construct a 475,000 dekatherm per day gas pipeline expansion in Texas to Louisiana. It carries a price tag of more than $3 billion. Williams intends to use the line to connect U.S. natural gas supplies with global …
Quake Leaves Damage in Pawnee—Felt Throughout Midwest
“It shook the doors open from the freezer and knocked ice cream on the floor.” Just as Oklahomans were praising the plan of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to cut down on the number of wastewater injection wells and reduce the occurrences of strong earthquakes, the state endured one of its strongest quakes …
Oil and Gas Rig Counts Grow in Oklahoma and the U.S.
Both Oklahoma and the U.S. oil and gas rig counts grew over the past week with Oklahoma adding four more rigs to reach a total of 66 working rigs, according to figures released by Baker Hughes Company. The nation’s count grew by 8 to hit 497 working rigs including one more oil rigs and 7 …
Bethany Files Suit Accusing Aerospace Companies of Water Pollution
Saying the city has already had to close two of its municipal water wells because of pollution, Bethany officials have gone to Oklahoma City federal court accusing two aerospace companies of pollution at the former Gulfstream manufacturing plant. The suit was filed against Rockwell Automation of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Gulfstream Aerospace based in Savannah, Georgia. …
Inhofe—History shows the Paris Climate Agreement will Fail
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today released a statement on the anticipated announcement that the U.S. and China will officially joined the final Conference of Parties (COP21) climate agreement pursuant to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): “History …
Pioneer Wraps up $435 million Purchase from Devon Energy
Irving, Texas-based Pioneer Natural Resources Co. has finalized the $435 million dollar deal it made earlier in the year to buy nearly 28,000 Midland Basin core acreage from Oklahoma City-based Devon Energy. The acreage is located in Martin, Midland, Upton, Reagan, Glasscock, Andrews, Dawson, Gaines and Howard counties in Texas and has a production mix …
Corporation Commission Responds to State Audit
A recently-completed state audit of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s internal accounting system suggests it could be vulnerable to embezzlement. But a spokesman indicates that the agency is already at work on making the improvements as recommended by State Auditor and Inspector Gary Jones, according to a report in the Journal Record. The audit did not …
Pipeline Protesters End up in Jail
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Arrests have been made in North Dakota and Iowa during protests against the construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline. Authorities cut free a man who bound himself to construction equipment and arrested at least two protesters Wednesday during a rally near Highway 6 outside St. Anthony, North Dakota. The site …