Two weeks after a leak in the Keystone pipeline in North Dakota spilled an estimated 383,000 gallons of oil onto farm land, the pipeline has been repaired and reopened. TC Energy, formerly known as TransCanada announced the pipeline “returned to service” on Sunday after repairs were made and approval came from the U.S. Pipeline and …
Oklahoma City’s Chaparral Energy, Inc. reported a net loss of $131 million in the third quarter, forcing the company to reduce its rig operations from three to two for the remainder of 2019. But 2020 operations might be carried out with only one rig. The net loss totaled $130.9 million or $2.86 a share while …
An environmental group predicts a water shortage will develop in the Permian Basin with continued exploration by oil and gas firms. The left-leaning Center for American Progress issued a report claiming that increased drilling will result in water shortages for cities and towns, ranchers and farmers, according to Reuters. “Oil and gas leasing in …
Some fact-checking by the Washington Times of a recent climate petition signed by more than 11,000 reported “world scientists” led to some phony signatures. Who would have thought that Micky Mouse lived in Nambia and had become a scientist after being a cartoon star for decades? Check out the Times story: There was something goofy …
The investments in Wyoming’s Powder River basin are paying off for Tulsa’s Samson Resources II. The company announced production of two major wells in the Frontier formation of Converse County, Wyoming—both with production of more than 3,400 barrels a day. The Bohlander Fed 3974-1720 2FH had initial production of 3,408 barrels of oil equivalent a …
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. in Tulsa announced a supplemental open season to solicit additional commitments for transportation volume on the western leg of its refined petroleum products pipeline system in Texas. Magellan is in the process of expanding the capacity of its west Texas refined products pipeline system to approximately 175,000 barrels per day (bpd) …
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission has taken more steps to solve the issue of a saltwater purge near the Blaine-Kingfisher county line in northern Oklahoma. The purge has been active since July and over the weekend, the commission’s Oil and Gas Conservation Division issued orders to reduce operations of four more disposal wells near the site. …
Houston’s Occidental Petroleum Corp has just put the “For Sale” sign on 200,000 acres of oil and gas properties in Wyoming and Colorado. The holdings in the Denver-Julesburg Basin located in the two states were part of Occidental’s purchase of Anadarko Petroleum and now the company is trying to sell them, hoping to get up …
** Oklahoma Gas and Electric is dealing with power outages due in part to strong winds that whipped Oklahoma and brought snow flurries and freezing temperatures. As of mid-day on Monday, the utility was down to about 6,000 customers without power,down from 8,500 earlier in the day. The largest outages were in Shawnee where 1,675 customers …
The creation of a new Bureau of Land Management headquarters in Grand Junction, Colorado might involve more employees than originally announced. Acting director William Pendley said up to 40 might be located in the Western Colorado city once the relocation is made from Washington, D.C. William Perry Pendley, who is meeting in Grand Junction this …
