Details of Chaparral’s sale of headquarters

Months after OK Energy Today reported the sale of Chaparral Energy’s Oklahoma City headquarters to a real estate firm, some of the details are finally being made known. Richard Mize, Real Estate Editor at the Oklahoman reported over the weekend that details emerged in the NAI Sullivan Group’s third-quarter office market report. It showed Chaparral …

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Energy news in brief

** Cheniere Energy, Inc. in Houston announced has received approval from the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to site, construct, and operate the Corpus Christi Stage 3 expansion project. Corpus Christi Stage 3 is being developed for up to seven midscale liquefaction trains  with total aggregate expected nominal production capacity of approximately 10 million tonnes per …

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Oklahoma remains steady but nation’s oil and gas rig counts slide downward

Oklahoma managed to maintain its oil and gas rig count in the past week while the nation’s count dropped again. But more and more rigs are being put into storage as the nation’s oil and gas slowdown continues. The number of rigs in Oklahoma was 52 according to figures released by Baker Hughes Co. A …

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Repairs to begin to Devon Tower windows smashed in May incident

Six months after two window washers had to be rescued from near the top of the 50-story Devon Tower in downtown Oklahoma City, repairs to the smashed windows are about to get underway. “We’ve acquired the custom-fitted materials needed to begin the restoration process and crews have been preparing for the word ahead,” Devon Energy …

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Investment fund demands seat on Gulfport Energy’s board

For the second time in a year, investment fund Firefly Value Partners has gone public with its criticism of Oklahoma City’s Gulfport Energy and asked for a seat on its board of directors. In a public letter, Firefly was critical of Gulfport’s “half-measures” to improve financial performance. The public letter came only a few days …

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SCOOP produces 2,000 barrel a day well for Marathon Oil

Houston’s Marathon Oil Company reports hitting a well in Garvin County with production of nearly 2,000 barrels of oil a day. The Newby 0304-2-18sh is located at 18 3N 4W or several miles southwest of the city of Lindsay and in the four-county area that comprises the SCOOP play. The completion report showed initial production …

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Colorado regulators adopt new pipeline mapping rules

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission has approved a major set of regulations intended to better map thousands of miles of underground oil and gas lines. The approval of the rules was due to the 2017 home explosion in the city of Firestone which killed two men according to the Denver Post. The rules …

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FERC gives go-ahead for three new LNG projects at Port of Brownsville

As the LNG industry grows and grows, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has okayed nearly $39 billion in three new LNG projects at the Port of Brownsville in Texas. The gas is shipped from oil and gas plays throughout the U.S. including Oklahoma. “Today’s announcement is another significant milestone in making these energy projects a …

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Tulsa hopes for EPA grant to convert contaminated building into useful project

The city of Tulsa is hoping a $350,000 grant it is seeking will be approved by the EPA to help convert a contaminated building near downtown into a place to help fledgling businesses grow.  The City of Tulsa is applying for an Environmental Protection Agency Brownfield grant to clean out its surplus auction building, according …

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Norman school district to create solar farm with electric cooperative

A 40-acre solar farm will be created in an agreement reached recently between the Norman Board of Education and the Oklahoma Electric Cooperative. The farm will create the 2 MW ground solar array to provide electricity to Norman Public schools. Per the agreement, the array will contain 7,208 panels — eight times the size of …

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