Wynnewood Refinery wins court fight with OSHA

    The new owner of the Wynnewood refinery in southern Oklahoma has won a court fight over an OSHA finding that it violated safety rules and regulations which led to a boiler explosion. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with Wynnewood Refining Co., LLC that it should not have been cited by …

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Massive Lowe’s distribution center to be located in north Texas

  Lowe’s has chosen a north Texas site near Denton to be the location of a more than half-million square foot industrial distribution center. Located near I-35 in the Denton Westpark business park, the nearly 650,000-square-foot building was completed by Exeter Property Group. “To provide faster e-commerce shipping options direct to customers, we plan to …

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Devon raises more than $35,000 for western Oklahoma nonprofits

  As part of its annual Give for Good fundraising campaign, Devon Energy and its employees raised over $35,000 to support Oklahomans in need. Employees participated in an online auction, punch wall fundraiser and made pledges to raise money for the Weatherford Food & Resource Center and United Way of Canadian County. “This year has presented challenges we …

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Mancamp provider Civeo approves reverse stock split

  Energy camp housing provider Civeo Corporation announced its Board of Directors approved a 1-for-12 reverse share split of the company’s common shares. Civeo, a company with headquarters in Houston and Canada had operations in Oklahoma’s oil and gas fields as well as other states in the U.S. The firm announced the reverse stock split …

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NGL Energy goes from $16 million loss to $6 million income

  Tulsa’s NGL Energy Partners LP turned things around in its second quarter of 2021 as the company reported $6 million of income compared to a loss of nearly $16 million in the previous quarter. NGL reported adjusted EBITDA of $138 million in the second quarter compared to $123.5 million a year earlier. “Our second …

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Energy news in brief

** Devon Energy Corp.  announced that management will present at the BofA Securities Global Energy Conference at 4:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. The presentation will be available to the public via webcast and will include forward-looking information. A link to the webcast will be accessible from Devon’s home page at www.devonenergy.com on the date of the …

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Flaring application change approved by Texas regulators

  A revamped application for flaring exceptions has been okayed by the Texas Railroad Commission as it moved to reduce flaring from oil and gas sites. Commissioners called it a “critical step” toward further reduction of flaring in the state but also explained the action applied to the request form, not to actual flaring.   …

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Truckers hold Veterans Day strike against possible fracking ban by Biden

  Some truckers are planning a Veterans Day strike against any possible ban of fracking by a Biden administration. “Our message is simple and hopefully effective. We fully intend to exercise our rights, and will not have politicians making crippling decisions, that will negatively affect our future and the future of our children.” StopTheTires2020 organizer …

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Texas Governor fights nuclear storage facility in Permian Basin

  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott made it clear to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission he does not want a nuclear storage operation in his state, nor in the Permian Basin which is one of the most productive oil and gas regions in the country. The Roswell Daily Record reported that in a Nov. 3 letter …

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Layoffs hit Louisiana refinery

  Tennessee-based Delek U.S. has made layoffs at its oil refinery in the St. Landry Parish of Louisiana. The Advocate in Baton Rouge reported the numbers have not been released, but the company still plans to go ahead with an investment of millions in maintenance work at the Krotz Springs refinery. Click here for story …

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