City of Sapulpa Gets Major Federal Water Grant

The city of Sapulpa is getting a $1.5 million grant from the federal government to improve its water system. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross said the Department’s Economic Development Administration awarded the money to make critical water infrastructure improvements needed to support business development and expansion in the region. In making the announcement, the …

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NGL Finishes $300 million Sale of Its Share of Glass Mountain Pipeline

  Tulsa’s NGL Energy Partners LLP announced Tuesday it has wrapped up the $300 million sale of its 50% interest in the Glass Mountain Pipeline LLC.  SemGroup Corporation and NGL had been in partnership in ownership of the 215-mile intrastate line. The purchase was made by a fund managed by BlackRock Real Assets in partnership …

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Oil and Gas Employment Climbs in Oklahoma

Another slight dip in Oklahoma’s unemployment rate has been reported by the state, showing the November rate dropped to 4.2 percent.  All the while, the number of jobs in oil and gas in the state grew by 900 from October to November. The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission reported the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell 0.2 …

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WPX Wraps up $169 million Divestiture of Gas Holdings in San Juan Basin

  WPX Energy based in Tulsa announced it has completed the $169 million divestiture of its legacy natural gas position in the San Juan Basin of New Mexico and Colorado. The sale includes the company’s operated and non-operated properties but it does not include WPX’s oil operations in the basin’s Gallup play. The Tulsa company …

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Major Rail Order for New Locomotives to Keep Ft. Worth Workers Busy

Workers will be busy in the coming year at the Fort Worth operations of GE Transportation where railroad locomotives are made. That’s because CN Railway announced it plans to buy 200 new locomotives over the next three years to handle future growth opportunities. The locomotives will be produced at the GE Manufacturing Solutions plant in …

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Apache Secures Pipeline Transport of Gas from Permian Basin

Apache Corporation, the Houston-based company with operations in Tulsa, Elk City and Chickasha, Oklahoma announced it’s secured 500 million cubic feet a day of natural gas transport capacity on the new Gulf Coast Express Pipeline Project in west Texas. As part of the deal, Apache also secured an option for up to 15 percent equity …

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Inhofe Says Nation Can’t Afford to Delay Improvements to Transportation Network

A warning about the need to make improvements to the nation’s transportation network was recently issued by Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe during a Senate subcommittee hearing. “The economy will only continue to grow if our infrastructure is maintained and expanded to meet our future needs,” he warned to the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee …

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Pipeline Worker Killed in Trench Collapse

The dangers of laying pipeline were brought home on Thursday when a 29-year old man was killed when an estimated 20 tons of dirt buried him alive while he worked on laying pipe in Wichita, Kansas. Three others with him escaped unhurt. Crews dug desperately for 5 hours before finding the man who worked for …

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Homeland Security Suspends Chemical Tests in Northern Oklahoma

The controversy over a proposed chemical test in northern Oklahoma has been suspended by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security following organized opposition by residents. The DHS made the announcement Thursday saying it suspended its plans to release chemicals on the Chilocco Indian  School campus as part of a test for a biological attack. The …

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STACK Keeps Yielding Large Wells for Oil and Gas Explorers

The STACK continues delivering big wells for oil and gas explorers. The latest completion reports from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission show Oklahoma City-based Continental Resources recently finishing a well that produced more than 1,600 barrels of oil daily. The Bailey 1-34-3XH well is located approximately 4 miles west of the Blaine county community of Greenfield …

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