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 …
(courtesy Bloomberg) Wildcatters in the oil and gas business pride themselves on being independent, tough and resilient. Midland, Texas billionaire Autry Stephens must be one of them. The Houston Chronicle reports on his aggressiveness in the Permian Basin. The drilling permits speak for themselves. Wildcatter billionaire Autry Stephens is not ceding control of the Permian …
Those wondering if their pensions will be wiped out with the recent bankruptcy of the coal company Murray Energy will have to wait to learn what might happen. The company has $8 billion in debt and attorneys involved in the court proceeding say it’s just to early to determine how the company might emerge, if …
Instead of a loss reported a year ago, Tulsa’s NGL ENergy Partners LP reported income of $0.7 million from continuing operations for the third quarter 2019. A year ago, the company had a loss of $26 million. However, for the six months that ended Sept. 30, 2019, the Partnership had a loss of $1.7 million, …