By Congressman Markwayne Mullin Education is the most valuable tool that we can give to the next generation and providing resources for our educators and our students should be a top priority in our communities. I recently toured several schools in the Second District to see the tools and resources our students have in the …
Texas Reports Four Earthquakes This Week
A spate of four earthquakes struck Texas over the course of 14 hours between Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning, according to a report by Fuel Fix. One earthquake was reported in the Barnett Shale area of north Texas. The other three earthquakes were reported in the Permian Basin area of west Texas. No damage was …
Inhofe Tours Tinker Housing as Balfour Beatty Gets 90 Days to Implement Remediation Plan
Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe visited Tinker Air Force Base on Tuesday with Acting Secretary of the Air Force Matt Donovan and Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment and Energy John Henderson to assess “ongoing and emerging health, chemical and structural issues” with base housing. …
DEQ to hold informational meeting about possible Superfund site in Henryetta
The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will host an informational meeting to discuss the Henryetta Iron and Metal site on Tuesday, October 8, 2019, at 6:30 p.m. DEQ and EPA are evaluating data collected at the site to see if it should be proposed as a new Superfund site. The meeting will be …
Environmentalists sue over lizard in Permian Basin
Two wildlife conservation groups sued the Trump administration this week, asking a judge to help a threatened lizard whose habitat is in the middle of the Permian Basin oil field. Defenders of Wildlife and the Center for Biological Diversity filed the suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, saying the administration missed a …
New board member named at Murphy Oil
Murphy Oil Corporation headquartered in El Dorado, Arkansas announced that the Board of Directors has approved the election of Robert N. Ryan Jr. as director, effective October 1, 2019. “Bobby brings a wealth of experience to the board through his extensive, 39-year tenure in oil and natural gas operations, including knowledge of global exploration …
Williams announces 3Q earnings report date
Tulsa’s Williams plans to announce its third-quarter 2019 financial results after the market closes on Wednesday, Oct. 30. The company’s third-quarter 2019 earnings conference call and webcast with analysts and investors is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 31, at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time (8:30 a.m. Central Time). A webcast link to the conference call will be …
Significant gas wells found in Custer County
Custer County in western Oklahoma proved to be a successful site for the Dallas exploration firm Excalibur Resources LLC as it drilled two gas wells on a single pad ending up with more than 22,000 Mcf of natural gas production. The two Bedivere wells, drilled at 33 15N 14W were completed in April 2019 at …
Permits to drill for October 2, 2019
Permits to drill for October 2, 2019. Ellis County FLATHEAD 3X34-18-26 #1HA, September 19 2019 03 18N 26W SESWSESW API: 04523814 Lat: 36.05747008920899, Long: -99.96457804446787 FOURPOINT ENERGY LLC HH, AM, 19962 ft, CLEVELAND(8650) Ellis County FLATHEAD 3X34-18-26 #2HB, September 19 2019 03 18N 26W SESWSESW API: 04523813 Lat: 36.05747009259416, Long: -99.96464570409228 FOURPOINT ENERGY LLC HH, AM, 20078 …
New Mexico to study frack water for outside use
Wells scattered across the Permian Basin in southeast New Mexico extract thousands of barrels of oil every day. Last year, those same wells generated 42 billion gallons of produced water – a salty mixture that requires treatment before it can be used outside the oil field. The New Mexico Environment Department announced it will …