NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine is as excited as ever about doing more exploration on Mars especially after seeing the latest photographs from the Mars Curiosity rover. In a weekend interview on Fox News, the former Tulsa U.S. Representative said President Trump is committed to the same. He told an interviewer that one of the next …
Some of the most recent completion reports filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission show Oklahoma City-based Chaparral Energy drilled 9 wells on a single pad in Canadian County resulting in combined production of nearly 9,800 barrels of oil a day. All 9 were Foraker 1207 wells located approximately 2 miles east of El Reno and located …
Oklahoma’s oil and gas rig count continues to slip, dropping in the past week to only 86 operating rigs, a decline of 2. A year ago, the state had 139 active rigs but not more rigs are in storage awaiting assignments. Nationally, the rig count fell by 8 to reach 934. The number of oil …
The Oklahoma Transportation Commission meeting on Monday included updates on a federal transportation funding bill in Congress, approval of a contract for a major upgrade to US69/75 in southeastern Oklahoma, the recent opening of the new Purcell-Lexington bridge and presentation of an industry award for an Oklahoma Department of Transportation public online mapping tool, according …
The Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission recently voted to approve $300,000 to conduct a study at the Tulsa International Airport which may lead to the construction of a new air traffic control tower, according to a report published Thursday in The Journal Record. The Federal Aviation Administration will analyze the necessity and cost justification for a new …
Sen. Jim Inhofe’s office reports a possible plan with a cost estimate to improve Tulsa’s levee system is expected next week. The Tulsa World reports the Tentatively Selected Plan will outline proposed work, including a cost estimate that will serve as a placeholder in the fiscal year 2021 federal budget. Speaking to the Tulsa World, …
Baker Hughes, a GE company announced that the Baker Hughes international rig count for July 2019 was 1,162, up 24 from the 1,138 counted in June 2019, and up 165 from the 997 counted in July 2018. The international offshore rig count for July 2019 was 255, up 9 from the 246 counted in June 2019, and up 38 from the 217 …
The controversial Waters of the U.S. Rule created by the Obama administration 4 years ago is about to die, according to some analysts and observers. The Oklahoma Farm Report quotes one official with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association as predicting the rule could see its end perhaps sometime this month. Click here to read the …
The era of self-driving trucks is here. They’re already on the interstate highways between Dallas and Houston, Texas. The Dallas Morning News reports a year old company called Kodiak Robotics is the first self-driving trucking company operating in the state. FedEx Office will begin testing an automated delivery system of their own in North Texas: robots …
Houston’s Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. and Plains GP Holdings reported a dramatic increase in earnings for the second quarter of 2019. Net income rose from $100 million a year ago to $446 million for the company with pipeline operations in Oklahoma that connect to the Cushing hub. It resulted in a 54 cent a …