Leadership at Chevron has only a few days to decide whether to challenge the decision made by Anadarko Petroleum to accept the Occidental Petroleum buyout offer over Chevron’s. The board of directors at Anadarko said this week Occidental’s offer is superior to the agreement previously announced with Chevron. Chevron can counter the offer. It was …
A new gas-gathering system affecting some 10,000 acres in Oklahoma’s Dewey and Custer counties has been announced by Howard Energy Partners based in San Antonio, Texas. Howard Energy stated this week it executed an agreement with a major North American oil and gas producer to construct,own and operate the new system in the STACK play. …
Yet another study is showing a definite link between fracking and wastewater injection wells and earthquakes in Oklahoma and other oil-producing states. The latest is by Tufts University researchers who contend their study of data from field experiments and modeling of ground faults shows that subsurface fluid injection “could cause significant, rapidly spreading earthquake activity …
A judge in Pushmataha County has decided he will decide and not a jury whether the State Water Resources Board followed the law in allowing Oklahoma City to use billions of gallons of water from the Kiamichi River Basin. In doing so, District Judge Michael DeBerry cancelled a May 9 hearing that had been …
Oklahoma City-based Bison isn’t saying how much it spent but announced this week the acquisition of Cobalt Environmental solutions, a water disposal company that operates in Oklahoma’s SCOOP and Merge plays. Bison describes itself as the largest privately-held energy solutions company in the state, claiming it is the number one provider of water midstream solutions …
A former oil company owner from Cromwell has been sentenced to six years in federal prison after defrauding investors out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Kevin Wieck, 56 was sentenced this week in Oklahoma City federal court by U.S. District Judge Joe Heaton. He had been convicted by a jury last fall and the …
ConocoPhillips has donated $1 million to the Data Science and Analytics Institute at the University of Oklahoma, according to a recent report published by The Tulsa World. The OU Data Science and Analytics Institute is housed in the Gallogly College of Engineering. The building is named after current OU President, James L. Gallogly, who previously …
The Pentagon has updated the US Air Force bases that are most at-risk from climate change and one of them is Tinker Air Force base in Oklahoma City. Here is the list: Beale AFB, Calif. Vandenberg AFB, Calif. Greeley ANGS, Colo. Eglin AFB, Fla. Patrick AFB, Fla. JB Andrews, Md. Malmstrom AFB, Mont. Tinker AFB, …
Critics of former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt believe they have discovered more information potentially damaging to him. As POLITICO’s Morning Energy Report revealed, it seems some language in a Scott Pruitt memo is identical to an industry. The comments pertained to changes in air pollution rules. Here is how POLITICO reported the incident. The inclusion …
We’re not sure if there is an “official” oil-drilling rig, wind tower or coal mine, but Oklahoma’s official “state steak” is the ribeye. Governor Kevin Stitt has signed Senate Bill 21 into law making the declaration. Authors of the bill were Sen. Casey Murdock, R-Felt and Rep. Trey Caldwell, R-Lawton. Murdock said with 5.1 million …