Report shows importance of oil and gas industry to Colorado

A new study by Consumer Energy Alliance maintains record production of natural gas helped Colorado residents save more than $12 billion between 2006 and 2016. It also showed how oil and gas contributed more than $31 billion to the state’s economy. The report is called “The Importance of Affordable and Abundant Oil and Natural Gas …

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New chief human resources officer named at Williams Companies

  The Williams Companies, Inc. announced that Debbie Cowan has been appointed senior vice president and chief human resources officer, effective Oct. 29, 2018. Cowan will lead all aspects of the Company’s human resources function,  serve on the Williams executive leadership team and report to Alan Armstrong, president and chief executive officer of Williams. Ms. …

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Expanded Powder River pipeline system to move more oil to Cushing hub

Kansas City-based Tallgrass Energy, LP, a firm with operations in Oklahoma, has announced it’s joined with Silver Creek Midstream, LLC  of Texas to expand their Powder River Basin join venture in Wyoming. It’s a venture that will increase the flow of oil from the Powder River basin eventually to the Cushing storage hub in Oklahoma. …

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AG joins others in call to end robocalls

Attorney General Mike Hunter and a bipartisan coalition of 34 state attorneys general have sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), calling on the commission to adopt new rules to allow telephone service providers to block robocalls and scam phone calls before they reach consumers. The added authority sought by the attorneys general …

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Oklahoma Aviation director honored at national convention

(From left to right, Directors of Aeronautics Divisions by state, Bradley Brandt, Louisiana, NASAO Chair, Cassandra Isaacson, Minnesota, 2018 Kenneth Rowe Ambassador of Aviation Award recipient, Victor Bird, Oklahoma, and NASAO Past-Chair, Ronnie Mitchell, Nebraska.) When the annual convention of the National Association of State Aviation Officials was concluded this month in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma …

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Canadian County Commissioners hesitant to approve transmission line

a Canadian County Commissioners have raised yet another issue regarding oil and gas next to their Canadian County Children’s Justice Center. A week after being sued by Chaparral Energy over a proposed drilling site next to the center, county commissioners told Terra Resources to find another route for a proposed transmission line. Terra Resources of …

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Xcel Energy joins in active-shooter exercise in Amarillo

Xcel Energy, the Minnesota based natural gas company joined with area law enforcement officers recently in conducing security exercises at its offices in Amarillo, Texas. The Amarillo Globe News reported the Amarillo Police Department, Amarillo Fire Department, Potter County Sheriff’s Department, Randall County Sheriff’s Department, the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Amarillo Area …

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World’s crude oil output hits 100 million barrel mark

Oklahoma played a small role, but it still was part of the world’s oil output hitting the 100 million barrel a day mark. The International energy Agency says global supply rose to 100.3 million barrels a day in the third quarter. The output included crude oil, natural gas liquids, biofuels and refinery processing gains. The …

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Gasoline prices drop in OKC and Tulsa but hit nearly $3 average in northwest Oklahoma

Cheaper prices are seen at the gas pumps in Oklahoma City and Tulsa according to GasBuddy’s latest report. Gasoline prices in Oklahoma City have fallen 7.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.54/g  as of Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 669 stations in Oklahoma City. This compares with the national average …

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Trump now might disagree with Inhofe over climate change being a ‘hoax’

Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe might have lost one of his biggest name supporters in the belief that climate change is a hoax. President Donald Trump has backed off the claim telling CBS’ “60 Minutes” Sunday night he isn’t sure climate change is manmade, saying the climate will “change back again.” “I think something’s happening. …

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