NGL Energy Partners LP announced that it has executed the latest phase of its Delaware Basin water infrastructure strategy. NGL completed the purchase of the approximately 36,000-acre Beckham Ranch on August 31, 2018. The Beckham Ranch sits atop the Carlsbad, Capitan, and Jal Water Basins located in southeastern Lea County, New Mexico and includes approximately 9.6 million barrels of annual fresh water rights. In July …
Oklahoma state capitol gets first electric-car charging station
Oklahoma’s State Capitol has its first ever electric-car charging station. It was formally opened to the public during a Monday morning ceremony featuring Gov. Mary Fallin and leaders of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. The governor was mildly surprised how many hybrid and electric cars are on the market, something she learned during a weekend …
OGE crews to respond to Hurricane Florence in North Carolina
Crews from Oklahoma Gas and Electric are pitching in once again to help others with power problems. A convoy of 30 OGE trucks with 72 employees was scheduled to leave Tuesday morning bound for Raleigh, North Carolina to help with expected damage from Hurricane Florence. Duke Energy in North Carolina made the request for help …
SandRidge Energy leaders reject all purchase offers
Oklahoma City’s SandRidge Energy leadership has decided to reject numerous purchase offers and instead move ahead with an expansion of the company. In an announcement late Monday, the company said its board of directors rejected 8 offers as well as 28 non-disclosure agreements. The board felt the potential transactions significantly undervalued either the company or …
Energy industries important to the new Oklahoma Rural Association
As Monica Miller, an Edmond attorney leads the newly-formed Oklahoma Rural Association, she is getting support and contact from the state’s energy industries. That’s because her organization, formed earlier this month is advocating protection not only of farming and ranching and better representation of those areas, but of oil and gas and wind and …
ONEOK to expand natural gas pipeline in Permian Basin
ONEOK, Inc announced plans to invest approximately $295 million to expand its West Texas LPG Limited Partnership (West Texas LPG) pipeline system, which provides natural gas liquids (NGL) takeaway capacity for Permian Basin producers. The expansion project, which is expected to be completed in the first quarter 2020, is supported by long-term dedicated NGL production from …
Opposition mounts to biofuel plant proposed south of Wichita
Concerns over water supplies in southern Kansas have resulted in some opposition to a proposed $100 million biofuel plant near Wichita. VNA Corp. wants to build the plant which would turn water and baled crops such as wheat straw into natural gas. The company says its plant will not only create 225 jobs but generate …
Record government oil and gas lease sale reported in New Mexico
Auction records were recently broken in the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s sale of oil and gas leases on government land in the state of New Mexico. Reports indicated the two-day online auction generated $972.8 million in bonus bids for 142 parcels. The land is in Eddy, Lea and Chaves counties and according to the …
Pipeline operator now a convicted felon in California
Plains All American Pipeline, the Texas company with big operations in Oklahoma and throughout the U.S. has been convicted of a felony in a large California oil spill. The jury in California found Plains guilty of one felony and eight misdemeanors, concluding the company failed to maintain a pipeline that leaked 3,400 barrels of crude …
Continental Resources finds more success in Blaine and Caddo counties
Continental Resources continues to find success in Blaine County. It’s latest reported well, the Nelda 1-3-10xh located at 3 15N 13W saw initial production of 1,886 barrels of oil a day. Located about 9 miles southwest of Watonga, the Nelda also had natural gas production of 12,876 Mcf. The well was spudded in September of …