A new report by an Austin-based company says oil and natural gas drillers in Texas are flaring natural gas at record-high levels. Drillinginfo, an industry research firm says the burning is the result of massive production in West Texas and the Permian Basin. As Houston Public Media reported, the flaring is also the result of …
The Cimarron Group of the Sierra Club in Oklahoma will hold its August meeting Thursday night in Oklahoma City. The meeting will be held at the Six Twelve Community Center at 612 NW 29 street. The program will be presented by Tracy Sharp, an OSU/OKC graduate in horticulture and greenhouse management who works for Prairie …
A study of the Rush Springs aquifer in southwest Oklahoma has been finished and released by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board. The study was the result of a mandate by state law to determine what is called the “maximum annual yield” or MAY and equal proportionate share within the basin. The new report details the …
Tulsa’s Williams company has won federal approval of expansion of its Transco natural gas pipeline serving the northeast part of the country and construction could begin in early 2019. The Rivervale South to Market project was issued a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. It will create 190,000 dekatherms …
Tulsa’s Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. reported a slight increase in second quarter earnings of $76.5 million compared to a year ago. But the earnings jumped 18% over the first quarter of 2018. It resulted in a 21-cent a unit cash distribution, consistent with the last five quarters of business operations. Peter C. Boylan III, Cypress …
ConocoPhillips didn’t wait until September to make workforce cuts at its operations in Bartlesville and Houston. Reports indicate they were taken last week. The Bartlesville Examiner reported a Phillips 66 spokesman confirmed the workforce reductions occurred in the past several days. The paper quoted Dennis Nuss, director of media and external relations for Phillips 66 …
Texas-based Select Energy has become the first to be fined under Canadian County’s 8-month policy requiring firms obtain a permit before using the county rights-of-way for temporary pipelines. The Yukon Review reported Select Energy was fined $1,000 for failing to obtain the permit. The firm also forfeited another $1,000 to pay for the cost of …
An Oklahoma City oil and gas repairman was sentenced this week to 33 months in federal prison for ripping off an Austin, Texas energy company to the tune of $450,000. Luis Enrique Damazo, 54 was sentenced by Oklahoma City federal court by U.S. District Judge Stephen P. Friot and ordered him to pay $456,863.59 in …
Last week, we were in Steamboat Springs, Colorado where on Friday protesters tried to upstage Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke over a scheduled political speech. The following is an account of what happened at the speech, as reported by the Huffington Post. A protester at a Colorado right-wing conference challenged Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke over his failure …
No word if job cuts suggested by ConocoPhillips might reach its Bartlesville operations, but the Houston-based company said it’s preparing for “modest” numbers of layoffs during September in a move to cut costs. The company recently posted a $1.6 billion net profit in the second quarter but it also has trimmed its workforce in recent …