Claremore Office Opened by Rep. Mullins

Oklahoma Congressman Markwayne Mullin’s opened another district office in eastern Oklahoma. The new office is in Claremore and will be the site of an open house Feb. 12 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. “In order to best serve my constituents in northeast Oklahoma, I have opened a Claremore office at the courthouse in Rogers …

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$1 billion in Commitments for Double Eagle’s Permian Basin Pursuits

Double Eagle Energy Holdings III, one of the companies focused on acquiring and developing oil and gas assets in the Permian Basin announced it has secured $1 billion in equity commitments. The commitments are anchored from funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management LLC. Company leaders hope the commitments will help the company forward …

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Midstates Petroleum Proposes Merger With SandRidge Energy

  After activist investor Carl Icahn rattled the cages at Oklahoma City’s SandRidge Energy and forced the company to scrap a $750 million takeover of a Colorado company, now a Tulsa company is wanting to merge with SandRidge. Midstates Petroleum Company, Inc has proposed a move to combine with SandRidge energy in an all-stock merger …

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Governor Pushes Fuel Taxes to Fund Roads and Bridges

O Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin again laid out her plan to get the state out of its budget crisis, blaming in part what she called the dramatic downturn in the state’s energy sector. She also was targeted by protesters in the gallery. In her 8th and final state of the state address delivered to the …

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Republicans and Democrats Join Forces to Fix Water Problems

We hear so much about the partisan bickering in Washington but Oklahoma U.S.  Sen. Jim Inhofe and others showed this week that Democrats and Republicans can work together when they want. Inhofe joined Sens. John Boozman, Republican from Arkansas; Cory Booker, Democrat from  New Jersey and Dianne Feinstein, Democrat from California in introducing legislation to …

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Judge Dismisses Lawsuits Against Some State Agencies in an Energy Lawsuit

The Oklahoma City energy consulting firm that sued 66 state agencies over an alleged breach of contract has already dropped some of the agencies as defendants. Filed in December,the lawsuit by Engineered Systems and Energy Solutions Inc. claimed the state cancelled its contract after two years. The firm had been hired to assist the state …

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Another Big Well for Continental Resources in the STACK

Well completion reports indicated Continental Resources has had another big STACK well  in production for the past three and a half months. The report for the Lorene 1-8-5XH west of the Blaine County community of greenfield showed the well produced 1,933 barrels of oil a day when it was completed in October of last year. …

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Oklahoman Admits $400,000 Fraud of Texas Energy Firm

A 54-year old Oklahoma City repairman for an Austin, Texas energy company has pleaded guilty to defrauding the firm of more than $400,000 through fraudulent invoices over a six-year period. The guilty plea by Luis Enrique Damazo, also known as Luis Enrique Cassinelli was made recently in Oklahoma City Federal court. Acting U.S. Attorney for …

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WPX Energy Unloads $700 million in Last Holdings in San Juan Basin’s Gallup Oil Play

Tulsa’s WPX Energy announced Monday it has sold its last holdings in the San Juan Basin’s Gallup oil play for $700 million. But the buyer was not identified. However, the sale is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2018. The sale speeds up WPX’s stated deleveraging plans with most of the proceeds …

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Heel-Dragging Irks Some in Congress Over Kaspersky Software Ban

Oklahoma U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas and other members of a House committee have found themselves at odds with the Department of Homeland Security in a flap over orders to remove Kaspersky Lab software from their computer systems. Lucas and Oklahoma Rep. Jim Bridenstine sit on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee.  While Bridenstine has …

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