From the Oklahoma Wildlife Department: After serving as a supervising lieutenant for nine years, Game Warden Tom Cartwright has been promoted to Captain and Chief of District 4 in the Law Enforcement Division of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. He fills the position left by the retirement of Capt. Jimmie Henthorn. Cartwright, based in …
The sale of Calpine Corporation, the nation’s largest independent power producer could have an impact on its Oklahoma operations. Calpine, based in Houston has been sold to Energy Capital Partners and a consortium of investors in a $5.6 billion cash deal. Calpine owns and operates its Oneta Energy Center in northeast Oklahoma and under a …
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett just got outbid in the fight to buy Texas power transmitter Oncor. Sempra Energy, based in San Diego announced Monday morning it had bought Oncor for $9.45 billion in cash, topping Buffett’s bid of 9 billion. Sempra will take over the reorganized Energy Future Holdings Corp, the firm that owned Oncor …
The railroad car maker controlled by Carl Icahn has reached a settlement of legal action with federal rail safety regulators over the production of tank cars. Icahn, the man who tried to take over Phillips Petroleum in 1985 two years before the company left Bartlesville and moved to Houston controls American Railcar Industries Inc. The …
In a year, Oklahoma will officially celebrate State and National Aviation and Aerospace Day. Thanks to the legislature’s approval of Senate Bill 47, August 19 will be observed to celebrate the history and development of aviation and aerospace. The new law won’t take effect until Nov. 1, 2017. Oklahoma schools will be encouraged to organize …
Oklahoma’s oil and gas sector employment remained steady from June to July this year, according to the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. The monthly report showed June 2017 employment in the Mining and Logging Sector, where oil and gas workers are counted, was 46,700 and the number didn’t change in July. However, the July 2017 total …
Still more success in the STACK by Devon Energy as it reports a well producing more than 1,200 barrels of oil a day in Kingfisher County. As indicated by OK Energy Today’s Well Completion reports, The Oklahoma City-based firm brought in Ricky’s Ridge well, 21 15N 8W with production of 1,202 Boed along with 3,246 …
The wild growth of shale oil exploration in Oklahoma has prompted the U.S. Energy Information Administration to add the Anadarko region to its monthly drilling report. Most of the Anadarko basin is in Oklahoma. Twenty-four counties in Oklahoma and five in Texas make up the area. But more than 10 percent of new wells drilled …
Earthquake attorney Scott Poynter had to go to court in order to get the right to interview some experts as he prepares for a late November trial against some Oklahoma energy companies. The companies are blamed for a large earthquake six years ago. Representing clients who sued energy companies following the 2011 earthquake in Prague …
Devon Energy’s reporting the success of three wells, each producing more than 1,000 barrels of oil a day in Oklahoma’s STACK. They were among eleven wells reported as completed, according to OK Energy Today’s Well Completion Reports. All three of the large wells were apparent DUCS or drilled but uncompleted wells because each had spud …