Chesapeake to Hold Analyst Day on Thursday

Chesapeake Energy is planning to hold its 2016 Analyst Day on Thursday, the first in two years. The event will bwe held at the company’s corporate headquarters and a live audio webcast will start at  9 a.m. CDT.  It can be accessed by visiting the “Investors” section of the Chesapeake website at www.chk.com. Chesapeake will …

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Samson Gets Green Light to Sell Assets in its Bankruptcy

A judge has signed off on allowing Tulsa-based Samson Resources to sell some of its assets to raise about $660 million as it works its way through Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware. Judge Christopher Sontchi with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware made the approval this week, according to the Tulsa World. …

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Union Pacific Sued Over 1995 Chemical Spill in Kingfisher County

Twenty-one years after a Union Pacific train derailment spilled 3,300 gallons of carbon tetrachloride in Kingfisher County, several landowners have sued the railroad company claiming the site still contains an underground plume of the chemical. The lawsuit, filed in Kingfisher County was transferred to Oklahoma City federal court, according to a report in the Journal …

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Germany Chemical Plant Explosion Kills 3—-Cause Unknown

Divers have recovered the body of a third victim in Monday night’s explosion and fire at chemicals maker BASF’s biggest production site in Germany. Another is still missing, according to BASF. The blast happened on a supply line connecting a harbor and a tank depot on the Ludwigshafen site which is about 80 kilometers or …

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Anhydrous Ammonia Gas Leak Kills Nebraska Driver—-Tulsa’s Magellan Midstream Investigates Leak

  A man was killed this week in Nebraska when he drove through an anhydrous ammonia gas leak. The pipeline is owned by Tulsa-based Magellan Midstream Partners and the company is investigating. The Monday night incident happened on an 8-inch pipeline in a rural area north of the town of Tekamah which is about 40 miles …

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New Negligence Lawsuit Involving 2014 Radioactive Spill Filed Against Tulsa University, Others

A 2014 chemical spill involving a radioactive isotope at the University of Tulsa’s north campus has resulted in the filing of a new lawsuit by more than two dozen plaintiffs, according to a report by the Tulsa World. The suit alleges the University of Tulsa, Chevron and British oil and gas subsidiary, Tracerco, were “grossly …

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Senator Inhofe Surprised at His Mention in Hillary Clinton Emails Released by WikiLeaks

Those nearly 100 Hillary Clinton emails mentioning Oklahoma U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe and released by WikiLeaks caught the Senator off guard. He admitted he was totally surprised this week when interviewed by OK Energy Today and asked about it. “Oh really, I didn’t know that,” he said with a surprised look on his face. ” …

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Work Resumes on One of New Mexico’s Largest Wind Farms

Work has resumed on a stalled $500 million wind farm in central New Mexico. The 56,000-acre project will eventually have ore than 140 wind turbines with the capability of providing electricity to more than 200,000 homes. Billed as one of New Mexico’s largest wind farms, work on the farm by Avangrid Renewables actually began in …

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Judge Refuses to Allow Riot Charges Against Reporter at North Dakota Pipeline Protest Sites

Updating the protests at the North Dakota oil pipeline, a judge on Monday refused to okay riot charges against Democracy Now reporter Amy Goodman. State’s attorney Ladd R. Erickson had announced last Friday he would file the charge against Goodman, claiming her reporting and actions at one of the construction sites of the Dakota Access …

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Oklahoma Gasoline Prices Drop Again

Ponca City has taken over the top place for the most expensive gasoline in the State with a new average of $2.16 a gallon, a penny higher than what motorists in Stillwater are paying. AAA Oklahoma reports this week’s statewide average is $2.05, four cents cheaper than the October high of $2.08 recorded Oct. 8. …

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