Oklahoma oilman James C. Day was one of eight persons inducted this month into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. The Pond Creek native spent 44 years in the energy sector including 14 years at ONEOK. He spent 30 years at Noble Corporation where he was Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President. He, …
It was 56 years ago Friday when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in downtown Dallas. November 22, 1963. What was the energy industry like in those days? A gallon of gas cost only 30 cents. Sounds cheap doesn’t it. But analysts say it’s not as cheap as it sounds …
Mammoth Energy board member Paul K. Heerwagen IV resigned this week, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing made by the Oklahoma City-based company. His resignation was made immediately in a letter dated November 18, 2019. The filing indicated the unvested restricted stock units granted under the Company’s 2016 Equity Incentive Plan to him …
** Residents and environmental groups in Wisconsin have submitted petitions with more than 1,100 signatures asking an electric cooperative to drop plans for a new natural gas plant near La Crosse. ** In Missouri, a court has ruled a St. Louis natural gas company wrongly collected $4 million in unjustified surcharges from customers tied to …
Just as scientists studied earthquakes in Oklahoma and blamed the surge in seismic activity on oil and gas wells and disposal wells, another new study is making a similar claim of earthquake activity in the Eagle Ford Shale of South Texas. The study by researchers with Miami University in Ohio and the U.S. Geological Survey …
Oklahoma Congressman Markwayne Mullin and others on the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted this week in support of a bill designed to restart the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste licensing process in Nevada. It was a unanimous voice vote but observers believe the bill by Illinois Republican Rep. John Shimkus will have a difficult time …
Imagine an oil well with daily production of more than 10,000 barrels a day. It’s in North Dakota where the An-Bohmbach 153-94-2734H-8 well had production of 10,626 barrels of oil a day after completion was made by Hess Corp. Reports show the well’s production is out of the Middle Bakken interval at 11.084 feet to …
A division of Central States Water Resources has acquired the operating assets of Conway, Arkansas-based Flushing Meadows Water System. The acquisition was made by Flushing Meadows Utility Operating Company after approval came from the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality. Under the agreement, Flushing Meadows will continue to charge the same rates to customers as the …
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission has given approval to Chaparral Energy to begin fracking of a well drilled near a Banner community well in Canadian County. News 9 TV reported the approval came even though parents of school children opposed the well. Parents trying to keep a fracking operation away from their children’s school took their case …
While environmentalists are critical of the recent leasing of federal land in Oklahoma and New Mexico by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, one Oklahoma energy leader believes there are many obstacles before any fracking moratorium is enacted on federal land. And he says any drilling moratorium will hurt the nation’s economy. The belief comes …