Continental Resources is pushing ahead with its SCOOP SpringBoard project in a 73-square mile area of Grady County, filing permits this week for a 3-well pad site east of Chickasha. The permit to drill is for 3 Lambrecht 17-20XHW wells at 17 7N 5W to be drilled east of Chickasha and southwest of Blanchard …
Public Service Company of Oklahoma and AEP Oklahoma Transmission Company plan to upgrade the electrical transmission system serving Osage and surrounding counties. The Eliza Creek-to-Shidler Transmission Line Rebuild Project involves upgrading approximately 41 miles of 138-kilovolt transmission line and associated substations along the line route. PSO invites community members and landowners to learn more …
U.S. Representative Kevin Hern met with industry leaders at Tulsa Tech’s Lemley Campus in Tulsa to discuss the vocational training programs offered by Tulsa Tech and other technical colleges in the area. “In this booming job market, many employers are having trouble finding qualified candidates to fill their open positions and growing companies,” said Rep. Hern. “The …
PORUM, Okla. – As impressive and historic as it is, there are a lot of things a person can’t see from Capitol Hill in the nation’s capital. Among those are the projects of the Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program in eastern Oklahoma. So, in boots and jeans on a slightly muggy August morning, U.S Congressman …
One of the two massive barges that broke free during the May floods of the Arkansas River and smashed into the Webbers Falls Lock and Dam was removed by workers on Tuesday. The removal will allow crews to attempt a retrieval of the remaining barge that was sunken under it. Tug boats with winches …
The impact of BP’s move to sell its Alaska holdings in a $5.6 billion deal with Hilcorp got the attention of more than a few analysts and observers of energy in the U.S. Take for example what Axiom had to say on Wednesday to the announcement. Why it matters: Pulling up stakes in Alaska — where …
After record-breaking activity last year, U.S. refineries are expected to slow down in 2019, the Energy Information Agency reported this week. Refineries are expected to process 17 million barrels of crude a day this year, down 2 percent from last year and the first annual decline since 2009 according to a report by the Houston Chronicle. …
After 60 years of oil exploration in Alaska, British oil major BP is leaving. The company agreed to sell all of its Alaska properties in a $5.6 billion deal with privately-held Hilcorp Energy Co. The deal, which includes interests in the most prolific oil field in U.S. history at Prudhoe Bay, and the 800-mile Trans …
Solar companies Pivot Energy and Standard Solar announced they intend to build five more community solar sites across Colorado. The announcement came less than a year after the companies announced the start of similar sites in 13 communities located along Interstate 70 in the state. The 13 projects totaled 10.3 Megawatts of electrical power for …
Wichita, Kansas-based MVP Holdings, LLC announced the opening of an office in Houston. The location will serve the company’s growing oil and gas producer customer base in the Permian Basin and South Texas. MVP leadership indicated that in the past 10 years, the company has acquired and built assets to support the markets in the …