A Colorado based Energy staffing firm that sued two former employees and one of its competitors has failed to get a win in the Denver Federal Appeals Court. The Tenth U.S. District Court has ruled against DTC Energy Group, Inc. based in Westminster, Colorado. The firm sued Ally Consulting, LLC and two former DTC employees, …
Senator Warren shores up possible Presidential bid with naming of staffer with energy expertise
Massachusetts Democratic U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has chosen a new chief of staff—-one familiar with energy. Anne Reid was a top Democratic staffer on the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee where Oklahoma Rep. Markwayne Mullin is a member. Environmentalists see it as a move by Warren to boost her green credentials in a possible …
Pipeline system falls under criminal investigation
Even as Energy Transfer LP of Dallas announced the opening of a new Mariner East 2 natural gas liquids pipeline in Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, it’s original Mariner system came under criminal investigation. A county prosecutor in Pennsylvania opened the probe into construction on the three natural gas liquids pipelines after they caused sinkholes …
Chesapeake Energy issues redemption call for notes
Chesapeake Energy in Oklahoma City has issued a call for redemption in full of more than $900,000 in outstanding Senior notes due 2038. The call is to redeem in full on Jan. 28,2019 all of the outstanding 2.25% Contingent Convertible senior Notes of which there are $923,000 outstanding. The company said the notes are called …
Oklahoma has some of the cheapest gasoline in the U.S.
Nearly 20 percent of the states have gasoline prices below $2 a gallon and Oklahoma is one of them. The prices for the last day of 2018 average $1.93 in Oklahoma compared to $1.99 a week ago. Nationally, the average is down 8 cents to $2.28 per gallon. Pottawatomie County, where Shawnee is the county …
Denver energy firm wraps up $480 million purchase of assets in San Juan Basin
Denver-based DJR Energy has concluded its $480 million purchase of assets in northern New Mexico’s San Juan Basin. The purchase was of the assets of Encana Oil and Gas and was originally announced in October. It gives DJR more than 350,000 net acres in the Basin including an inventory of more than 1,100 high-value drilling …
PrimeEnergy announces name change
The Houston-based PrimeEnergy Company, a firm with operations throughout Oklahoma, Texas and West Virginia has announced a change of its name. The Company’s Board of Directors recently voted to approve amendments to the company’s Articles of Incorporation including changing the company name to PrimeEnergy Resources Corporation. The board also voted to reduce to the number …
Energy Transfer opens another new gas pipeline
Energy Transfer LP based in Dallas announced its Mariner East 2 natural gas liquids pipeline is in service carrying products from Ohio and across West Virginia and Pennsylvania. The 350-mile NGL pipeline carris the ethane, propane and butane east to Energy Transfer’s Marcus Hook Industrial Complex in Delaware County, Pennsylvania Mariner East 2 is part …
Remember Oklahoma’s extreme weather in 2018?
Anyone who worked outdoors in Oklahoma’s energy industry experienced some record weather instances over the past year. The Oklahoma Mesonet reviewed some of the 2018 records compiled by State Climatologist Gary McManus. The lowest wind chill recorded in the past year was minus 22.1 degrees at Eva in the Panhandle on January 16, 2018. The …










