Hard to believe but efforts to complete the Keystone XL pipeline are entering their second decade. That’s right. It was more than a decade ago when TransCanada first applied to build the pipeline to carry tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast. A lot has happened in the oil and gas …
As a member of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, Oklahoma Rep. Markwayne Mullin recently toured the Tulsa County Levee system. He said the levee, built in the 1940s is “long overdue for maintenance.” The Republican Representative explained the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has provided funding to study the issue and make improvements. …
Oklahoma City-based Enable Midstream Partners, LP announced the development of the Gulf Run Pipeline, an interstate natural gas transportation project, by its wholly-owned subsidiary Enable Gulf Run Transmission, LLC. The company is adding another 165 miles of pipeline to the 13,300 miles of pipeline it already owns and operates. The Gulf Run Pipeline project is …
OGE line crews who left nearly two weeks ago to help with electrical power restoration following Hurricane Florence in North Carolina are expected home by Tuesday. The 79-member team of line crews and resource personnel were expected at their respective service districts. The crew members were deployed to help Duke Energy with restoration efforts related …
Another small earthquake was recorded in northern Oklahoma over the weekend. It was late Sunday night just west of Cushing, according to the U.S. Geological Survey and measured 2.7 magnitude. It happened close to the site of the largest earthquake ever recorded in the state. It was a 5.8 magnitude quake in September 2016 near …
From the Associated Press: Gray muck is flowing into the Cape Fear River from the site of a dam breach at a Wilmington, North Carolina power plant where an old coal ash dump had been covered over by Florence’s floodwaters. Forecasters predicted the water will continue to rise through the weekend at the L.V. Sutton …
– Gasoline prices in Oklahoma City have risen 5.0 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.61/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 669 stations in Oklahoma City. This compares with the national average that has fallen 0.8 cents per gallon versus last week to $2.83/g, according to GasBuddy. Average gasoline prices on …
Most of the oil and gas producing states reported little growth in rig activity in the past week, with the exception of Texas. Oklahoma saw a drop of 3 to 136 working rigs compared to 127 a year ago. Nationally, the count fell by two to 1,053, still 118 more than a year ago. The …
Like Oklahoma, the state of Louisiana joined the growing effort to crack down on pipeline and energy protesters. Louisiana’s law went into effect in August and already it faces a challenge following the recent felony arrests of environmental protesters at the site of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline which is the last leg of the Dakota …
Don’t count on him to be the permanent leader of SandRidge Energy. It’s what William M. Griffin, Jr., Interim President and Chief Executive Office has told the board. The revelation was confirmed when SandRidge Energy made a filing on Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. (Click here to read.) The filing stated that Griffin …