ONEOK, Inc announced plans to invest approximately $295 million to expand its West Texas LPG Limited Partnership (West Texas LPG) pipeline system, which provides natural gas liquids (NGL) takeaway capacity for Permian Basin producers. The expansion project, which is expected to be completed in the first quarter 2020, is supported by long-term dedicated NGL production from …
Concerns over water supplies in southern Kansas have resulted in some opposition to a proposed $100 million biofuel plant near Wichita. VNA Corp. wants to build the plant which would turn water and baled crops such as wheat straw into natural gas. The company says its plant will not only create 225 jobs but generate …
Auction records were recently broken in the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s sale of oil and gas leases on government land in the state of New Mexico. Reports indicated the two-day online auction generated $972.8 million in bonus bids for 142 parcels. The land is in Eddy, Lea and Chaves counties and according to the …
Plains All American Pipeline, the Texas company with big operations in Oklahoma and throughout the U.S. has been convicted of a felony in a large California oil spill. The jury in California found Plains guilty of one felony and eight misdemeanors, concluding the company failed to maintain a pipeline that leaked 3,400 barrels of crude …
Continental Resources continues to find success in Blaine County. It’s latest reported well, the Nelda 1-3-10xh located at 3 15N 13W saw initial production of 1,886 barrels of oil a day. Located about 9 miles southwest of Watonga, the Nelda also had natural gas production of 12,876 Mcf. The well was spudded in September of …
Oklahoma Congressman Tom Cole has been appointed to two House-Senate conference committees including one dealing with the environment and government funding. Cole, a Republican who is seeking re-election, has developed a strong reputation in the House for his knowledge and expertise in appropriations matters. Speaker Paul Ryan named Rep. Cole to the House-Senate Conference Committee …
Following the massive nearly-two-year long protests against the Dakota Access crude oil pipeline in North Dakota, Oklahoma became one of the first states to create a law cracking down on energy protesters. Its law provides for long prison sentences and massive fines up to $1 million for those caught harming energy facilities such as crude …
Oklahoma’s U.S. Representatives helped pass a measure to speed up the exporting of U.S. natural gas. House Resolution 4606, the Ensuring Small Scale LNG Certainty and Access Act introduced late last year by Ohio Republican congressman Bill Johnson was approved on a 260-146 vote. Representatives Tom Cole, Frank Lucas, Markwayne Mullin and Steve Russell were …
Houston-based Baker Hughes is out with its monthly report of rig activity around the world and says the international count for August was 1,008, up eleven from July. It was also 56 more than the 952 rigs reported in August of last year. The international offshore rig count for August 2018 was 212, down 5 …
Oklahoma’s congressmen are telling the head of the Federal Communications Commission they have some serious concerns about government regulations covering wireless and broadband service to rural America. They sent a letter last week to Ajit Pai, chairman of the FCC and urged him to carefully evaluated any challenges submitted from mobile service carriers about the …