Oklahoma Gas and Electric and the city of Bethany plan a celebration on Wednesday over the installation of new smart LED lighting on the historic Route 66. Bethany is the first municipality in the OGE service area to fully adopt LED street lighting. City leaders and OGE officials will gather Wednesday morning for the 9:30 …
Hess Corporation has completed the previously announced sale of its joint venture interests in the Utica shale play in eastern Ohio to Ascent Resources – Utica, LLC for net cash consideration of approximately $400 million, effective April 1. Proceeds from this transaction will be used to invest in the company’s higher return growth opportunities in …
With pipelines in short supply to move crude oil out of the Permian Basin, Oryx Midstream Services II, LLC has extended for a second time the joint open season currently being held by its operating subsidiaries. Oryx Delaware Oil Gathering NM LLC, Oryx Delaware Oil Gathering TX LLC, Oryx Western Delaware Oil Gathering LLC and …
ONEOK, Inc. plans to take part in the upcoming Barclays CEO Energy Conference scheduled for Sept. 4-5 in New York City. Terry K. Spencer, ONEOK president and chief executive officer, will present at the conference at 8:05 a.m. Central time on Wednesday, Sept. 5. Spencer, along with Walter S. Hulse III, ONEOK chief financial officer …
Due to the Labor Day holiday, the Oklahoma Transportation Commission will hold its monthly meeting at 11 a.m. Mon., Sept. 10 in the R.A. Ward Transportation Building, 200 N.E. 21st St. in Oklahoma City.
The nation’s oil and gas rig count grew by 4 in the past week to reach a total of 1,048 according to figures from Baker Hughes Co. Oklahoma’s count slipped by one to reach 139, compared to the 130 reported a year ago at this time. Nationally, the number of oil rigs grew by 2 …
Tulsa-based Crude oil logistics provider Getka Energy LLC has closed on the purchase of the former Pacer Energy Terminal located in Cushing, Oklahoma. The 28-acre property houses crude oil storage tanks and several LACT units. The terminal is connected to Enterprise Products’ Cushing Terminal via pipeline. Getka plans to upgrade the terminal to allow for increased throughput …
As head of the Oklahoma Energy Producers Alliance, Mike Cantrell is a big supporter of oil and gas. But he’s also a critic of horizontal drilling and fracking, despite the economic impact they have had on the state. Read his opinion in the Friday edition of The Oklahoman: Fracking: The rest of the story
Kansas energy regulators are being accused of continuing to allow oil and gas drillers to file applications for wastewater injection well permits and not giving the public adequate notice. It’s the claim of the Kansas Sierra Club and others who blame the wastewater wells for causing earthquakes in the Flint Hills of Kansas. The …
Scientists aren’t finished studying earthquakes and their connection to wastewater disposal wells. A new study in the journal Science reveals how quakes are caused miles away from the wastewater wells in Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas and California. Now those quakes are also happening along the east coast where there is also drilling and the need to …