Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe took to the floor of the Senate this week to commend the Trump Administration for attempting to change the Clean Power Plan, one created by former President Obama. He told those in the Senate that environmental critics of the President were wrong. Here are some of this comments or you …
By Congressman Markwayne Mullin Oklahoma’s families should be able to keep their lights on at a cost they can afford. As innovation drives how we produce energy from various sources, the most important piece to remember is that the consumer should be driving the supply and demand. I have always supported an “all-the-above” approach …
Oil marketing analyst Energy Security Analysis Inc. indicated this week that production growth is declining in the Permian Basin and it blames the lack of crude oil pipelines to move the product to the coast. ESAI’s evaluation showed while Permian basin operating costs fell 6 percent in the second quarter of the year, the overall …
First ConocoPhillips sold its San Juan basin assets for $3 billion. Now BP American Production Co. is considering pulling out of the same region and the economic impact in Southwest Colorado and northern New Mexico won’t be good. And BP plans to sell its assets in the Anadarko Basin in Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle. …
Backed by money from Encap Flatrock Midstream, a Texas firm with offices in Oklahoma City, Cogent Midstream LLC is expanding its natural gas processing in the lower Midland Basin of West Texas. Cogent plans to build a new refrigerated cryogenic processing plant at the same location as its current Big Lake Plant in Reagan County, …
While the completion was actually made last spring, the latest large well to be revealed in the completion reports filed at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission is in Blaine County. It is the latest producer to come out of the STACK play. Devon Energy’s Porcupine 34_27-1N-12W 1HX had initial production of 1,970 barrels of oil a …
Smoke from the massive wildfires in California have made for hazy days in Oklahoma for weeks now. But this week, the smoke reached alarming levels in the state of Oregon. Officials in Portland declared the air was unhealthy and urged residents to remain in doors for at least Tuesday. But they also expected to same …
Former Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt has been cleared of at least one of the political allegations made against him, claims that eventually led to him being forced out of office. And the Democrats in Congress who attacked him over it aren’t commenting. The Government Accountability Office has absolved him of any wrongdoing over …
The water pipeline fight in Kingfisher County has escalated into a lawsuit filed this week by the Oklahoma Oil and Gas Association against Kingfisher County. It came after the commission in May banned temporary water pipes in ditches alongside county roads. The lines carried treated and new water to oil and natural gas wells where …
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter’s already moved to prevent the recently-reinstated Waters of the U.S. Rule from being implemented in Oklahoma. In an interview this week with Ron Hays at the Oklahoma Farm Report, Hunter indicated his office has asked Judge Claire Eagan in Tulsa U.S. District Court to issue an injunction. The filing came …