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State Brownfields conference this week
The 2018 Oklahoma Brownfields Conference continues in Oklahoma City through Sept. 28, 2018, at the Skirvin Hotel, located at 1 Park Ave. The conference will attract realtors, developers, attorneys, architects, and engineers to hear about redeveloping property with environmental impacts, managing liability, and reconnecting projects to the community. Topics will include Redevelopment and GIS, Historic …
South Texas is getting another wind farm
Far South Texas is getting another wind farm. The $200 million Palmas Altas project near Brownsville is being built by Acciona Energy USA. The project will be the Spain-based energy company’s ninth wind farm in the U.S. and its second in Cameron county . The farm is located near the city of Bayview and the …
New wind farm going up in northwest Kansas
Construction has started on a large $334 million wind farm in northwest Kansas near the city of Colby that sits along Interstate 70. ENGIE North America Inc. is building the Solomon Forks Wind Project in Thomas County and it will have a total capacity of 276 megawatts. Solomon Forks is part of the Infinity Renewables …
Oklahoma Green Schools event on Thursday
The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality’s Fourth Annual Green Schools Summit will be held Thursday at the Riverfield Country Day School in Tulsa. The Summit is the largest annual event focused on greening efforts in Oklahoma schools. Some 118 students representing 13 schools throughout the state will learning about starting a “Green Team” to make …
Devon Energy to release quarterly earnings report Nov. 6
– Devon Energy Corp. announced plans to report its third-quarter 2018 results on Tuesday, Nov. 6, after the close of U.S. financial markets. The earnings release and operations report announcing these results will both be available on the company’s website at www.devonenergy.com. On Wednesday, Nov. 7, the company will hold a conference call at 10 a.m. …
Landowners prepare for continued fight against Keystone XL pipeline in Nebraska
Nebraska landowners and others who are fighting the location of the Keystone XL pipeline in their state are gearing up for another hearing to be held by the State Department. Bold Nebraska, one of the opposing organizations calls the October 9 hearing “another hastily-produced, sham environmental review for Keystone XL.” The group is organizing more …
Trump administration repeals Obama rule for oil tanker trains
The U.S. Department of Transportation under the Trump administration has moved to repeal the Obama-era rule mandating safety upgrades for oil tanker trains. The original rule was designed to reduce the possibility of derailments, explosions and spills from trains such as those that carry crude oil through Oklahoma. Fortunately, Oklahoma has not had deadly accidents …
Kingfisher County will see much more drilling
Kingfisher county is still drawing heavy interest from drillers seeking more big oil in one of the primary counties that makes up the STACK play. Rigs will be going up soon. The latest issuance of permits to drill by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission included 14 permits for Kingfisher county. Six went to Newfield Exploration, the …
Permits to drill from Sept. 25, 2018
Permits to drill from Sept. 25, 2018. Alfalfa County STATE OF OKLAHOMA A SWDW #1, September 25 2018 33 29N 12W NWNESWSW API: 00323341 Lat: 36.944950167561515, Long: -98.50628202324773 TRANS PACIFIC OIL CORPORATION SH, DR, 1100 ft, WELLINGTON(600) Blaine County GREENFIELD E SWD #1, September 25 2018 31 15N 10W NWNENWNW API: 01124092 Lat: 35.73885656039409, Long: -98.31071541434454 OVERFLOW …
Completion reports from Sept. 25, 2018
Completion reports from Sept. 25, 2018. ALFALFA COUNTY Midstates Petroleum Co Llc Mississippi Lime: Oil 178 Gas 1530 Water 2846 Pump 1 24N 12W Lois 2412 2h-01 B, July 19, 2018 HH, OIL, TD: 12356 ft Lat: 36.59348, Long: -98.44229 API: 35003233000000 Midstates Petroleum Co Llc Mississippian: Oil 197 Gas 1324 Water 2040 Pump 1 24N 12W Lois 2412 2h-02 B, July 20, 2018 HH, OIL, …