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Completion Reports for April 19-25
Here is the Weekly Completions Report. The table below provides a summary of the Completion tickets (Form 1002A) that have been published between April 19th and close of business on April 25th. The table includes the Initial Production data for Oil (b/d), Gas (MCF/d) and Water (b/d). There are two links in the table: – The SPOT …
Classic Politics on Display in Scott Pruitt’s Appearances Before House Committees
It was classic Washington D.C. politics on display Thursday as EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt went before two House committees and faced an onslaught of accusations and questions. Democrats went on the attack in a vivid display of partisanship on one side while Republicans displayed the same kind of partisanship on the other. Regardless of whether …
Enable Won’t Be Forced to Remove Pipeline After Losing Lawsuit
While Enable Midstream Partners LP recently lost a U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling regarding its pipeline operation near Anadarko, the company will not be forced to rip up 1,300 feet of the pipeline. It came out of the Tenth Circuit court this week in a case involving a group of tribal landowners who …
Despite Controversies, EPA’s Pruitt Still Has Support of Senator Lankford
While EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt faced U.S. House members during congressional hearings Thursday, he still has the support of Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford. Pruitt’s been on a rough and stormy ride in the past several months, facing one allegations after another over the way he’s running the giant agency. The former Oklahoma Attorney General …
AEP to Invest $18 billion in Energy Improvements
American Electric Power said this week it intends to invest nearly $18 billion in its core regulated businesses in the coming three years. The Tulsa-based company indicated it will not include the $4.5 billion Wind Catcher project to carry electricity from the Oklahoma Panhandle to near Tulsa. The 2,000 mW wind farm will be owned …
Oklahoma House Approves Bill Reneging on Wind Farm Agreements
The bill that prompted the wind industry to predict lawsuits against the state of Oklahoma won approval Wednesday in the state House of Representatives. Senate Bill 888, which calls for a cap on tax credits to wind farm operations was approved on a vote of 51 to 46. Officially, the bill, if passed by the …
Tulsa’s NGL Energy Partners Announce Quarterly Distribution
Tulsa-based NGL Energy Partners LP announced this week it declared a quarterly distribution of 39-cents a unit for the quarter ending March 31, 2018. It translates into a $1.56 per unit on an annualized basis and is payable to common unitholders of record at the close of business May 7, 2018. The Board of Directors …
Kansas City Southern Resumes Line Closed After 2005 Hurricane
The Kansas City Southern railway company, whose freight trains pass through eastern Oklahoma and into the central part of the state has announced a new weekly intermodal service between the Port of New Orleans and Wylie, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. The service will begin in May and had been discontinued after Hurricane Katrina in …
Safety Advocate’s “Dirty Dozen” List of Unsafe Firms Includes Drilling Firm where 5 workers died
A national workplace safety advocacy group has named the drilling company where five workers died in a January explosion in southeast Oklahoma to its so-called “Dirty Dozen” list for unsafe practices. The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health listed Patterson UTI Energy of Houston, Texas because of the 110 reported OSHA violations and the …
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Lawsuit Against Ponca City Refinery
A Ponca City woman who blamed her leukemia on chemical emissions from the ConocoPhillips refinery in her hometown has lost her case with the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver. Samantha Hall grew up around the refinery but two decades later developed a form of leukemia and filed suit in 2014. …