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Permits to Drill for Week of April 5-11
This weekly report includes new Permits that have been Approved (or existing permits that have been Amended) between April 5th and close of business on April 11th. There are two links on each line: – The SPOT link will take you to the well location on Google Maps. So, if you need it, this will …
California Oil Company Hit with $12.5 million Fine
A record $12.5 million fine for nearly 1,500 violations has been leveled against an oil company in California. Greka Oil and Gas, a Santa Maria-based company with a long history of safety violations and regulatory lapses was fined in part for lying in more than 350 reports. It also failed to conduct regular pressure testing …
Anadarko Petroleum Reopens Half of its Closed Wells in Colorado
Colorado’s biggest oil and gas operator, Anadarko Petroleum Corp. says it has returned nearly half of its vertical wells in the state to operation following a deadly natural gas explosion in thee Denver suburb of Firestone. Immediately after the blast that killed two men and injured a woman, Anadarko shut down all of its wells …
Lankford Says Pruitt’s EPA Job Depends on Ethics Probes and President Trump
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford sounds like he supports Scott Pruitt at the Environmental Protection Agency. But in an interview with OK Energy Today, the Senator also made it clear it’ll be up to President Trump and the outcome of two major ethics probes into Pruitt. “I don’t see Scott moving positions within the administration, …
Chesapeake Makes Proposed Senior Note Exchange Official
Oklahoma City’s Chesapeake Energy has gone ahead and made official its proposed offer to exchange nearly $3 billion in Senior Notes due in the coming years. In an April 11 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the energy company put a 5 p.m. New York City time on its May 9 deadline for the …
Enel Green Power Launches Red Dirt Wind Farm Near Hennessey
Enel Green Power officially opened its Red Dirt wind farm near Hennessey this week with an Open Plant event attended by 120 people. Located in Kingfisher and Logan Counties, the wind farm consists of 95 wind turbines across 60,000 acres of land. Red Dirt has power purchase agreements with T-Mobile US, Inc. and the Grand …
Scott Pruitt’s Ego Now Focus of National Stories
Some of the national media won’t let up on digging up what they can about Scott Pruitt ever since he left Oklahoma as Attorney General and became Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The latest report? It focuses on Pruitt’s supposed ego in which he reportedly urged the EPA last year to redesign its memorabilia …
Annual Meeting for Williams Cos. to be Held May 10
The Williams Cos. Inc. is planning its annual shareholders meeting on May 10 in Tulsa. In a proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company stated the meeting will include the election of 10 director nominees. “We are not aware of any matter to be presented at the annual meeting that is …
Checklist for Scott Pruitt’s Scandals
Anyone who tries to follow the political controversies that keep growing around EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt needs a scorecard. From his exorbitant travel expenses to the secure phone booth for his office to the room he rented from an Oklahoma energy lobbyist, it’s fuel for his critics. Consider how Politico’s Morning Energy Report laid out …
Watchdog Not Giving Up—-Files 2nd Suit Against AG Hunter
Even though Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter has released the Tar Creek Superfund site he previously claimed was not a public record, it isn’t enough for the Washington D.C. based Campaign for Accountability. The watchdog group filed yet another lawsuit against Hunter in Oklahoma County District Court, the same court where it sued him last …