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PSO Crews in Texas Helping With Damage from Hurricane Harvey
An estimated 300 utility workers for Public Service Company of Oklahoma headed Friday to south Texas to assist with repairs following the arrival of Hurricane Harvey. Most were workers from Tulsa, McAlester and Lawton areas. Some were line and tree crews wile engineers also were sent to stage Friday night in San Antonio to await …
Jericho Oil to Start Exploration of Oklahoma’s STACK
A day after announcing it was venturing into exploration of Oklahoma’s big STACK play, Tulsa-based Jericho Oil announced efforts to raise $10 million to help finance the effort. The company earlier announced the acquisition of an interest in 9,400 net surface acres in the STACK. It stated the transition provided the company the option to …
Energy Companies Eager to Begin Longer Laterals in Oklahoma
While a new law allowing greater horizontal drilling in Oklahoma won’t take effect until Nov. 1, 2017, an emergency designation with Senate Bill 867 is allowing some companies to begin the drilling now. As the Oklahoman reported, Tapstone Energy in Oklahoma City could become the first company to start drilling horizontal wells up to two …
Court Rules Driller was Wrongly Kicked Off Land in West Texas
A Texas appeals court says an Apache Corp. drilling rig was wrongly forced off a West Texas oil lease in a squabble over whether wells had stopped producing oil and gas. The Court of Appeals of the Eighth District of Texas in El Paso ruled in favor of Apache Deepwater LLC in its suit against …
Politics and the Gross Production Tax Hike Proposal
When House Democrats fought the budget plans for GOP leaders of the Oklahoma legislature, one of their goals was an increase in the Oklahoma Gross Production Tax. However in light of new talks, such an increase might not be included in what Democratic leader Scott Inman wants. Tax increases were reportedly discussed in renewed talks …
Devon’s Latest Multi-Unit Well to be Drilled in Kingfisher County
Devon Energy has a big multi-unit project in plan as it widens exploration of Oklahoma’s STACK play. As indicated in OK Energy Today’s Well Completion reports, the Oklahoma City energy company has been permitted to move ahead with 7 wells at one site. Permits were granted for Mosasaurus 4-16N-9W, a site located near the unincorporated …
What Drought?
Eight months ago, only about 6 percent of Oklahoma was not in a drought. After weeks of rainfall that is close to breaking the 1915 record, now 96% of Oklahoma is not in a drought, according to Gary McManus, State Climatologist at the Oklahoma Mesonet. That’s what the state looked like on August 1 of …
Appeals Court Upholds Settlements of Lawsuits Over Summertime Gasoline Sales
The Federal Appeals Court in Denver has upheld more than $24 million in settlements of lawsuits where oil companies and gas stations were accused of overcharging consumers for gasoline on hot days. In a ruling this week, the U.S. 10th Circuit sided with the settlements of the $24.5 million in multidistrict litigation. “We affirm the …
Electric Car Week to be Observed in OKC
The Association of Central Oklahoma Governments is planning an event as part of National Drive Electric Week. ACOG’s Central Oklahoma Clean Cities Coalition will hold a “Drive Electric” event September 9 in the Wheeler District of Oklahoma City. The free event will begin at 11 a.m. and the public is encouraging to attend and meet …
Watchdog Catches Obama EPA “Red Handed” Over Half-Truths
“Judicial Watch has caught the Obama EPA red handed issuing a series of half-truths and deliberately misleading information—pure propaganda.” The private group that is a watchdog over the federal government says it has documented proof that the Environmental Protection Agency under the Obama administration misled the public in claiming that its 2015 Clean Power …