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Devon Brings in Eleven New Wells—-3 Making 1,000 Barrels Plus a Day
Devon Energy’s reporting the success of three wells, each producing more than 1,000 barrels of oil a day in Oklahoma’s STACK. They were among eleven wells reported as completed, according to OK Energy Today’s Well Completion Reports. All three of the large wells were apparent DUCS or drilled but uncompleted wells because each had spud …
Missouri Rejects Wind-Powered Electricity Line
Utility regulators in Missouri have said ‘no’ to Clean Line Energy Partners and its plan to build one of the nation’s longest transmission lines carrying wind powered electricity from Kansas to Indiana and markets eastward. It was the second Missouri state rejection for Clean Line Energy which wants to send wind-powered electricity in Kansas along the …
Buffett Won’t Budge From $9 Billion Bid to Take Over Oncor in Texas
In a case of “who might blink first”, billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s vowed not to raise the $9 billion bid he’s made to take over Oncor Electric Delivery Co. in Texas. His vow comes after Elliott Management Corp. bought some of the debt Energy Future Holdings Corp., the main owner of Oncor and a company …
Louisiana Fast Becoming Place Where Worldwide Gas Prices Are Determined
Just like Cushing as become the place where prices of West Texas Intermediate crude are determined, southern Louisiana is fast becoming the place where natural gas prices are determined around the world. Louisiana is home to the Henry Hub, a standard bearer for domestic shale gas markets. But now the jump in U.S. exports to …
No Letup in Oil and Gas Employment in Texas
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas says oil and gas employment in Texas grew again for the seventh consecutive month. The bank says the industry added nearly 4,300 positions statewide in June over May and it credited jobs growth in the mining sector. Oil field services are included in the mining sector. Researchers estimated there …
EPA Delays Greenhouse Truck Standards
Those big truck drivers going up and down Interstates 35 and 40 in Oklahoma are getting a break from the EPA when it comes to greenhouse gas standards. The 2018 start date of the requirements has been delayed. The EPA faced a deadline on Thursday to respond to a lawsuit by the Truck Trailer Manufacturers …
Pruitt Gives Farmers and Ranchers More Time to Comment About New WOTUS Rule
The EPA’s extended the comment time on the agency’s efforts to repeal that controversial WOTUS rule, the one Scott Pruitt and Oklahoma leaders fought when it was proposed by the Obama administration. Pruitt, the former State Attorney General is also part of a video released by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. “This record being made …
Latest Rainfall Creates 7th Wettest August for Oklahoma
The Wednesday afternoon and night time thunderstorms in Oklahoma did their best to wipe out the drought in the state. The statewide average rainfall total now stands at 5.47 inches according to the Oklahoma Mesonet. It means the new rainfall total has resulted in the seventh wettest August since records began in 1895. The …
Plains Intends to Replace Pipeline Over 2015 Leak in California
Troubled with a 2015 crude oil pipeline leak in California, Houston’s Plains All American Pipeline, a company with operations in Oklahoma has announced plans to replace the line that spilled 142,000 gallons of oil. It’s known as the Refugio Oil Spill and Plains has submitted an application with the Santa Barbara County Energy Division to …
Gas Purge in Pawhuska Draws Federal and State Investigators
A gas surge on the grounds of the Pawhuska school district campus resulted in the cancellation of classes for the remainder of the week. The surge drew the attention of federal and state officials as they investigated the incident. On hand were representatives of the EPA Region 6 office in Dallas along with the Oklahoma …