A Texas man has been indicted on charges of lying about tests on a blowout preventer at an offshore oil and gas platform five years ago. Kenneth Johns, 45 of Rosharon, Texas was indicted recently on one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice and two counts of making false statements, according to a report by …
Nearly 16 years after a deadly leak from an underground natural gas storage field in Kansas and a new squabble has developed over unplugged abandoned wells and natural gas leaks. It stems from attempts of the Northern Natural Gas Co. to have the Kansas Corporation Commission force well owners to plug abandoned wells, according to …
Calling it an “historic day” for his Continental Resources company, CEO Harold Hamm has announced the company’s first-ever sale of Bakken oil for delivery overseas. The sale of 1,005,000 of crude oil from North Dakota was sold for November delivery to Atlantic Trading and Marketing which will export it to China. In the announcement, Continental …
Cleanup is still underway of a nearly 16,000-gallon-oil spill after a contractor ruptured a 16-inch crude oil pipeline last week south of Cushing. The contractor had been hired by Plains All American Pipeline LP and accidentally struck a line operated by Centurion Pipeline according to an update from the Stillwater NewsPress. The incident happened Oct. 10 …
No injuries were reported in a well explosion Tuesday near the Texas Panhandle town of Glazier. The Department of Public Safety was forced to close Highway 60 for a while as the fire was allowed to burn itself out. Glazier is a community located north of Canadian, Texas. The well was leased by Overflow Energy …
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced Tuesday that Bryan Rice has been named as the new Bureau of Indian Affairs Director, according to a departmental press release. Bryan – a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and veteran federal administrator – will lead the federal agency that coordinates government-to-government relations with 567 …
Oklahoma Congressman Markwayne Mullin admits Congress did not pass health care reform, but he pointed to $50 billion in rolled-back regulations during a speech this week at a Tulsa Regional Chamber Congressional Forum. “If you look at the amount of legislation we’ve passed, it’s been one of the most productive sessions ever,” maintained Mullin, according …
A worker remains missing following the Sunday night explosion at an offshore rig in Louisiana. The employee was identified as Timothy Morrison, 44 of Katy, Texas. The accident at an oil platform in Lake Pontchartrain injured seven others. The cause remains under investigation. The blast happened at the rig operated by Clovelly Oil Co. The …
In an apparent move to catch up on paperwork, Houston-based Newfield Exploration has filed 16 well completions in Oklahoma’s STACK play including two that produced more than 1,000 barrels of oil a day. In the Oct. 13 completion reports as indicated by OK Energy Today, the company reported the Freeman well, 11 16N 8W located …
A Garfield County jobsite was shut down Monday morning after the death of a contractor, according to a news report by KWTV-9. The incident occurred around 10:00 a.m. when the worker became pinned underneath a trenching machine. The site is located near Longhorn Trail and Highway 74. The 10-megawatt solar photovoltaic power plant at Moss …