Oklahoma’s SCOOP and STACK oil and gas plays are getting a new cryogenic gas processing facility, courtesy of Blue Mountain Midstream LLC, a company formerly known as Linn Midstream LLC. Blue Mountain’s a subsidiary of Houston-based Linn Energy Inc. and signed a contract with Midland, Texas-based BCCK Engineering Inc. to build the Chisholm Trail Cryogenic …
The federal government’s denied a request by North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum for a major disaster declaration to cover some of the $38 million in law enforcement costs over the Dakota Access pipeline protests. The governor made the request in April, writing to President Trump. The denial came in May but the governor’s office didn’t …
Oklahoma City-based Devon Energy is one of 37 oil, gas and coal companies sued this week by two California Counties blaming them for the sea level rise and coastal flooding. Marin and San Mateo Counties along with the city of Imperial Beach filed suit claiming the energy companies knew for nearly half a century that …
Already facing legal challenges in Oklahoma City federal court and the state of California over its manufacture of Roundup, Monsanto Co.’s now facing issues with another of its weed killers. Tennessee has become the fourth state to ban dicamba, a weed killer that is considered to be a flagship pesticide for the company. Arkansas banned …
Even though law enforcement costs are estimated at $36 million over the protests at the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota, developer Energy transfer Partners is still promising to help cover the costs. A spokeswoman said ETP will stick to its “offer to help the state with these costs, as we know it places a …
Updating the legal fight over the Keystone XL pipeline, opponents have gone to the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana in a move to fight the Trump administration’s claim its approval of the pipeline is unreviewable in court. Two coalitions of environmental and tribal advocacy groups, the Indigenous Environmental Network and North Coast …
Oklahoma’s Chesapeake Energy leaders no doubt have paid close attention to a recent ruling by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court regarding the Marcellus Shale activity. The company has been a key player in exploration for several years. The high court said Pennsylvania lawmakers cannot arbitrarily divert money from natural gas drilling on state forests to other …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe contends Russia is attempting to use energy as a weapon to influence Europe. During a recent hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, the Senator raised the issue as he questioned Damon Wilson, executive vice president of the Atlantic Council. “Russia is very apt to use energy dependence as one …
The state officials investigating last Friday’s surge of earthquakes around Stroud, including a 4.2 magnitude quake are puzzled because there has been no new well activity in the region. Matt Skinner, with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission says the Commission’s Induced Seismicity Department has joined forces with the Oklahoma Geological Survey in probing the six earthquakes …
Previous strong earthquakes in Oklahoma have led to lawsuits against oil and gas companies. The state’s latest was a 4.2 magnitude quake Friday morning, strong enough to have been felt in Wichita, Kansas and parts of western Arkansas. The quake hit before 9 a.m. near Stroud in Lincoln County and was followed by a slightly …