If a permit is approved, Koch Fertilizer plans a major expansion of its Enid fertilizer plant in northern Oklahoma. The company applied for a construction permit to carry out the expansion. If okayed, the construction would begin at the end of 2020 and take two year for completion. Koch wants …
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Oklahoma’s oil and gas industry continues its slide in oilfield drilling activity as the state dropped another 5 rigs to reach 75 this week compared to a week ago. A year ago, Oklahoma had 137 working oil and gas rigs but the drop in oil prices has taken its toll …
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Members of the Environmental Quality Board of the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality encourage residents of southern Oklahoma to attend a public forum scheduled for Tuesday, September 10, 2019. The public forum will be held following the regular business meeting of the board. There is no way to estimate how …
Read More »Permits to drill issued for September 5, 2019. Canadian CountyWHIRLAWAY 33-4-11-7 #3MXH, September 05 2019 33 11N 7W SWSESENW API: 01725520 Lat: 35.38505472755854, Long: -97.94729343493208 ROAN RESOURCES LLC HH, DR, 17249 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(10915), MISSISSIPPI LIME(10960), WOODFORD(11035) Creek CountyTERRAIN #2-32, September 05 2019 32 19N 7E SWNWNWSE API: 03729434 Lat: 36.08186118744419, Long: -96.59239703445321 …
Read More »Completion reports filed on September 5, 2019. BLAINE COUNTY Marathon Oil Company Mississippi Lime(10192): Oil 1128 Gas 1592 Water 249 Flow3 16N 11W Roser 1611 1-3mh, May 02, 2019 HH, OIL, TD: 15380 ft Lat: 35.88538, Long: -98.35496 API: 35011241090000 GARVIN COUNTY Red Rocks Oil & Gas Operating Llc Woodford(7712): Oil 35 Gas 2212 Water 439 Flow16 4N 3W Jester 1-16h, …
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In a surprise decision on Thursday, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver overturned an Oklahoma federal judge’s decision that was in favor of the Cherokee Nation in a fight with the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. The appeals court vacated the lower court decision …
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Oklahoma Congressman Markwayne Mullin and others on the Environment and Climate Change subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee have a hearing planned for next week. Led by Democrats, the Committee will hold a hearing Sept.11 on legislation H.R. 3256 which would extend the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program. …
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Thanks to new pipelines in the Permian Basin, a record amount of 1 million barrels of oil a day on average was loaded last week onto vessels at Corpus Christi, Texas. Consultancy RBN Energy, according to Reuters indicated the record was nearly double the July average of 525,000 barrels a …
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered BP North America to pay a fine of more than $71,000 for a diesel spill last year in northeast Iowa. The EPA on Tuesday announced the fine for violations of the Clean Water Act. BP owns a 2.5 million gallon fuel storage tank …
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A new solar farm in Baldwin City, Kansas highlights the growth made by Kansas in the past decade when it comes to renewable power generation. The solar panel field was unveiled Tuesday. A report in the Topeka Capital Journal indicated the state is prepared to make larger gains in …
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