Nearly a dozen activists were arrested at the Dakota Access Pipeline encampment following Wednesday afternoon’s evacuation deadline. About 150 people left the camp voluntarily prior to the deadline, according to news reports. Law enforcement authorities estimate that less than 100 tribal protesters remain at the base camp located on the edge of the Standing Rock Sioux …
February 22, 2017 archive
Crude Oil Futures Plummet on Wednesday
Crude oil prices dipped on Wednesday, finishing lower as concerns grew about the potential rise of production outside the OPEC agreement, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, April West Texas Intermediate crude oil dropped 74 cents, or 1.4%, to settle at $53.59 a barrel. On the London ICE Futures Exchange, April …
Completion Reports February 23, 2017
ALFALFA COUNTY Sandridge Exploration & Production Llc 21 27N 10W Hawk Haven 2710 1-22h, January 08, 2017 HH, OIL, TD: 13305 ft Lat: 36.80997, Long: -98.27207 API: 35003232620000 CANADIAN COUNTY Cimarex Energy Co 27 13N 9W Nancy 5-27h, October 27, 2016 HH, GAS, TD: 17251 ft Lat: 35.57944, Long: -98.15100 API: 35017248450000 Cimarex Energy …
Permits to Drill February 23, 2017
Blaine County REDWOOD #1-10H, February 22 2017 10 14N 12W SESWSWSW API: 01123303 Lat: 35.69683085699709, Long: -98.47152283426219 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC HH, RC, 17916 ft, ATOKA-MORROW(10814) Canadian County BOMHOFF 20-12-7 #2H, February 22 2017 20 12N 7W SWSWSWSW API: 01724976 Lat: 35.4941419468327, Long: -97.97150744696918 JONES ENERGY LLC HH, DR, 14898 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(10084) Garvin County W.K. …
Burn Bans Still in Effect in 7 Counties—-It’s Still Dry!
Seven counties in the state still have burn bans in effect despite the rainfall earlier in the week. “Yep, just as predicted…the rain didn’t exactly tamp down on the fire danger,” wrote Gary McManus, State Climatologist with the Oklahoma Mesonet. “It helped in some ways, but as we’ve explained before, the cool season fire danger …
Earth and Water Group Establishes OKC Offices
An environmental group is establishing offices in Oklahoma City but it’s not the kind of environmental group you think it is. Don’t consider it an environmental group that battles energy groups. The Earth and Water Group, a full-service virtual environmental solutions provider based in Washington, D.C. also named Mary Ellen Ternes as a Partner of …
Teens Appeal Colorado Court Ruling on Oil and Gas Drilling
The Colorado Court of Appeals heard arguments this week from six teenagers who have filed suit to restrict oil and gas development in the state. Attorneys for the youths claimed the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission’s practice of weighing economic benefit against health and environmental impacts of drilling is a violation of state law. …
Tronox Announces $1.67 Billion Dollar Expansion Purchase
A $1.67 billion purchase of Saudi Arabia-based Cristal by Tronox Ltd will create the world’s largest producer of titanium dioxide. It means the combined company, a 2005 spinoff from Oklahoma City-based Kerr McGee Corp., will operate eleven plants in eight countries and have a total of total capacity of 1.3 million metric tons a year. …
Union Leaders Nervous About Pruitt’s Takeover at EPA
(John O’Grady) Leaders of federal workers unions weren’t impressed by Scott Pruitt’s first address on Tuesday to employees of the Environmental Protection Agency. They suggested there were unanswered questions left following Pruitt’s remarks. “He didn’t say we’re not going to shrink the agency,” said Joe Edgell, senior vice president for National Treasury Employees Union …
Pruitt Asked to Reverse Obama Administration Decision on Vehicle Emissions Standards
In his first days on the job, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has been hit with a request from automakers to reverse the decision by the Obama administration to lock in vehicle emissions standards through the next 8 years. Making the request was the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers. The group wants Pruitt to reopen an official …
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