The Federal Aviation Administration came under fire this week for being too aggressive in considering the impact of commercial drones. Drone operators in Oklahoma and other states where experiments have been approved might be applauding the report from the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine. The group said safety regulators are actually hindering the …
The major tax hike on oil and gas production, fuel and cigarettes was the focus of legal arguments Monday before the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Justices heard arguments against challenges to State Question 799, the question pushed by Oklahoma Taxpayers Unite, a group that contends the state didn’t need to raise taxes to fund the statewide …
The Anadarko Basin in Oklahoma might not be the most prolific producing play in the nation, but it’s still breaking production records. As for total U.S. production, of course the honors for top production go to the Permian Basin. Both the Permian and the Anadarko are part of a total effort that is expected to …
Another squabble over oil production payments from a Blaine County well has led to a ruling in Muskogee U.S. District Court. It came in a lawsuit (CIV-17-334-SPS) filed by Chieftain Royalty Company based in Oklahoma City against Marathon Oil Company. Chieftain Royalty accused Marathon of delaying payments and denying interest payments. U.S. Magistrate Judge Steven …
While gasoline prices in Oklahoma dropped an average of 4 cents a gallon over the past week, more counties in the state also report higher averages. The state’s average is $2.62 per gallon compared to $2.66 one week ago . The state’s average is one of the lowest in the nation. The national average also …
Tulsa-based WPX Energy President and Chief Operating Officer Clay Gaspar is scheduled to speak at the 2018 J.P. Morgan Energy Conference on Monday, June 18, at 3:20 p.m. Eastern. Alan Killion, WPX’s vice president of E&P Services, also is participating on a panel discussion at the 2018 Wells Fargo Securities West Coast Energy Conference on Wednesday, June 13, at 9 a.m. Pacific. The topic is …
An Oklahoma City federal judge has ruled against allowing the recovery of extensive attorney fees in a lawsuit won by an independent oil company over damage to its vertical well operation caused by nearby horizontal drilling. U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange ruled that attorney Steven D. Singer who represented Singer Oil Company, LLC could only …
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote Thursday on the nominations of several persons to judgeships including that of Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Patrick Wyrick. But his ties to Oklahoma City’s Devon Energy could prove to be a stumbling block for a positive recommendation for Justice Wyrick to become an Oklahoma City U.S. …
The oil and gas boom of the Permian Basin in west Texas and eastern New Mexico has resulted in a massive labor shortage for anything but the oil and gas industry. The high-paying shale country salaries of the oil patch have sucked employees from other industries while the at the same time, places like Midland, …
Oklahoma’s big oil executives weren’t there, but no doubt by now, they’ve read and heard reports of how Pope Francis warned senior oil company executives it’s time to prevent humanity being destroyed by climate change. His warning came in a conference held behind closed doors at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences attending by about 50 …
