Search results
Explosion and fire
- OKARCHE, Okla. (AP) — Two workers were injured Monday in an explosion and fire at a central Oklahoma oil tank battery, officials said. The incident happened shortly before 2 p.m. at a Devon Energy oil well pad in Okarche, Oklahoma, about 35 miles (55 kilometers) northwest of Oklahoma City, according to a spokeswoman for Oklahoma City-based Devon.
apnews.com › article › business-explosions-fires-oklahoma-oklahoma-city-7c2149ce50e9b57889c367887a231df6
People also ask
What happened to Oklahoma's oil & gas industry?
What happened to Oklahoma Natural Gas?
What happened to oil boom towns in Oklahoma?
What happened to the old oil well?
May 6, 2024 · The oil and gas industry has reaped profits without ensuring there will be money to plug and clean up their wells. In Oklahoma, that work could cost more than $7 billion if it falls to the...
Apr 22, 2022 · State oil production in 2020 was clocked at 171.7 million barrels, off 20.4% from record production of 215.6 million barrels the previous year. Natural gas production fared far better, falling only 8.2% in 2020 to 2.79 trillion cubic feet.
Jul 20, 2021 · As OK Energy Today reported on Monday, the first two wells had combined production of more than 2,000 barrels a well. The third well’s production made a combined production of all three wells 3,102 barrels of oil a day. Continental Resources had recent completions in Grady County.
5 days ago · ConocoPhillips announced it’s buying Marathon Oil in what Forbes calls one of the 10 largest corporate deals of the year. Both companies have ties to Oklahoma. Phillips Petroleum Company was founded in Bartlesville in 1917. It was Oklahoma’s largest oil company before it merged with Ponca City-based Conoco in 2002.
Nov 3, 2023 · Grist and Osage News analyzed Interior Department data and found that there are roughly 2,300 orphaned wells across the Osage Nation — a higher concentration per square mile than any state ...
Jan 26, 2018 · Monday's disaster, which killed five workers drilling a well in eastern Oklahoma, put a spotlight on safety in the shale industry amid President Donald Trump's policy of boosting U.S. output of fossil fuels.
May 28, 2024 · Lawmakers give Oklahoma oil and gas industry $50 million in budget agreement. It could be Christmas in July for the Oklahoma oil and gas industry as it secured $50 million under a tax rebate program for methane-reduction equipment upgrades in a budget agreement struck last week by Republican legislative leaders.
