Oklahoma Finds Some Relief from Seismic Activity
On Tuesday, June 27, the Oklahoma and Corporation Commission and the Oklahoma Geological Survey released data related to the correlation between earthquakes and fracking activities....
Articles by Tim McNally
Kinder Morgan Finds Backers for Pipeline Expansion
by Tim McNally
Houston, Texas-based Kinder Morgan has secured financing for its $5.5 billion pipeline in Canada, reports the Houston Chronicle. The pipeline, which will transfer crude from...
ONEOK Announces Expansion Plans in STACK Region
Tulsa, Oklahoma-based ONEOK, Inc. released a statement on June 19 detailing its plans to expand its natural gas liquids (NGL) gathering system and its Sterling...
Oklahoma is Still a Sweet Spot for New Wells
Many large oil and gas companies have found the prospect of drilling new wells and operating in new areas to be unattractive. The reasoning is...
Are Rising Texas Exports Too Much of a Good Thing?
The Port of Houston has seen a recent surge in Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) exports, which is terrific news for the industry, but it has...
SemGroup Acquires Strategic Oil Terminal in Houston
by Tim McNally
On June 6, Tulsa, Oklahoma-based SemGroup Corporation announced that it had entered an agreement to acquire Houston Fuel Oil Terminal Company (HFOTCO). The move diversifies SemGroup’s overall business...
Exxon Mobil’s Ambiguous Relationship with Climate Change
by Tim McNally
Climate change has been quite the buzzword these past few weeks, with both political and industrial forces focusing on how they will deal with the...
Gulf States May Suffer if Proposed Budget Cut is Approved
Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas received $36.5 million in payments between 2009 and 2016 due to an act passed by President Bush which allocated some...
The Bakken Pipeline is Open for Business
by Tim McNally
On June 1, 2017, Energy Transfer Partners L.P. announced that both the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Energy Transfer Crude Oil Pipeline (ETCO), collectively referred...
OPEC Meeting Raises Question of The Future of Energy
by Tim McNally
OPEC nation members and non-OPEC nations came together on May 25 to discuss the current economic environment for oil and what could be done to...