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Registration is filling up fast for the Oklahoma Oil & Gas Association 2016 Annual Meeting on Friday, November 18, at the Embassy Suites Downtown Medical Center, located in Oklahoma City. The annual meeting will feature the following executives of some of the largest operators in the SCOOP and STACK: Newfield Exploration CEO Lee Boothby, Devon Energy Corporation Senior Vice President Kevin Lafferty, Cimarex Senior Vice President of Exploration John Lambuth, and Marathon Oil Corporation Executive Vice President of Operations T.M. (Mitch) Little.
For questions about registration or to be invoiced, please contact Donna Mercer via the link or by calling the OKOGA office at (405) 843-5741.
OKOGA COMMUNICATIONS UPDATE
The Oklahoma Oil & Gas Association has exciting news this week, with the expansion of OKOGA staff in the addition of Natalie Kinmonth as the Vice President of Membership & Development, a newly created position at OKOGA. Natalie's responsibilities include developing a strategic membership and marketing plan to grow and develop OKOGA membership. The strategic development plan includes efforts to expand the association's presence, raise funds and develop relationships throughout all aspects of the industry. Prior to joining OKOGA, Natalie worked for the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association (OIPA) for over five years as the Membership Coordinator and most recently as the Director of Business Development. Natalie graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication, with an emphasis in Public Relations.
In case you missed it this week, OKOGA has a new blog post about the amount of taxes the oil and natural gas industry pays that goes to funding education in Oklahoma. Two years of low commodity prices have strained budgets in Oklahoma; however, the oil and natural gas industry continues to be a significant funder of public education in the state. Funds for Oklahoma education come from a variety of taxes and royalties paid by the oil and natural gas industry. Several school districts also have oil and natural gas producing properties. As a result, local districts receive millions of state and local tax dollars derived from oil and natural gas development. In fact, over the last 10 years, school districts have received $2.1 billion in tax dollars from the oil and natural gas industry. The largest use of dedicated severance tax revenue (gross production tax) comes off the top for education. In 2015, a year that experienced some of the lowest commodity prices in a decade, $224 million in gross production taxes went directly to education.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
The prolific STACK and SCOOP plays in central and western Oklahoma have been among the few bright spots in the oil and natural gas industry over the past two years and promise to lead to oil and economic development in the future. But future oil and natural gas development will depend heavily on how the industry deals with the water it needs and the waste it produces, said Michael Dunkel, vice president of industrial water at CH2M. "If you can't get enough source water, you can't frack the wells, and if there's not enough disposal or offtake capability, you're not going to be able to produce the wells," Dunkel said Friday at the DUG Midcontinent conference in Oklahoma City. Increasing oil and natural gas drilling activity will create more of a need for recycling and while also making the process more possible, Dunkel said. Recycling works best when many wells are being drilled in the same general area. “Some of these companies already have some water infrastructure,” he said. “When the budgets come and the rigs come, they're going to build on that. It's coming, but it may take 10 years to build it out completely.” Devon Energy Corp. and Continental Resources Inc. have built and used water recycling systems in areas where they have had many active wells, but Dunkel said future water recycling projects likely will require companies to work together. “In Oklahoma, company areas overlap,” he said. “The idea of companies working together in cooperation seems to make sense here rather than each company trying to build its own system and having four overlapping projects in an area.”
This week, the Journal Record shared the exciting news those in the industry know - Oklahoma could be petroleum rock star again. Oklahoma’s petroleum plays are quickly becoming the hottest in North America, said shale analyst Jessica Pair. The geography is smaller than the Texas formation with the most activity, but Oklahoma’s geology has the potential to surpass the productivity of the Permian Basin, she said. Operators are changing techniques to find petroleum, to extract oil and gas, and to hydraulically fracture wells. Those changes make wells more productive. Pair said there’s still plenty of petroleum left in Oklahoma, even though many of its rock layers have been explored for many years. Wells from some parts of the state are surpassing well results in the Permian Basin, which spans both western Texas and eastern New Mexico. Even though there is more drilling in the Permian, she said many operators are looking northward. “I think we’ll see a shift more (to Oklahoma) in coming months,” Pair said. “Even though it’s smaller in geography, these stacked (rock layers) are the most important thing. There are not a lot of areas of North America that are like that.”
A permit for proposed Canadian County disposal wells was finally considered at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission this week, though opposition to the permit was reported in local media almost two months ago. More than 25 neighbors told their concerns to an administrative law judge. The three-member Corporation Commission will have the final vote in the case. The Oklahoman reported, the protested disposal well case is among the first under a 2015 state law that limits cities and other local governments from regulating oil and gas activity. Cities can still have reasonable setbacks, fencing, noise and odor requirements. But Senate Bill 809 gave primary regulatory authority to the Corporation Commission. Dunn, the administrative law judge, will write a report and recommendation to the three-member Corporation Commission, which has the final say in the matter.
On Monday, protesters gathered at the Oklahoma state capitol to show their opposition to the North Dakota Access Pipeline. Speakers at the rally touched on their anger over the use of force in North Dakota, as well as the possibility of an oil pipeline not only disturbing sacred Native lands but also contaminating nearby water sources.
SEISMIC ACTIVITY
Tuesday evening were some additional seismic events that garnered attention. First, two 3.0+ magnitude earthquakes were reported in Canadian County, near the city of El Reno. Second, a 4.5 magnitude quake occurred near Pawnee late Tuesday night. It was initially rated a 4.1 magnitude before being revised near midnight. (Tulsa World reports)
The Journal Record reports that U.S. Geological Survey research geophysicist Daniel McNamara said scientists are unsure if Tuesday’s quake was triggered by wastewater injection, but that is likely because the shaking occurred in the same region as other induced quakes. McNamara said the most recent quake likely isn’t an aftershock from the September temblor. Tuesday’s temblor occurred on an unknown fault that was not part of the Oklahoma Geological Survey’s map. In addition, the fault’s direction and the stress on the fault are different than the fault where the Sept. 3 quake happened, he said. “It (Tuesday’s earthquake) doesn’t immediately appear to be associated with the magnitude 5.8 sequence,” McNamara said. “But we’ll see how it evolves.” If the two earthquakes are related to one another, scientists could see more temblors along fault lines that are connected.
In response to the 4.5 magnitude earthquake in Pawnee, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission issued an “action plan” in conjunction with the Oklahoma Geological Survey (OGS) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The plan covers 38 Arbuckle disposal wells under OCC jurisdiction and 26 Arbuckle disposal wells under sole EPA jurisdiction. Here is a summary for wells under OCC jurisdiction, based on distance from epicenter of the quake:
- 6 miles – all Arbuckle disposal well operations in the area must cease.
- 10 miles – all Arbuckle disposal wells must reduce volume by 25 percent of their last 30-day average.
- 15 miles – all Arbuckle disposal wells in the area are limited in volume to their last 30-day average.
- 15 of the Arbuckle disposal wells included in the latest directive have already been shut in by the September 3, 2016 directive.
Those wells that will have to take new action:
- 4 new Arbuckle disposal wells will be shut-in under the new directive.
- 10 Arbuckle disposal wells will be reduced 25 percent in volume
- 8 Arbuckle disposal wells will be limited in volume to their last 30-day average
The deadline for compliance is November 10. In Osage County, the EPA is directing operators of 20 Arbuckle disposal wells to limit volume to their last 30-day average. Further, 6 other Arbuckle disposal wells will be reduced 25 percent under their 30-day average.
Following this activity, Rep. Richard Morrissette, D-Oklahoma City, hosted a previously announced press conference to discuss property damage following the Pawnee earthquake. Morrissette offered policy proposals to incoming members of the House of Representative, the Senate and to the Governor. Morrissette first recommended that companies drilling in the Mississippi Lime formation purchase permits to continue working in that area as there are millions of gallons of brine water produced there, he said. “This permit will come at a cost, with those extra fees used to help fund recycling efforts. The permit should also come with restrictions making recycling a portion of the brine mandatory,” said Morrissette. Next, he recommends the creation of a P3 model, or Public-Private Partnership, to cover all the costs for recycling the wastewater, dividing the costs among all those who benefit. He also recommended that oil and gas companies establish a reparation fund with high-risk insurance companies providing incentives to write homeowner policies. Lastly, Morrissette suggested a 5-cent per barrel surcharge to be paid into a reparation fund by oil and gas producers who frack and inject.
Oklahoma City’s Fox 25 (KOKH) covered the press conference repeating Rep. Morrissette’s statements that oil and gas operators must recycle produced wastewater completely ignoring the facts, technical details and regulatory issues that must be considered. (OK Energy Today also reports)
Morrissette continues to tout recycling as the answer to stopping earthquakes without acknowledging the very real progress the Oklahoma oil and gas industry is making in recycling, while also failing to acknowledge the very real barriers to large-scale recycling in the Mississippian Lime formation, where most of the earthquakes are occurring. State regulators, researchers and the oil and gas industry have reduced wastewater volumes drastically in the areas most prone to earthquakes, including the area around the Pawnee quake. Wastewater injection has been reduced by 1 million barrels a day. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission initiatives to reduce wastewater have had an impact on oil and gas production in the Mississippian Lime formation, which has also been drastically reduced. Mr. Morrissette also mischaracterized statements made by Arnella Karges, Executive Vice President of the Oklahoma Oil & Gas Association at an interim study meeting on the same subject. Karges did not say recycling of produced water is “impractical”. Karges did address the feasibility of water recycling.
In parts of the Mississippi Lime, as many as 50 to 100 barrels of produced water may accompany production of one barrel of oil. With oil at $47 a barrel and the lowest recycling costs at $2.00 per barrel of produced water, recycling costs can be at least $100 per barrel of oil, and this may not account for transportation of produced water. Economics aside, volume and water quality are also issues that must be considered when evaluating water recycling options. Simplistic explanations from politicians like Mr. Morrissette about how easy it would be to recycle large volumes of wastewater don’t consider all the components of recycling, which include geography, supply and demand, storage and handling, technology and economics. This is something Oklahoma’s oil and gas companies are continually working, and it is the focus of the governor’s Water 2060 Produced Water Working Group.
The City of Pawnee and Pawnee Nation hosted a community meeting last weekend to discuss damage sustained from the larges earthquake recorded in Oklahoma. Officials of the Sierra Club, the City of Pawnee, experts from Oklahoma State University and attorneys gathered for the event. The chief of the Pawnee Nation made it clear over the weekend that his tribe intends to do something about the growing earthquakes around Pawnee and northern Oklahoma. And if that means joining those who have sued oil and gas companies and their wastewater injection wells, so be it. He pointed out that while the city of Pawnee cannot pass any kind of city resolution banning underground injection control wells, the tribe can (a likely reference to SB 809). “But you have an ally in the Pawnee Nation. That same restriction doesn’t apply to us. We have been pushing back. Oct. 22 of 2015 the Pawnee Nation business council passed a resolution calling for a moratorium on fracking activities.”
The Enid News & Eagle reported on the community meeting. The latest fight against earthquakes may be legal action, but Oklahomans have another weapon within the Pawnee Nation – tribal sovereignty. Andrew Knife Chief, executive director of the Pawnee Nation, said the time for inaction has long since passed. Reaction won’t work either. “We can push back,” he said. “Here in the state of Oklahoma, local governments don’t have the authority to regulate any kind of oil and gas activity. The city of Pawnee can’t pass any kind of city resolution banning underground injection control wells within a certain distance of the city or whatnot. They can’t do anything. But you have an ally in the Pawnee Nation. That same restriction doesn’t apply to us. We have been pushing back. Oct. 22 of 2015 the Pawnee Nation business council passed a resolution calling for a moratorium on fracking activities.”
The Oklahoman reported on property damage and lack of insurance coverage in the Pawnee area. As of Sept. 30, only four insurance claims worth $24,232 have been paid out of the 274 claims filed for damage from the Sept. 3 earthquake, according to the Oklahoma Insurance Department. Out of the more than 200 claims for damage from the Sept. 3 quake reported to the state Insurance Department, 39 were closed without payment as of Sept. 30, and 17 were denied, two were under investigation and 212 are still open. (Claims Journal also reports)
A press release on PRWeb.com this week announced an expert witness website managed by Justin Hall, the owner of Hall Engineering Group in Little Rock, Arkansas (http://www.justinhallpe.com) designed for attorneys, insurance companies and plaintiffs to promulgate his expertise as a trial witness and litigation resource.
ELECTION NEWS
This past weekend, AP reported that Republicans are expected to maintain super majorities in Oklahoma, but Democrats remain hopeful they could pick up a seat or two in each chamber. Republicans currently hold a 39-9 edge in the Senate and a 71-30 advantage in the House. In the House, Democrats are hopeful they can pick up House District 87 in northwest Oklahoma City, left open when Republican Rep. Jason Nelson decided not to seek re-election. They also want to pick up House District 93 on the city’s south side, where Republican Rep. Mike Christian left to run for sheriff. But Democrats acknowledge they will have a tough time holding on to some rural seats. Those include House District 12 around the northeast Oklahoma community of Wagoner, and District 3 in southeast Oklahoma. Republican Sen. Larry Boggs in Senate District 7 faces a tough re-election fight against Democrat Joel Kerns, a popular Pittsburg County sheriff. Republican Sen. Joseph Silk of Broken Bow finds himself in a tight contest against Stacey Allen Ebert, a local school superintendent and auctioneer from Idabel. Senate Republicans, meanwhile, are hopeful they could pick up seats being vacated by term-limited Democratic Sens. Susan Paddack in Ada and Charles Wyrick in far northeast Oklahoma.
In looking to the 2018 election in Oklahoma, buzz is already centering on the Governor’s race. Recently, the Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise interviewed Attorney General Scott Pruitt. He said he is considering running for governor, but not Congress. The Oklahoman earlier reported many state political insiders think Pruitt may run for Bridenstine's seat. Bridenstine said he will honor a commitment he made to only serve three terms and step aside, leaving the Congressional seat open. Pruitt said he will making a public decision about running for governor after the Nov. 8 general election. “I do think we need someone in the governor's office trying to marshal together various coalitions to deal with the big issues — how we tax, how we spend, how much money is going to administrative costs in education, Can we do better there,” Pruitt said. “So, there are big issues we need to confront as a state, and I think we are going to need that kind of leadership in the governor's office. Whether that is me or someone else, but that is something I will evaluate at the appropriate time and make an informed decision.”
Below are links to information on the state questions compiled by other organizations:
LEGISLATIVE NEWS
In breaking news on Thursday, State schools Superintendent Joy Hofmeister has been charged with campaign fundraising violations and conspiracy. The Tulsa Republican is accused of illegally colluding with a dark money group to win election in 2014. Prosecutors allege she used the group, Oklahomans for Public School Excellence, to secretly accept an illegal excessive donation and an illegal corporate donation. She faces two felony counts involving donations to the dark money group and two felony counts of conspiracy. Charged with her in the conspiracy counts are Fount Holland, her chief campaign consultant, and Stephanie Milligan, the dark money group's political consultant. Milligan is currently involved in Donald Trump's presidential campaign. Also charged in the conspiracy counts are two former leaders of state education organizations — Lela Odom, who in 2014 was the executive director of the Oklahoma Education Association and Steven Crawford, who was the executive director of the Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration. Prosecutors allege they helped create and fund the dark money group. Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater filed the charge Thursday after a two-year investigation that involved multiple interviews and the review of thousands of emails and text messages.
One of OKOGA’s primary legislative requests is officially law this week. HB2599, by Rep. Justin Wood, R-Shawnee, and Sen. Ron Sharp, R-Shawnee, prohibiting an individual from intentionally flying an unmanned aircraft, or drone, over critical infrastructure takes affect Tuesday. Some of these sites include a petroleum or alumina refinery, an electrical power generating facility, a water intake structure, water treatment facility, wastewater treatment plan, cell towers, a gas processing plant, freight transportation facility and a natural gas compressor station.
More than one-half of the bills Gov. Mary Fallin signed during the 2016 legislative session took effect Tuesday, November 1st. One of those measures one day will change how state revenues are handled. HB2763, by Rep. John Montgomery, R-Lawton, and Sen. David Holt, R-Oklahoma City, creates the Oklahoma Energy Revenues Stabilization Act, which requires the revenues from the gross production tax on oil and gas above a moving five-year average, in addition to revenue from corporate income tax above a five-year average, be deposited into a revolving fund to be known as the Energy Stabilization Fund. Also taking effect, that OKOGA tracked this session is SB1582, establishes a formula for calculating the value of income tax credits for investment in depreciable property or net increase in employees for tax years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2016, and ending on or before Dec. 31, 2018; requires the total amount of credits be adjusted annually to limit the annual amount of credits to $25 million; allows the commission to permit any excess over $25 million and requires the commission to factor the excess into the percentage adjustment formula for subsequent years when the credits exceed $25 million in any calendar year.
The Incentive Evaluation Commission meets Friday to consider draft recommendations for various incentives. The first-ever report covers 11 state economic development incentives. The consultant recommends retaining the five-year ad valorem tax exemption. “Given the use of similar programs in other states that compete with Oklahoma, it is likely that the State would experience some lack of competitiveness with other out-of-state locations if the program ceased,” the consultant's report states. The report also notes changes that could be made to improve the program. “The threshold eligibility criteria have not changed in recent years, and the value of the threshold level of investment or increases in payroll have eroded over time. However, if changes are made, they should be done in a way that is statistically valid but also sets clear parameters for the level of investment necessary to qualify for the program.” Click here to read the draft report for the Five-Year Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for Manufacturing. All of the draft reports for incentives can be viewed here. For more information on the Incentive Evaluation Commission, visit iec.ok.gov.
Upcoming Legislative Dates:
- November 8: ELECTION DAY
- November 15: House members and incumbent senators may begin filing bills
- November 16: Swearing in ceremony for new and re-elected legislators, also Statehood Day in Oklahoma
- The House of Representatives will hold its swearing in ceremony at 11 a.m.
- The Senate ceremony will be at 1:30 p.m.
- November 23: Freshmen senators can begin filing bills
- December 9: Deadline to request a bill or resolution
- January 3: Organizational Day at the Capitol for official elections for House Speaker and Senate president pro tempore
- January 19: Deadline to file bills or joint resolutions for consideration in the 2017 session
OKOGA COMMITTEE UPDATE
OCC Rulemaking Meetings Scheduled
The next OGCD advisory subcommittee meeting is scheduled for Thursday, November 10, at 1:00 p.m., in Courtroom 301, Jim Thorpe Office Building, 2101 N Lincoln Blvd, in Oklahoma City. Click here for revised draft amendments to OAC 165:10 – Oil and Gas Conservation from OGCD staff. Changes from the draft amendments to the Chapter 10 Oil and Gas Conservation rules dated September 30, 2016, are highlighted in yellow in the linked document.
As a reminder, the next OCC PSTD public, technical conferences is scheduled Tuesday, November 22nd, in Courtroom 301, of the Jim Thorpe Office Building, located at 2101 N Lincoln Blvd, in Oklahoma City. Proposed rules can be found on the OCC website, Proposed Rules page. See Proposed Rules for Chapter 15 – Fuel Inspection; Chapter 16 – Antifreeze; Chapter 25 – Underground Storage Tanks; Chapter 26 – Aboveground Storage Tanks; Chapter 27 – Indemnity Fund; Chapter 29 – Corrective Action of Petroleum Storage Tank Releases.
OKOGA REGULATORY PRACTICES
OKOGA staff are developing revised comments to the staff proposals for Chapter 10. An email was sent to the committee this week requesting input on proposed ideas to include in comments.
OKOGA sent a request for information to assist the Water for 2060 Produced Water Working Group in its efforts. OKOGA member companies are asked to lease supply the requested information to Bud Ground by Thursday, November 10. Please do not hesitate to contact OKOGA staff if you have any questions.
OKOGA COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION
The OKOGA Committee on Legislation will meet next week on Wednesday, November 9th to discuss election results and legislative proposals for 2017. A meeting agenda will be sent to the committee next week.
OKOGA MIDSTREAM COMMITTEE
The OKOGA Midstream Committee will meet on Thursday, November 17th. A calendar meeting invite with a meeting agenda will be sent to committee members closer to the meeting date.
OKOGA REFINERY MANAGERS GROUP
The annual meeting of the OKOGA Refinery Managers Group will be held in December. Watch for a calendar meeting invite for this event.
REGULATORY NEWS
BLM
BLM increases drilling permit fee. Daily Times. BLM has announced an annual adjustment to the fee it charges to process oil and gas drilling permits on public and Indian lands. The non-refundable processing fee will be collected when an oil and gas operator submits an "Application for Permit to Drill," or APD, and is required whether or not a particular permit is subsequently approved, says the release. Congress directed the BLM to adjust the APD fee annually for inflation over 10 years, as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015.
EPA
Government and Industry Groups Ask Court to Overturn EPA Water Rule. Oklahoma Farm Report. The State Chamber of Commerce for Oklahoma- the Tulsa Chamber, the American Farm Bureau Federation, the National Cattlemen's Beef Association and dozens of other agricultural, business and municipal entities, today asked a federal court to vacate the EPA’s and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ “Waters of the United States” rule. The brief filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit lays out in detail the substance of the groups’ allegations. It follows a year of litigation over which court had jurisdiction to hear challenges to the expansive and unlawful rule. The coalition’s brief explains how EPA flouted important procedural safeguards designed to ensure a fair and thoughtful rulemaking process. EPA tactics included withholding key documents until after the public comment period had closed, ignoring and ridiculing critical public comments and issuing illegal “covert propaganda” in an effort to generate superficial public support for the rule. Click here for the complete brief.
ESA
Ranchers using NRCS conservation practices boost prairie chicken occupancy. USDA (Blog). Habitat conservation practices make a difference for lesser prairie-chickens. That’s the finding of a recent scientific study – the first part of a multi-year study – described in a new report from the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Initiative (LPCI). LPCI, led by USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), works with partner organizations and ranchers to improve habitat and address threats to the bird. Since 2010, more than 1 million acres of habitat have been restored on working lands. NRCS works with partners to monitor the outcomes, which helps determine if conservation practices are making a difference, but accurately estimating wildlife populations can be challenging with uncommon, widely dispersed species like the lesser prairie-chicken.
FEDERAL REGISTER
EPA
Permits: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Pesticide General Permit for Point Source Discharges from Application of Pesticides. This notice announces issuance by all ten Environmental Protection Agency Regions of the final 2016 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System pesticide general permit ‘‘2016 PGP.’’ The 2016 PGP, which has an effective date of October 31, 2016, replaces the existing permit (‘‘2011 PGP’’) that expires at midnight on October 31, 2016, and authorizes certain point source discharges from the application of pesticides to waters of the United States in accordance with the terms and conditions described therein. EPA is issuing this permit for five (5) years in all areas of the country where EPA is the NPDES permitting authority. The permit is effective on October 31, 2016, and will expire at midnight, October 31, 2021.
Notice of proposed consent decree; request for public comment. In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended, notice is hereby given of a proposed consent decree to address a lawsuit filed by Air Alliance Houston, Community In-Power and Development Association, Inc., Louisiana Bucket Brigade and Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia: Air Alliance Houston, et al. v. McCarthy, No. 1:16-cv- 01998 (D.D.C.). On October 6, 2016, Plaintiffs filed a complaint that EPA failed to perform nondiscretionary duties under Clean Air Act. Specifically, Plaintiffs allege that EPA failed to review and, if necessary, revise the emissions factor for volatile organic compounds from flares at natural gas production facilities at least once every three years. The consent decree would require EPA to propose action by June 5, 2017, and take final action by February 5, 2018. Written comments on the proposed consent decree must be received by November 25, 2016.
National Park Service
General Provisions and Non-Federal Oil and Gas Rights. The National Park Service is updating their servicewide regulations governing the exercise of non-federal oil and gas rights, to improve our ability to protect park resources, values, and visitors from potential impacts associated with nonfederal oil and gas operations located outside of Alaska. The rule also makes the regulations consistent with existing policies and practices, and updates the format to improve clarity and simplify application and compliance for oil and gas operators and our employees. This rule is effective December 5, 2016.
ARTICLES OF INTEREST
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Enid News & Eagle: Lamb: Oklahoma needs to focus on a 20-year vision
Journal Record (Guest Column): O’Connor: Yellow Ballot impacts economic development
The Oklahoman: Oklahoma schools accused of squandering millions on bond fees
Release: Attorney General Pruitt Announces New First Assistant, Staff Appointments
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