Approval Sought For New Oil Pipeline Through Kansas
A Canadian company is visiting eastern Kansas Thursday to discuss building a 600-mile oil pipeline from Illinois to Oklahoma. Enbridge Inc. of Calgary, Alberta, hopes to begin construction early next...
View ArticleDrilling In Cheyenne Bottoms Faces Opposition From Wildlife Agency
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says Cheyenne Bottoms is not fully functioning and the site could be threatened by oil drilling. Heather Whitlaw with the Fish and Wildlife Service in Manhattan says...
View ArticleOil Refinery Expansion Provides Boost To McPherson Economy
An oil refinery's $555 million expansion project is proving to be a boost to McPherson's economy. The National Cooperative Refinery Association oil refinery is replacing its coker, which converts some...
View ArticleFalling Crude Prices Are Hurting Kansas Oil Producers
Falling crude prices are hitting oil producers especially hard in Kansas. The oil industry in the state is dominated by small, independent operators who depend heavily on the cash flow from producing...
View ArticleAs Oil and Gas Prices Fall, Kansas Could Face Another Budgetary Challenge
Kansas and other states that receive taxes from the production of oil and natural gas, could face budgetary challenges as prices fall. Two taxes are tied to oil and gas prices and production: severance...
View ArticleLow Gas Prices Affect Kansas Oil Producers
Gas prices are lower than they have been for years. On Jan.7th, you can pay $1.70 a gallon at several Wichita stations. There is hope that low prices will be a boom to the economy, but as KMUW's Aileen...
View ArticleLower Gas Prices Mean Lower Kansas Tax Collections
The recent drop in oil prices is translating into fewer tax dollars collected by the state of Kansas. State lawmakers are already facing budget deficits reaching hundreds of millions of dollars....
View ArticleGarden City's Palmer Manufacturing And Tank Laying Off 80 Workers Due To Low...
A pressurized tank manufacturing company in Garden City is laying off 80 workers because of lower oil prices. The layoffs at Palmer Manufacturing and Tank are part of 245 jobs the company is...
View ArticleScientists: Oil & Gas Disposal Wells Triggering Kansas Quakes
The Kansas Geological Survey has determined there is a connection between oil and gas production and earthquakes .
View ArticleKansas Oil Production Drops Significantly In 2015
Oil production in Kansas fell sharply last year. According to the Kansas Geological Survey, oil production in the state dropped more than 8 percent in 2015. Last year's steep decline in production and...
View ArticleKansas Among States Challenging New EPA Regulations On Oil And Gas Industry
Thirteen states including Kansas are asking a federal appeals court to review the Environmental Protection Agency's recent regulations on the oil and gas industry. The EPA made a final ruling on...
View ArticleOklahoma Corporation Commission Creates New Seismicity Guidelines
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission has created seismicity guidelines that new oil and gas operations in two areas of the state must follow. The affected area includes land from the north-central part...
View ArticleFlint Hills Residents Ask Kansas Regulators To Deny Oil Company’s Saltwater...
Residents of the Flint Hills on Wednesday took a fight against an oil company to Kansas energy regulators as part of their broader battle to stem wastewater disposal in the area. They fear that a...
View ArticleFlint Hills Residents Expand Effort To Block Saltwater Injection Wells
The fight over an oil-related waste disposal well in Kansas’ Flint Hills has broadened into a campaign to protest similar wells across several counties and lobby lawmakers for regulatory changes. Last...
View ArticleOfficials In Douglas County Seek Changes In Kansas’ Review Of Saltwater...
The governments of Douglas County and Lawrence are calling for changes to Kansas regulations amid an energy company’s proposal to pump wastewater into wells in rural Eudora.
View ArticleKansas Energy Officials Review Legal Options After Errors Found In Oil...
Kansas’ energy-regulating agency is trying to determine why permits were issued for half a dozen wastewater wells whose operators didn’t accurately inform nearby residents of their rights to protest...
View ArticleBehind The Headlines: Oil Wastewater And Fracking FAQ
Saltwater injection. Fracking. Enhanced oil recovery. News of protests in recent months against oil- and gas-related activity in the Flint Hills has drawn fresh attention to these and other terms — as...
View ArticleKansas Agency To Review Nearly 10 Years Of Oil Wastewater Well Permits
Kansas’ energy-regulating agency will investigate nearly a decade’s worth of permits it granted to oil and gas companies after learning recently that some wells received permits without meeting certain...
View ArticleKansas Oil Production Down For 3rd Straight Year
Kansas oil production continued its decline in 2017 even as prices began to tick up.
View ArticleTo Drill Or Not? Kansas Oil Operators Make Tough Call On Future Of Industry
To be an oil person in Kansas is to understand that bad times follow good and that betting on any dip or upswing is a game for suckers. Yet it can be so tempting when crude prices soar. There’s so much...
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