** Tribal leaders hope a large-scale solar project planned on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota can be a model for similar projects across the country. ** Two Republican lawmakers from Michigan introduce a resolution to prevent Canada from permitting a nuclear waste storage site near Lake Huron. ** A judge orders a Nebraska waste-to-energy plant to pay $32,000 for nonpayment of waste …
BlackRock to put climate in its financial strategies
BlackRock,the world’s largest asset manager with investments in Oklahoma ranging from oil and gas operations to the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement Fund wants to make climate change a pillar of its corporate strategy and mission. CEO Larry Fink announced his intentions this week in his annual open letter, writing that climate is a “defining factor …
Oilman Hamm joins Congressional candidate’s election team
Oklahoma billionaire oilman Harold Hamm is doing more than hosting a fund-raiser for the Republican he hopes will unseat 5th District Democrat U.S. Rep. Kendra Horn. He has become a co-chair of David Hill’s campaign. The McCarville Report says Hamm is a co-chair along with Hobby Lobby President Steve Green, Community Activist Dr. Suzanne Reynolds …
Western Nebraska to be site of two major wind farms
Far western Nebraska is expected to be the site of two major wind farms in the next few years. Orion Energy and Invenergy LLC are working to obtain leases, carrying out environmental assessments and conduct public surveys according to a report in the Scottsbluff Star-Herald. Ben Turner, manager of renewable development for Invenergy LLC, …
Minority owner of Chesapeake makes SEC filing
A filing by a 10% owner of Chesapeake Energy in Oklahoma City reflected a power of attorney. CG Subsidiary Holdings LLC made the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the Carlyle Group of Washington, D.C. The Carlyle Group owns 172,897,387 common shares in the company and made the filing to reflect …
Supreme court to consider robo calls
The issue of those pesky robo-calls will finally be decided by the U.S. Court and a decision could come in 2020 whether something legally can be done about them. The Court has agreed to hear a case this spring over the constitutionality of a federal law banning calls or texting cellphones with an auto-dialer …
Oklahoma Governor boasts of savings despite energy slowdown
Oklahoma Gov. Kevn Stitt on Monday tweeted of his success in saving more money for the state in light of the energy slowdown that has seen fewer oil and gas rigs and a decline in income from the energy sector. “You demanded better fiscal management of state tax dollars, & we delivered by putting …
Another big SCOOP well for Marathon Oil
Houston’s Marathon Oil Co. continues to find success in Oklahoma’s SCOOP with a Stephens County well producing more than 2,000 barrels of oil a day. The Papa Pump 0204-2-3-34sxh well, located in far northeast Stephens County at 10 2N 4W was completed in November 2019. Reports show it had an August 2019 spud date and …
More lawsuits filed over deadly 2018 rig blast in Oklahoma
While the trial of lawsuits filed against National Oilwell Varco following a 2018 gas rig explosion that killed 5 men near Quinton, Oklahoma is underway, the Texas company and others have been hit with two more lawsuits from the incident. The first was filed in December by Derik Delozier, an employee of Patterson-UTI Drilling Company …
Trial underway over 2018 rig blast that killed 5 workers in Oklahoma
The lone trial stemming from lawsuits filed after the deaths of five workers during a gas well rig explosion and fire in 2018 near Quinton, Oklahoma began Monday in Pittsburg County District Court in McAlester. Attorneys for the families of the five victims gathered in the downtown courthouse as did those lawyers representing Texas-based National …