Public Service Company of Oklahoma announced the appointment of a new manager of its power plant in Oologah. The company named Terry McGee as the Plant Manager for Northeastern State Units 1 and 2. McGee, who has nearly 40 years of experience working in power generation, assumes his new job after serving as Plant Manager …
A new oil gathering pipeline system is under construction in New Mexico’s Permian Basin. The announcement was made this week by LM Energy, formerly known as Longhorn Midstream based in Dallas. As the Carlsbad Current Argus reported, the firm indicated the work will be in the Northern Delaware Basin to serve customers in Eddy …
By Congressman Markwayne Mullin From dramatic speeches at the United Nations Climate Summit to climate protests halting traffic across the country, the topic of climate change and clean energy has dominated the news cycle. Clean air and clean water is an important issue, and it’s one that both sides could find common ground on if …
Tulsa-based WPX Energy plans to discuss its third-quarter 2019 financial and operations results during a webcast on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019, beginning at 10 a.m. Eastern. Chief Executive Officer Rick Muncrief, Chief Operating Officer Clay Gaspar and Chief Financial Officer Kevin Vann will discuss the company’s performance. Investors are encouraged to access the event and …
Tulsa’s NGL Energy Partners LP announced it has executed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the equity interests of Hillstone Environmental Partners, LLC from Golden Gate Capital for approximately $600 million, subject to certain adjustments. Hillstone provides water pipeline and disposal infrastructure solutions to producers with a core operational focus in the state line …
Tulsa-based NGL Energy Partners LP announced that on September 25, 2019, it entered into an agreement with institutional investors for the private placement of $200 million of NGL’s Class D Preferred Units and warrants to purchase common units representing equity interests in NGL. The Class D Preferred Units are additional preferred units of the …
Oil and gas driller Crestone Peak Resources on Monday claimed victory in a year-long legal battle with Boulder County in Colorado. A district judge dismissed the last of the remaining claims in a lawsuit filed by the county in September 2018, according to a Crestone news release. The countylawsuit was an attempt to stop Crestone’s plans …
A Colorado environmental official and an energy industry representative disagreed sharply at a hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday over a bill that would limit methane emissions at oil and gas drilling sites. Oklahoma U.S. Rep. Kevin Hern is a member of the House Natural Resources subcommittee on energy and mineral resources. The bill, called …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency granted some refineries full waivers from biofuels regulation for the 2018 compliance year, even though the Department of Energy had recommended partial exemptions, according to an EPA memo seen by Reuters. However, the list of the refineries which received the waivers did not fall under the EPA’s open records regulations. …
A lawsuit against a multibillion-dollar company brought by three men who were forced to work for free in chicken processing plants can move forward, a federal judge has ruled. The men’s claims alleging racketeering, labor law violations and human trafficking are sufficiently plausible for the case to continue, the judge wrote in an opinion and order …