It’s apparent that hundreds of workers at the Bureau of Land Management’s Washington, D.C. headquarters do not want to relocate to Grand Junction, Colorado as proposed by the Trump administration. E and E news got its hand on a tape-recording of a closed-door meeting over the weekend of about 200 staffers who voiced opposition about …
When Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democratic presidential hopeful who grew up in Norman, Oklahoma announced she would ban fracking if elected, it caught more than a few heads in the oil and gas industry. Political observers, such as Amy Harder at Axiom News found it pretty surprising too. Here’s what she reported on Monday: Sen. …
The latest example of how times are getting tougher in the oil and gas industry occurred in recent days in Oklahoma City where Chaparral Energy sold its headquarters. That’s right, sold its headquarters built in 2003. No sales amount was disclosed and the oil and gas company, regarded as one of the city’s largest, did …
While climate change has become a focal point of Democrats running for the White House, former vice president Joe Biden’s pledge not to take contributions from the oil and gas industry is being questioned. A report by the investigative website, Sludge reveals Biden’s connections to executives at Cheniere Energy, the Houston based firm building a …
When temperatures soared to at least 109 degrees in late August in the Texas Panhandle area, it resulted in a record use in electricity. Residents turned to their air conditioners to keep cool under the scorching sun on August 26 and Xcel Energy reported an all-time record use. Total demand around 5 p.m. on …
Baker Hughes, a GE company announced that the Baker Hughes international rig count for August 2019 was 1,138, down 24 from the 1,162 counted in July 2019, and up 130 from the 1,008 counted in August 2018. The international offshore rig count for August 2019 was 244, down 11 from the 255 counted in July …
Many Oklahomas are out of work and the economy is hurting. “I have been worried for some time now,” said Russell Evans, Associate Professor of Economics, Executive Director, Steven C. Agee Economic Research & Policy Institute at Oklahoma City University. Mainly because the oil and natural gas industry, the largest source of the state’s …
DNA from a cigarette butt has led to the arrest in North Dakota of a man wanted for taking part in a riot three years ago in protest of the Dakota Access pipeline. The riot resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. Morton County prosecutors also charged Lawrence Malcolm Jr., 23, of Sisseton, …
Reuters reports that Italy’s Snam is working on a bid for a stake in a $6 billion natural gas pipeline in the United States in what would be the gas group’s first foray outside Europe. The Milan-based company, controlled by state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, is carrying out due diligence to buy a 33% stake …
Colorado took the unusual step of inviting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to downgrade the air quality rating of the state’s biggest population center, and not everyone thinks that was a good idea according to the Associated Press. The EPA held a hearing Friday on whether to lower the ozone status of Denver and eight …