Howard Energy Partners, a San Antonio based company with midstream assets throughout Oklahoma has finished expansions of its bulk liquid terminal operations in Port Arthur and Corpus Christi, Texas. The company started operating the terminal facilities in 2014 and has completed an increase of capacity to 2.6 million barrels with three ship docks, three barge …
Customers of ATT in Oklahoma will be getting a shock in the mail soon. Their contribution to finance the Oklahoma Universal Service Fund will increase nearly 5 times effective July 1. ATT recently notified the Corporation Commission of its intent to raise the OUSF rate from the current 75 cents a month to $3.91 …
The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission has started taking applications for Disaster Unemployment Assistance in seven more counties hit by severe weather and flooding last month. Under Presidential Disaster Declaration (FEMA-4438-DR) amended 6-11-19, workers who lost their jobs and self-employed individuals who have been unable to work due to the disaster in Delaware, Kay, Mayes, Okmulgee, …
Eight months after the historic merger of the state’s two largest oil and gas associations, members have renamed their group the Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma. Members approved the new name at their annual meeting held this week in Irving, Texas. It was in November 2018 when the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association and the Oklahoma Oil …
The Southwest Alliance for Girl’s Enrichment (SAGE) STEAM Camp at Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) returned to Devon Energy on June 12, bringing dozens of eighth-grade girls to one of the largest energy companies in the state. SAGE STEAM incorporates the arts and humanities into a week-long residential program focused on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). …
Google announced the continued expansion of its Oklahoma data center in Mayes County to a total investment of more than $3 billion, with increased local employment to more than 500 people. Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced the additional investment of $600 million in Oklahoma today at the data center campus, which is located in Pryor …
A filing this week with the Securities and Exchange Commission indicated the Chief Executive Officer of NGL Energy Partners LP acquired 25,000 more shares in the Tulsa company. H. Michael Krimbill acquired 10,000 shares on June 11 and each share was valued at $14.57 according to the filing. On June 12, he acquired another 15,000 …
Senator James Lankford says Iran is a “precarious” situation. It was his response after two oil tankers were attacked Thursday while traveling through the Strait of Hormuz. “It is a precarious situation when you’re dealing with Iran because it’s just unpredictable. Iran knows it can’t match our military so they do things asymmetric,” said the …
A new trial date has been set in Tulsa U.S. District Court for the 35-year old Chinese national arrested in January and charged with stealing trade secrets from Phillips 66 in Bartlesville. U.S. District Judge Gregory K. Frizzell granted requests by attorneys for Hongjin Tan to continue the case from an original trial date of …
A new report prepared for the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee lays out which military installations in the U.S. are most vulnerable to climate change. None are in Oklahoma but there are some in Texas, New Mexico and Colorado. California and Florida each have eight threatened installations according to a report from the Government Accountability …