More than a month after selling its assets in Malaysia, Murphy Oil of El Dorado, Arkansas announced a more than $1 billion acquisition of assets in the deep water of Gulf of Mexico. When Murphy announced its $2.127 billion sale of assets in Malaysia, the company indicated it intended to focus on the Eagle Ford …
SandRidge Energy is preparing for its 2019 annual meeting set for May 23 in Oklahoma City. The company filed a proxy notice this week with the Securities and Exchange Commission laying out details of the agenda including the election of its board of directors. It is the first annual meeting since activist investor Carl Icahn …
The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority has decided to close part of the Stroud Service Plaza on the TurnerTurnpike and build a new one at Chandler just for eastbound traffic. Anyone making the drive either from Tulsa or Oklahoma City knows it’s the half-way point between the two cities. Jack Damrill with the Authority said safety is …
A household hazardous waste collection event will be held at the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) Stroud Maintenance Facility, located at 123 Turnpike Road on April 27 from 9:00 a.m. to Noon. Household hazardous waste, used tires (removed from the wheel), old pharmaceuticals, and electronic waste will be collected and transported to an approved site for proper disposal. Tire …
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt was busy on Monday signing 22 bills into law including one for improvements to roads and bridges traveled by the state’s energy industry. House Bill 2676 called for transportation funding to the County Improvements for Roads and Bridges Fund. Another bill, HB 1332 will allow all-terrain vehicles to be driven on …
The Oklahoma Forestry Department is hoping storms bring some relief to dry conditions in southwest Oklahoma and perhaps to the Panhandle. Otherwise, the department does not expect significant fire dangers through the week. Rainfall of one to two inches is expected in the southwest. But it’s the Panhandle where the Department leadership is most concerned …
Oil prices hit their highest levels in months following Monday’s announcement that the U.S. was ending exemptions from sanctions for those countries that were still importing Iranian oil. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered the news, calling it “timely action to assure that global demand is met as all Iranian oil is removed from the …
A new report is out showing progress is being made in air quality in the U.S. and Oklahoma is playing a role. The Association of Air Pollution Control Agencies stated in its 2019 report that there was a 73 percent reduction in the combined emissions from 1970 to 2017. Oklahoma reduced its amount of nitrogen …
The Denver, Colorado based company that hired former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to be a lobbyist in Indiana has released more information about the hiring explaining he is the perfect man for the job in the company’s fight with two utilities. Hallador Inc, parent company of Rail Point Solutions LLC said in the announcement that …
The battle over the Keystone XL pipeline proposed in the northern U.S. has resulted in another fight—this one over the President’s move to revoke one cross-border permit for a new one. The President took the action last month, revoking the original March 2017 permit which was put on hold by the 9th Circuit court of …