Tulsa’s Alliance Resource Partners, one of the largest coal-mining companies in the U.S. filed a safety violation report this week with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission. The filing indicated the company’s operating subsidiary, Tunnel Ridge LLC received an imminent danger order on the morning of April 3 at the Tunnel Ridge mine. It was made …
The Kansas City based midstream company that transports oil from Wyoming and Colorado to the Cushing terminal in Oklahoma is announcing a dividend. Tallgrass Energy, LP announced the quarter cash dividend will total 53 cents a share for the first quarter of 2019. It will be paid to shareholders of record as of the …
In a $50 billion cash and stock deal, Chevron Corporation has bought Houston-based Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. The purchase includes all of the outstanding shares of Anadarko in a stock and cash transaction. The $33 billion cash buy is $65 per share and Chevron will offer 200 million shares in return. Anadarko shareholders will receive 0.3869 …
Oklahoma City’s Blueknight Energy Partners, L.P. has a new leader. Andrew Woodward has been named Chief Financial Officer and will officially start his new duties on April 29. “We are pleased to welcome Andrew to our team and believe his extensive experience in operations and finance will be invaluable to our executive leadership group going …
A public meeting will be held April 16 regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund site in Bristow, Oklahoma. It will be held by the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and the EPA at the Bristow Library at 5:30 p.m. Presentations will be made and information offered about the Superfund process, recent sampling events and …
One of the completion reports filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission in the past few days involved a Continental Resources well with production of more than 2,500 barrels of oil a day. The company filed an amended report on the Lookabaugh 2-25-24xhm well located 3 miles northeast of the Greenfield community in Blaine County (36 …
The controversial bill that would give corporations in Oklahoma the legal right to hide pollution from the public’s eyes won overwhelming approval this week in a state house committee. The House Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted 14-3 to send SB 1003 to the full house for a vote. The bill is the measure that …
A water bill that environmentalists said will protect Oklahoma’s Scenic Rivers from drying up from overdevelopment and excessive use won support this week in an Oklahoma Senate Committee. House Bill 1403 by Rep. Justin Humphrey of Lane and Sen. David Bullard of Durant won approval on a 17-1 vote and was sent to the full …
The head of Oklahoma’s largest oil and gas group offers thanks to President Trump for signing two executive orders to speed up the pipeline permitting process and help energy development. Chad Warmington, President of the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association and the Oklahoma Oil and Gas Association issued a statement in response. “Expanding America’s energy infrastructure …
The second attempt of legislators to target railways whose trains block intersections in Oklahoma died in a Senate Transportation Committee this week. House Bill 2472 by House Speaker Charles McCall and Stroud Sen. Jason Smalley did not receive one vote when it came before the Senate Transportation Committee. It was a rewrite of the original …