More of the newest air refueling tankers joining the Air Force fleet could be arriving soon at Altus Air Force base in southwest Oklahoma. The Air Force indicated this week it had started to accept the Pegasus tankers made by Boeing, but only after stringent inspections were carried out on the giant planes. The …
Rose State College in Midwest City wants to be home to a proposed Oklahoma Center for Cyber Security. It already boasts of having the largest Cyber Security degree program in Oklahoma with nearly 300 students enrolled in the program. But now it wants to do more and has asked the federal government for financial assistance. …
Halliburton, the company founded 100 years ago in Duncan, Oklahoma and now headquartered in Houston, Texas was honored this week by the city of Houston. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner presented Halliburton Chairman, President and CEO Jeff Miller with a City of Houston Proclamation at a ceremony held at city hall. “This is a special day …
Oklahoma City’s Devon Energy plans to release its first quarter 2019 earnings report on April 30. The release will be made on that Tuesday after the close of U.S. financial markets. The results will also be available on Devon’s website, www.devonenergy.com. Company leaders will hold a conference call the next day, May 1 at 10 …
The 13th annual Water Appreciation Day in Oklahoma will be held next week. Governor Kevin Stitt signed a proclamation declaring April 17 as Water Appreciation Day. An exhibition will be located in the 4th floor rotunda of the State Capitol from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Water-focused groups will showcase the importance of Oklahoma’s …
Green New Deal author, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has again caused her critics to shake their heads in disbelief. She now contends the crisis at the border with Mexico is caused by—-climate change. She blamed the migrant problem on climate change but only after professing the U.S. will “have blood on our hands” if climate legislation …
Tulsa’s Williams Companies, Inc. has sold a 50 percent interest in its Jackalope Gas Gathering Services LLC in Wyoming in a $485 million deal. Crestwood Equity Partners LP based in Houston acquired the half ownership in the Powder River Basin operation under the name of Crestwood Niobrara LLC. It was last summer when Williams Partners …
President Trump on Wednesday signed two executive orders not only making it harder for states to block construction of energy projects but also speeding up the processing of pipelines. “Too often, badly needed energy infrastructure is being held back by special interest groups, entrenched bureaucracies and radical activists,” said the President in Houston. He signed …
The bill to give mineral rights owner the ability to sue municipalities for restricting oil and gas use survived a vote this week in the Oklahoma Senate Judiciary Committee. By a vote of 7 to 5, House Bill 1250 co-authored by Sen. Mark Allen, R-Spiro and Rep. John Pfeiffer, R-Orlando won approval after the enacting …
Gross production tax collections on oil and gas were up again in March as Oklahoma’s general revenue fund collections increased as well. The Office of Enterprise Management Services released figures this week showing gross production collections were $74.1 million for March or $26.7 million above the estimate. The collections were also 136.4 percent or $42.8 …