Some energy-related federal agencies in Oklahoma are among those directly affected by the partial-government shutdown. The U.S. Interior Department has 875 employees working in Oklahoma. Its various agencies include the Bureau of Indian Affairs which handles matters related to oil and gas leases on Indian land. Of course, the BIA also funds critical services for the …
Oklahoma’s history-making Auditor Cindy Byrd might not have a direct involvement in the state’s energy industry, but her agency monitors the finances of such agencies as the Department of Environmental Quality, the Energy Department and the Corporation Commission. And she intends to make transparency a focus of her agency. She made history on …
Not only are midstream companies in Colorado nervous about the goal of Democrats in control of their statehouse,but so are some in Oklahoma. That’s because the pipelines that could be targeted by anti-fossil fuel legislators carry oil from Colorado to Cushing, Oklahoma, the oil hub where crude prices are set. The oil and gas …
A San Antonio, Texas company promises to have a new oil pipeline operational out of the Permian Basin by the third quarter of the year. The lack of pipelines in the Basin has been considered a holdup in some oil production in the prolific region of Texas and New Mexico. The vow comes from EPIC …
Halliburton Company, the firm founded decades ago in Duncan, Oklahoma has a new president of its Western Hemisphere operations. The company announced that Mark Richard, the current senior vice president of the Northern Region was promoted to succeed Jim Brown as president of the Western Hemisphere. The promotion will be effective Feb. 1, 2019. “Mark’s …
State regulators have lifted the boil order they had issued last week for residents who use water from Sardis Lake in southeast Oklahoma. The Department of Environmental Quality said the water from the lake in Pushmataha County is now safe for human consumption. The original boil order was issued because of “high turbidity in the …
A strong earthquake rattled northern Oklahoma early Monday morning. The 3.6 magnitude earthquake struck around 2:20 a.m. in an area not far from Waukomis or about 17 miles southeast of Enid. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the quake was about 3 miles deep but there were no immediate reports of damage. But it is …
All five Oklahomans in the U.S. House voted to support an extension of a chemical anti-terrorism bill. The vote was 414-3 in support of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Extension Act. Republican Representatives Tom Cole, Kevin Hern, Frank Lucas and Markwayne Mullin supported the two year extension of House Resolution 251. Oklahoma’s lone Democrat, …
A proposed water rule change coming from an Oklahoma agency is opposed by environmentalists who contend it will only give chicken farmers the freedom to pollute eastern rivers and waterways. At the heart of the controversy is the proposal from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board which would change water quality variances. The change in the …
ONEOK announced recently it take part this coming week in a national conference in Park City, Utah. The Tulsa-based firm said it will participate in the UBS Midstream, MLP and Utilities Conference on Jan. 14-15, 2019. The company stated that Terry K. Spencer, ONEOK President and chief executive officer along with two others will hold …