A North Dakota-based oil field service company ran into problems with the federal Labor Department and has been ordered to pay about $1.2 million in back wages to 275 current and former workers in half a dozen states. The government issued the order against Wyoming Casing Service Inc. after an investigation found violations of overtime …
As it prepares to begin construction of its $1 billion Midship natural gas pipeline in Oklahoma, Houston’s Cheniere Energy, Inc. announced the first commissioning cargo of LNG has departed its Corpus Christi liquefaction plant in Texas. It’s the first export of liquefied natural gas from the state and from a greenfield liquefaction operation in the …
Tulsa’s Corterra Energy is letting the country know that it’s been honored by The Oklahoman as a 2018 Top Workplace. The paper recently published its list which is based on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by research partner, Energage. “Top Workplaces is more than just recognition,” said Doug Claffey, CEO of Energage. “Our …
Houston’s Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., a firm with large operations throughout Oklahoma and the southwest has added a new member to its Board of Directors. Alexandra Pruner was appointed as an independent member of the Board and the Audit Committee. The 56-year old Pruner served as Partner and Chief financial Officer of Perella Winberg …
Energy companies are pitching in to help repair the historic Balmorhea State Park spring-fed swimming pool in West Texas. Odessa’s Saulsbury Ventures LLC is donating $100,000 to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation’s Balmorhea park fund to meet a matching grant from Apache Corporation. The found is attempting to raise $2 million to repair the …
A month after the Oklahoma Supreme Court sided with the Oklahoma Oil and Gas Association in a water-line legal fight with Kingfisher County Commissioners, the issue remains of concern to oil and gas producers. “We are still struggling with this beast of produced water,” said attorney Tim Sowecke as he opened a Tuesday morning discussion …
A judge in Louisiana has ruled workers building an oil pipeline in southern Louisiana trespassed on land owned by three people who are opposed to the project. However, he said the work can move ahead and also awarded the three landowners only $150 each in damages and compensation. In his ruling, Judge Keith Comeaux said …
Texans are being warned the summer of 2019 could produce even greater electricity demand than what the state saw this past summer. Triple-digit temperatures strained the state’s main power grid to near capacity but the Electric Reliability Council of Texas says 2019 will be worse. That’s because the cushion between peak electricity usage and maximum …
A new report reveals that company officials were warned of faulty equipment that eventually led to the January 2018 oil rig explosion that killed five men in southeastern Oklahoma. E and E News says the warning came two days before the deadly blast and fire. The energy news letter reported that the rig superintendent had …
Oklahoma Indian tribes are among those applauding approval this week by the U.S. House of a bill to help the nation’s tribes spur more energy development. Approval of the Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act came Monday on a voice vote in the House and means tribes will have more control of their own …