Devon Energy in Oklahoma City will soon see a change in leadership in the coming year as board chairman John Richels has announced his intentions to retire in the spring of 2019. He has been chairman since June 2016 and said he will not seek re-election and will retire in June 2019. Previously, Richels was …
During a U.S. Senate hearing this week, the President of a national highway transportation group noted how successful a freight program is working in Oklahoma. Carlos Braceras is President of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials and testified before Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe and others on the Senate Committee on …
Oklahoma Energy Acquisitions is on a roll, filing 23 completion reports on Wednesday, many in the sweet spot of the STACK we told you about last week. On Tuesday, the company, a subsidiary of Houston’s Alta Mesa Holdings, LP filed 20 completion reports. Almost all were multi-wells on a single pad in Kingfisher County, the …
Gov-elect Kevin Stitt on Wednesday announced the appointment of Tulsa attorney and a senior official in the EPA, Kenneth Wagner to be secretary of energy and the environment. Wagner, 53 has close ties to Scott Pruitt, the former Oklahoma Attorney General and became EPA Administrator before he was forced to resign after being accused of …
The newest government climate change study, the one downplayed by President Trump, contends Oklahoma will feel the impact of change with an increase in temperatures in the next few decades. It also predicts the state will see more extreme weather events as well as declining water access. As a result, the state’s ag industry will …
Just across the state line with Oklahoma, a large $12 million solar energy project is nearing completion in Texas. For the past two years, work has been underway on the solar farm near Sherman, Texas. Once the project is completed, power from the solar panels will provide electricity to about 10 percent of the …
A shakeup on the New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission has occurred after the state regulatory body recently moved to ease restrictions on well locations for a Texas company operating in the San Juan Basin. New Mexico Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn removed his agency’s appointee to the state Oil Conservation Commission after that staffer voted …
The Texas widow of a railroad worker who died of cancer has lost her lawsuit against Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad. Paulette Jenkins had filed suit claiming the railway had not properly protected him from various toxic substances and carcinogens, resulting in the cancer that caused his death. The suit contended his “cancer and related …
 Insurance Commissioner-elect Glen Mulready has tapped Oklahoma native and longtime conservative adviser Tyler Laughlin to lead his transition efforts. Laughlin, currently a deputy commissioner for the Oklahoma Insurance Department, was also part of the transition team for former Attorney General Scott Pruitt. In addition to leading the transition, Mulready announced Laughlin will serve as chief …
It seems there is a merger or acquisition of one company by another taking place daily in the oil patches of Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and other states where oil and gas exploration is underway. One of the latest took place this week in Houston where Sourcewater, Inc. announced the acquisition of Digital H2O, Inc, …