The federal government’s predicting oil output from the seven major shale formations in the U.S. will increase by 79,000 barrels a day, reaching 7.6 million bpd by October. The U.S. Energy Information Administration said on Monday the output from the formations boosted total U.S. crude production to a record high of nearly 10.7 million …
The Sunspot Solar Observatory in southern New Mexico reopened on Monday, more than two weeks after it was mysteriously closed following a possible threat. Located south of Cloudcroft, New Mexico, a small tourist town about 30 miles south of Ratone, the observatory was shut down Sept. 6 and the FBI began an investigation. In announcing …
With commitments from Rocky Mountain states, the Southwest Power Pool announced it will be expanding its coordinating services westward in 2019, a continuation of managing the region’s electric power grid. Several western states have committed to receive the power pool’s Reliability Coordinator services. The services have been offered for more than two decades in the …
More than ten years after $1.5 million was appropriated to improve the Illinois River, an Arkansas commission is finally ready to begin handing out the money. The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission plans to distribute the money to farmers and others who want to adopt practices aimed at improving the condition of the river that runs …
Republic Services Inc., the second largest waste collection company in the U.S. is set to unveil its latest landfill gas to renewable natural gas project in southeast Oklahoma City. A grand opening and dedication ceremony will be held Friday, Sept. 21 at 12 p.m. at the landfill located at 2300 SE 69th street in Oklahoma …
Tulsa-based Matrix Service Co. reported a net loss of nearly $15 million in the fourth quarter of the year. The $14.7 million loss was on revenues of $293 million and compared to a $954,000 loss reported on revenues of $292 million one year ago, according to a company announcement. It translated into a 55-cent a …
An Oklahoma City firm that deals in equipment to construction and oilfield firms has been hit by embezzlement. Prosecutors have filed embezzlement charges against Donald Gordon who worked at Bobcat of OKC, 8800 North I-35 Service road in Oklahoma City. He’s accused of embezzling more than $38,000 from the company by using a company computer …
Oklahoma still remains in the top ten states when it comes to the cheapest gasoline in the U.S. according to a weekly fuels update from AAA. The state’s average is $2.64 a gallon and Hurricane Florence had little to no impact on the national average which held steady at $2.85. Prices in North Carolina rose …
An ammonia leak prompted firefighters in Moore early Monday to declare a code red alert. No one was injured when the leak was detected at the old Vaughan Foods building near NE 12 and Eastern Avenue. A security guard detected the leak and notified firefighters who quickly closed the leaking line near the future site …
Gov. Mary Fallin has reappointed Kevin Potter of Bartlesville to represent District 1 on the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission. District 1 encompasses all of Tulsa, Wagoner and Washington counties, as well as small portions of Creek and Rogers counties in northeastern Oklahoma. Potter’s term will expire Dec. 31, 2024. “I have learned a great deal during …