A class-action lawsuit filed last year against seven Oklahoma energy companies blaming them for earthquakes in northern Oklahoma has been dismissed by an Oklahoma City federal judge. U.S. District Judge Stephen P. Friot issued his ruling earlier this month in the 2017 lawsuit filed by Matt and Sheryl Meier of Garber and Kai Bach of …
Oklahoma Attorney General and a handful of others who filed legal steps earlier in the month for an injunction against a South Carolina federal judge’s ruling in support of the Waters of the U.S. rule await the next move by a Tulsa federal judge. When Mike Hunter filed the motion on August 17, he was …
Oklahomans know a thing or two about water contamination. Just take a look at the Tar Creek Superfund site in the northeast part of the state. It’s not a secret how the state and the EPA have worked to stop the pollution. But in Wichita, Kansas, residents of two neighborhoods are angry after the Kansas …
The Oklahoma Water Resources Board is preparing for the upcoming 39th Annual Oklahoma Governor’s Water Conference and Research Symposium. Registration is underway for the conference to be held December 5 and 6 at the Reed Center in Midwest City. The state agency is also taking nominations for the Water for 2060 Excellence Awards. Non-profits can …
The Oklahoma energy industry and its lobbyists know who they will be dealing with on energy topics and appropriations in the 2019 session of the state legislature. At least in the State Senate. Senator Greg Treat, president pro tempore-designate of the Senate announced his selections of Senate appropriations subcommittee chairs. Tulsa Republican Sen. Gary Stanislawski …
A Stillwater firm is taking truck transportation into the computer age and making money off it. As The Oklahoman reported this week, Quest RTS, a firm founded by Tony Payne, is helping trucking companies automate their dispatching operations. Payne developed new software called Land Traffic Control, a system that provides digital alerts to drivers through …
Pipeline giant Enbridge Inc. just got larger in a $3.3 billion deal to acquire Spectra Energy Partners LP. It’s a deal that will affect an eastern Oklahoma natural gas line owned by Spectra Energy but operated by Enbridge. Enbridge, Canada’s largest operator, made the proposal in May but it wasn’t accepted by unitholders until this …
At least two energy companies that have seen major success in their ventures in Oklahoma’s STACK play are pushing ahead in areas where they’ve found large producing wells. Devon Energy’s brought in some big wells in Blaine County and this week, it received permits to drill for three wells in the region. The three are …
At least one financial advising firm, The Motley Fool is suggesting the country’s next hottest oil producing region will be the Powder River Basin in Wyoming. This week, the Motley Fool explained its reasoning—that the Permian Basin production will slow in the coming year because of a lack of pipelines to move the product …
ConocoPhillips has a new general counsel, announcing the appointment of Baker Botts corporate transactional partner Kelly Brunetti Rose of Houston to the job. Prior to the appointment, Rose had represented ConocoPhillips and other major oil and gas companies in numerous billion-dollar mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and securities offering. Rose replaced Janet Langford Carrig who retired …