As he once campaigned for President against President Obama, Sen. John McCain refused to personally attack Obama the man. His policies yes. Obama himself? No. And after his weekend death, McCain was remembered fondly by Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe who had great environmental and political differences with the Arizona senator over the years. Still, …
Runoff races for Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner aren’t the only ones that state energy producers will watch closely on Tuesday. They know the state Labor Department can influence their industry. Cathy Costello and state Rep. Leslie Osborn are in the runoff for the Republican nomination and it has turned nasty in recent days with Osborn’s tv …
Bankruptcy and fraud in Texas has left some farmers and ranchers in North Dakota nearly helpless as more than three dozen gas wells sit idle on their land. At least 40 wells are not operational near the town of Buffalo, North Dakota. The wells were first drilled in 2006 by Spyglass Cedar Creek LP, a …
Another group named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by Energy Transfer Partners over the protests against its Dakota Access oil pipeline has been dismissed by a federal judge. U.S. District Judge Billy Roy Wilson in North Dakota dismissed the $1 billion lawsuit filed against Earth First, saying Dallas based Energy Transfer failed to …
Two races for Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner will be decided Tuesday by statewide voters—-one for the GOP nomination and the other for the Democrat nominee. Sitting Commissioner Bob Anthony is seeking a 6th consecutive term and hopes to beat former Senate President Pro Tempore Brian Bingman for the Republican nomination. In the June primary, Anthony finished …
Voters on Tuesday will decide if they want Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Dana Murphy to be the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor. She’s giving up her Commission seat in a bid to become the state’s second in command but faces a runoff with former GOP leader Matt Pinnell. In the June primary, Murphy ended up with …
As the end of summer approaches, motorists weren’t making excessive demands for gasoline and it’s led to gasoline prices remaining at the $2.84 average they were a week ago. AAA Oklahoma remains the state’s average is $2.61, up two cents a gallon from a week ago. Last year at this time, the Oklahoma average was …
A new natural gas processing plant in Colorado has been commissioned by Oklahoma City’s SandRidge Energy Inc. as the company announced it will help the firm in a part of Colorado where there are no natural gas pipelines. Advantage Midstream LLC based in Dallas will build the plant next to with a previously announced gas …
BNSF Railway (BNSF) has premiered its newest logistics center to customers, local officials and community members at an event in Moore, Okla., near Oklahoma City. Logistics Center Oklahoma City is located within the city limits of Oklahoma City and Moore and is designed to accommodate manifest and unit train customers in addition to a site …
The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has announced that the boil order for the Sardis Lake Water Authority, located in Pushmataha County, and the Talihina Public Works Authority, located in LeFlore County, has been lifted. The water is now safe for human consumption. The order to boil water was issued due to the presence of E. coli. …