The famous University of Texas at Austin’s McDonald Observatory located in far West Texas has joined forces with oil and gas groups in the Permian Basin to make sure lights from drilling rigs don’t affect the night sky and the ability of the Observatory to see it. The observatory made the deal with the Permian …
A Colorado woman who fired a gun during the 2016 Dakota Access oil pipeline protests in North Dakota is headed to prison. Red Fawn Fallis, 39 was sentenced Wednesday to four years and nine months in federal prison. It was Oct. 27, 2016 as she resisted arrest that Fallis fired a handgun three times. A …
Start settling some of these agreements. It’s the advice Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford is telling the Trump administration as the tariff war waged by the President is harming businesses in Oklahoma and the rest of the country. “I can’t tell when it will end,” said the Senator in an interview with OK Energy Today. …
Trying to take advantage of the massive crude oil production in the Permian Basin, another West Texas pipeline and storage company is expanding a pipeline that’s already under construction. Oryx Midstream Services II, based in Midland, Texas announced it will add 180 miles to the regional crude oil system that’s being built. When it’s finished, …
ONEOK plans to release its second quarter 2018 earnings on July 31. The release will be made after the closing of the markets. Then the next day, Aug. 1 at 10 a.m. Central Time, company executives will take part in a conference call. The company’s first-quarter 2018 financial results saw growth as the company credited …
The board of directors at ConocoPhillips has been expanded with this week’s election of Jeffrey A. Joerres to the board. He was chief executive office of Manpower Group Inc. from 1999 to 2014 and was chairman of the board from 2001 to 2014. Joerres joined Manpower Group in 1993 and was vice president of Marketing …
ConocoPhillips is reporting a quarterly dividend of 28.5 cents a share. The company said it will be payable Sept. 4, 2018 to stockholders of record at the close of business on July 23, 2018.
Tulsa’s Williams and Williams Partners plan to announce their second-quarter 2018 financial results in a few weeks. The release will be made after the close of markets on Wednesday, Aug. 1. Company leadership plans to hold a joint Q and Q live webcast the next morning at 8:30 Central Time. The focus will be on …
Police in Yukon, Oklahoma indicate the frac sand truck driver killed in a crash last week was talking on her cellphone at the time of the July 5th incident. Paula Jo Black of Sulphur Springs, Texas was killed when the Tex-Sand Inc. truck crashed into a ditch off State Highway 4 just north of Yukon …
David Le Norman, president and CEO of Le Norman Operating, has been named Member of the Year by the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association. The association recognized Le Norman as one of the most prominent donors to the Oilfield Services Fundraising Auction, for his work to boost the association’s political fundraising efforts, and for steadfast leadership …