He might be considered the most widely known of anti-wind legislators in the Oklahoma House, but voters still gave Rep. Mark McBride of Moore his party’s nomination in Tuesday’s primary election. He easily won the Republican nomination for House District 53. McBride received 66.88% of the 5,018 votes cast in the election, getting 3,356 votes. …
Runoffs will be necessary in the races for the Republican and Democratic nominations for Corporation Commissioner in Oklahoma. They are among at least 13 runoff races for statewide offices for both parties as well as those for Congress. No one won their party’s nomination outright in the race to see who will sit on the …
Oklahoma City-based Chaparral Energy announced it has priced $300 million in unsecured notes due 2023. The company intends to use the proceeds from the 8.750% notes to pay down the outstanding balance of its revolving credit facility and for general corporate purposes. The offering is expected to close June 29. The company said the senior …
Having one of his nominees named chairman of Oklahoma City-based SandRidge Energy and being in control of its board of directors apparently is enough for investor Carl Icahn. After final results of the annual shareholders’ meeting were announced Monday, Icahn indicated he did not intend to be among those seeking to buy the company. The …
While Baker Hughes renamed and expanded work at its Oklahoma City oil and gas research center, it also picked up new contracts. The company announced Monday it was awarded a contract to develop a large part of Norway-based Equinor’s drilling and well construction expansion activities in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. It falls …
The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and the State Department of Agriculture are investigating a mushroom farm spill that resulted in a large fish kill in Tar Creek. The spill happened on Friday at a mushroom farm near Miami, according to Jeremy Seiger, director of the agricultural environmental management services division at the State Department …
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) praised the passage of the three appropriations bills on Monday. These bills provide the necessary funding for the Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Energy, military construction and Veterans Affairs and the Legislative branch. “The passage of these appropriations bills today are a win for Oklahoma and for the American …
At least five of the world’s largest oil companies can rest easy after a federal judge in California on Monday dismissed lawsuits by the cities of San Francisco and Oakland. The cities sued to force the companies to pay to protect residents of the impacts of climate change. U.S. District Judge William Alsup granted the …
Colorado-based Jonah Energy LLC announced this week the Bureau of Land Management’s released its Final Environmental Impact Statement on the company’s plans for natural gas development and the drilling of 3,500 wells in Wyoming. Over the past seven years, Jonah Energy, based in Denver, worked with the state of Wyoming, the BLM and environmental partners …
When it comes to oil and natural gas prices, the U.S. has the West Texas Intermediate crude set in Cushing while in Europe, it’s the Brent crude set in London. And this week, Brent crude marked its 30th anniversary. Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. observed the anniversary of its Brent futures complex with serves as the primary …