Tulsa’s Midstates Petroleum Company announced the closing this week of a previously announced sale of its Anadarko Basin producing properties in western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle. The sale price was $58 million and the net proceeds came to approximately $54 million. The company said the proceeds will be used to pay down part of …
The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has announced that the boil order for Webbs Public Water Supply (PWS), located near Ponca City, 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. State and federal regulations require that customers be notified if, …
The three Republican candidates for Oklahoma Labor Commissioner will take part in a political forum Wednesday night in Oklahoma City. Cathy Costello, Rep. Leslie Osborn and Keith Swinton will debate the issues in a forum sponsored by the political news website NonDoc, Generation Citizen, Let’s Fix This and Women Lead Oklahoma. It will be held …
In the ongoing war of words between activist investor Carl Icahn and the SandRidge Energy Board of Directors, the board is the latest to fire a salvo. It not only disputed some of Icahn’s claims but also presented evidence that the Board was correct in attempting a merger with a Colorado company that is now …
Five of the candidates for the Republican nomination for Governor will take part Wednesday in a forum hosted by the Oklahoma Oil and Gas Association. It will be held just three weeks away from the June 26 primary where the GOP nominee will be picked. As the association indicated, the hopefuls will share their views …
Oklahoma trucking companies are facing the same challenge as those all over the U.S. A shortage of drivers. Several factors enter into the shortage that started developing several years ago, including the growing age of the typical person behind the wheel of an 18-wheeler. The Tulsa World focused on Tulsa’s Melton Trucking company which …
Oklahoma oil and gas explorers like many others in the lucrative Permian Basin of West Texas and East New Mexico are learning it might be years before there’s pipeline relief in the oil-rich formation. We’ve reported over the past several months whenever new pipelines or extensions of existing lines win approval. But billions of dollars …
Gasoline prices are pushing closer and closer to the $3 a gallon level in western Oklahoma according to figures from AAA Oklahoma. Motorists in and around Arnett located in Ellis County are paying an average of $2.92 a gallon for unleaded regular. Ellis county has the highest average in the state as of June 4 …
Oklahoma congressman Markwayne Mullin is the lone Oklahoma member of the U.S. House who openly supports the President’s controversial move to increase tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the European Union, Canada and Mexico. In a weekend statement, the Republican Representative said, “President Trump is doing exactly what he said he would—putting America first …
Oklahoma congressman Markwayne Mullin and other members of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hold a hearing this week on improving the hydropower licensing process. The hearing will be held Thursday, June 7 at 10 a.m. Oklahoma Time. It will explore the progress in improving interagency coordination for the processing of environmental reviews and authorizations …