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Oklahoma Attorney General moves ahead with fight against Federal Judge’s WOTUS ruling
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter’s already moved to prevent the recently-reinstated Waters of the U.S. Rule from being implemented in Oklahoma. In an interview this week with Ron Hays at the Oklahoma Farm Report, Hunter indicated his office has asked Judge Claire Eagan in Tulsa U.S. District Court to issue an injunction. The filing came …
After bankruptcy, Harvest Oil sells south Texas holdings
Harvest Oil and Gas Corp., a Texas firm with operations in Oklahoma and throughout the Mid-Continent area has sold its South Texas Assets in a $135 million deal with Magnolia Oil and Gas Corporation based in Houston, Texas. The sale also includes 4.2 million newly issued shares from Magnolia to Harvest Oi land Gas. The …
Tulsa’s Magellan Midstream is part of $1.4 billion joint venture over Texas pipeline
Tulsa’s Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. and Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. of Houston have sold their 50% interest in BridgeTex Pipeline company in a $1.4 billion joint venture with the Canadian pension plan OMERS. Once the $1.438 billion deal is finalized, OMERS will end up with a 30% interest from Plains and a 20% interest …
Anti-government waste group says common sense has returned to EPA
Environmentalists don’t like what the Trump administration did in proposing the repeal of President Obama’s Clean Power Plan. But one Washington, D.C. based group is among those who consider it a good move. Citizens Against Government Waste applauded the Environmental Protection Agency for proposing the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule. President Tom Schatz said the …
Schlumberger already planning for release of 3Q earnings report
Schlumberger Limited’s already planning for the release of its third quarter 2018 earnings. The firm is planning an October 19 conference call to discuss the results for the quarter ending September 30, 2018. The results will be released at 7 a.m. Eastern time and the call will be held 90 minutes later. With major operations …
Williams’ Northwest Pipeline LLC Prices Private Debt Issuance
Northwest Pipeline LL , a wholly owned subsidiary of The Williams Companies, Inc., announced that it has priced an offering of $250 million of its 4.000 percent Senior Notes due 2027 through an add-on to its existing issue. The $250 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.000 percent Senior Notes due 2027, scheduled to be …
Indian activist reaches plea deal over Dakota Access riot charges
Two years after Oklahomans joined thousands of others in protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota, one of the American Indian activists has reached a plea deal on charges of inciting a riot. Chase Iron Eyes will avoid jail time after the plea deal resulted in the charge being reduced to disorderly conduct. …
Sen. Inhofe says Trump administration is doing right thing with Clean Power Plan
The White House announcement that it will be rolling back the Clean Power Plan of the Obama administration brought a round of applause from Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe. “I applaud President Trump and Acting Administrator Wheeler for delivering on their promise to repeal President Obama’s illegal clean power plan,” said the Senator in a …
Trump administration makes it official…..rolling back Obama’s Clean Power Plan
The rolling back of some regulations against coal plants in Oklahoma and the rest of the nation was formally announced Tuesday by the Trump administration. The steps are considered to be the most significant weakening of the restrictive environmental rules created under the administration of President Barack Obama. The Environmental Protection Agency’s new Affordable Clean …
TransCanada moves to condemn South Dakota farmland for Keystone XL pipeline
TransCanada has started legal moves to begin condemning private land in South Dakota in preparation for its Keystone XL oil pipeline. Eminent domain petitions were filed in state court against land in Harding County that is owned by two families, according to the Rapid City Journal. And one of them intends to put up a fight. …