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Analyst Day Set by Williams in Tulsa
Tulsa’s Williams and Williams Partners have announced they plan to hold their annual Analyst Day on May 17. During the day, company leaders will give in-depth presentations covering all of the company’s and partnership’s energy infrastructure businesses. The Analyst Day meeting will begin at 7:15 a.m. Central Time and run approximately four hours. For those …
Tallgrass Energy to Release 1Q Report May 3
Pipeline operator Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP plans to announce its first quarter 2018 financial results on May 3. The company will release the report on that Thursday and hold a conference call later in the day. In announcing its fourth quarter 2017 earnings in February, the Leawood, Kansas based company called it “another outstanding year …
Oklahoma Pipeline Trespassing Lawsuit to Be Heard by Denver Federal Appeals Court
The U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver is set to hear arguments next month in a lawsuit filed against Enable Midstream Partners, L.P. in which the company’s accused of trespassing on Caddo County land. The 2015 lawsuit was filed by Marcia Davilla and others in a case involving 137 acres that had originally …
FCC Commissioner Announces Resignation
FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn announced this week she intends to resign after being named to the Commission in 2009 by President Barack Obama. She previously was Acting Chairwoman in 2013. During her tenure, Clyburn helped author the net neutrality regulations that were put in place in 2015. She also opposed their repeal last year. …
Corporation Commission Promotes Safe Digging Month
April is National Safe Digging Month, and the Oklahoma Corporation Commission is reminding Oklahomans that any outdoor digging project this spring should start with a phone call. Commission Chairman Dana Murphy says dialing 8-1-1 can save you from a terrible accident. “There’s more than just earth beneath your feet,” said Murphy. “Oklahoma has thousands of miles of buried pipeline and utility cable. The only …
Wind Supporters Await Delayed-Vote on Anti-Wind Bill
An anticipated vote on a proposed anti-wind measure did not happen Tuesday in the Oklahoma House. SB 888 by Senator Josh Brecheen and Rep. Jeff Coody was on the agenda but no vote was taken either during the morning session and the afternoon session of the House. The measure is opposed by the Oklahoma Wind …
Icahn Announces His Nominations to Control Board at SandRidge
As he attempts to take over the board of directors at Oklahoma City-based SandRidge Energy, activist Carl Icahn has unveiled his proposed list of five directors. He revealed their names this week in his proxy fight with the company. They include: Jonathan Frates, Nicholas Graziano, John J. “Jack” Lipinski, Bob G. Alexander and Randolph C. …
No Slow Down in Wind Construction in Oklahoma and the U.S.
The American Wind Energy Association’s fourth quarter 2017 market report on wind farm construction in the U.S. shows Oklahoma remains number two nationally, behind only Texas. The industry installed 4,125 megawatts of new wind capacity from 29 new wind projects in 16 states in the fourth quarter of 2017. Texas led with 1,179 MW …
Rep. Bridenstine Awaits Possible Senate Vote This Week on his NASA Nomination
Oklahoma Congressman Jim Bridenstine might learn this week if he is going to become the new administrator of NASA. The U.S. is reported to be poised to vote on his second nomination by President Donald Trump. The first failed to make it to the Senate before the end of the congressional session in 2017, prompting …
Kansas Wind Farm Operator Declared Number One in U.S. for New Developments
A new market report from the American Wind Energy Association shows Tradewind Energy, a firm based in Lenexa, Kansas was ranked number one nationally for 2017 wind energy developed and installed. The U.S. Wind Industry 2017 Market Report said Tradewind, one of the largest independent wind and solar project development companies in the nation, developed …