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Gasoline Prices Slip in Oklahoma
Oklahoma gasoline prices dropped 4 cents a gallon over the past week while nationally, the average remained at $2.66 a gallon. AAA Oklahoma reports the statewide average is at $2.38 compared to the $2.42 reported one week ago. One year ago, motorists in the state paid an average $2.16 a gallon. But analysts expect prices …
Circling the Wagons for Scott Pruitt
The President says he’s standing by Scott Pruitt. So do Oklahoma U.S. Senators Jim Inhofe and James Lankford. And while Pruitt faces seemingly scandal after scandal over his spending at EPA, allies are taking no chances. At least that’s how E and E is reporting the controversies involving the former Oklahoma Attorney General. The environmental …
2017 Oilfield Deaths in Oklahoma Low Compared to Other Occupations
While six oilfield workers have died in accidents already in 2018, the count of fatal oilfield deaths in Oklahoma in 2017 was two. However, a review of federal records shows there are far more dangerous occupations in Oklahoma including the classroom. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is probing the gas well explosion that …
Keystone Pipeline Spill Nearly Twice as Large as Initially Reported
Months after a Keystone Pipeline oil spill was cleaned up in South dakota, the company admits the spill was nearly twice as large as initially reported. The spill happened in November 2017 near Amherst in Marshall County and Transcanada, the owner of the line that carries oil to Oklahoma and Texas reported the spill involved …
Rig Counts Jump in Oklahoma and Across the U.S.
Oil and gas rig counts soared in the past week in Oklahoma and the U.S. Oklahoma’s count grew by 5 to reach 126 active rigs. The national count, according to Baker Hughes Co. grew by 10 to hit 1,003 rigs. The growth included 11 more oil rigs to make a total of 808 while the …
Second Lawsuit Filed Over Oklahoma’s Refusal to Release Tar Creek Audit
Already in the middle of a legal battle over Oklahoma’s failure to release public documents about the Tar Creek Superfund site, the Washington, D.C.-based Campaign for Accountability has gone to federal court against the EPA to force it to release the records. The suit stems from the state’s refusal, first by former Attorney General Scott …
Senator Lankford Backs Pruitt During his Growing Scandals
Count U.S. Sen. James Lankford as a supporter of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt who faces a barrage of criticism and calls for firing or resignation in the midst of growing scandals about travel expenses, pay raises for aides and who he rented a condo from in Washington, D.C. As OK Energy Today reported earlier, Sen. …
Northern Oklahoma Earthquake Felt in South Central Kansas
Oklahoma’s latest earthquakes rumbled early Saturday morning as snow fell in the state. A 4.6 magnitude quake with an epicenter just west of Perry hit at 7:16 a.m. and was strong enough to be felt in Wichita, Kansas and even up to Hutchinson, Kansas and as far south as Norman. The U.S. Geological Survey indicated …
Condo Conflict of Interest Catching up With Scott Pruitt
News accounts now suggest Scott Pruitt didn’t know what he was talking about in claiming there was no conflict of interest when he rented a room from Washington D.C. lobbyist J. Steven Hart. As the Daily Beast reported, Pruitt got it wrong in recently telling Fox News, “Mr. Hart has no clients who have business …
Energy Savings Reported at Solar Rooftop Program at Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas
A solar rooftop program for homes at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas is reporting first-year energy cost savings. Balfour Beatty Communities, the firm that installed the photovoltaic panels on home roofs in the Sheppard AFB Homes community says the savings were more than $30,000. Sheppard AFB Homes is a Balfour Beatty Communities …