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Shortages of Water in Permian Basin Expected to Grow with Increased Drilling
As development of the Permian Basin mushrooms, the search for water and the protection of existing sources is becoming critical. Water levels in the Ogallala Aquifer have already dropped in the past several years. With fears that it will plunge if exploration expands, many operations have switched the source of their fracking fluid from …
Tulsa’s NGL Finalizes $200 million Sale of Some of its Retail Propane Operations
Tulsa’s NGL Energy Partners LP is selling part of its Retail Propane business in a $200 million deal. NGL announced Monday it will sell a portion of the business to DCC LPG. The sale was announced last fall and was closed on March 30 of this year. At the same time, NGL said its partnership …
China’s Space Station Burned Up Over South Pacific and Not Over Oklahoma
Turns out Oklahomans didn’t have to worry about falling space debris this past weekend. China’s Tiangong-1 met a Sunday night fiery end over the South Pacific Ocean and scientists say only about 10 percent actually crash-landed on earth. Astrophysicist Brad Tuckers told Reuters, most of the out-of-control space station, China’s first, was destroyed during re-entry. …
More Ethical Issues for Scott Pruitt at EPA
“I think he’s in real trouble.” US Senator on Scott Pruitt’s latest ethical issue. Politicians believe Scott Pruitt could be on his way out at EPA following reports last week he had lived for several months in a Washington D-C condo co-owned by the wife of a top lobbyist for energy firms. “I don’t …
Tulsa Energy Firms in “Consolidation” Speculation
Speculation is growing that two Tulsa energy companies could be among those targeted for buyouts in the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico. The possibility that Laredo Petroleum and WPX Energy could be on the list comes after word last week of the $8 billion buyout of RSP Permian by Concho Resources. As the …
Lawsuit Against Wind Farm Operator Dismissed—Another is Moving Forward
A federal lawsuit filed by an environmental group against a wind energy company and two wind farms it wants to build near Hinton has been dismissed in Oklahoma City U.S. District Court. But a lawsuit, re-filed last year by Minco Wind IV LLC and Minco V LLC against the city of Hinton is moving forward …
Former Obama Counselor Says It’s Time to Boot Pruitt from EPA
It’s not just environmentalists who want Scott Pruitt to step down as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Count John Podesta, former counselor to President Barack Obama and chief of staff to President Bill Clinton among those making the call. Writing in an editorial this week in the Washington Post, Podesta expressed his disgust …
OKC’s Airport Trust to be Sued Over Pollution at Wiley Post Airport
The attorneys who filed a 2016 federal lawsuit over the pollution caused by the now-abandoned Gulfstream airplane plant in Bethany say they soon will add Oklahoma City as a defendant. The lawsuit was filed by the city of Bethany against Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation and Rockwell Automation System Inc, accusing the two companies of contaminating the …
Lawsuit Filed Over Death of Dallas Girl in Natural Gas Explosion
It wasn’t a surprise. The family of a 12-year old girl killed in a natural gas explosion that destroyed her home in Dallas last month has filed a lawsuit against the gas line operator, Atmos Energy. The family of Linda Rogers filed the wrongful death lawsuit in Dallas county court seeking more than $1 million …
OGE Brings Second Solar Power Plant Online
OGE has brought online its newly-completed 10-megawatt solar power plant in Covington located in northwest Oklahoma. The company said the entire 12.5 megawatts of generating capacity produced by solar power in its two operations resulted in bringing the Covington project into operation. The 80-acre Covington solar operation, located southeast of Enid is the site where …