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Pruitt Calls EPA Handling of Tar Creek Superfund Site “Really Unacceptable”
EPA Chief Scott Pruitt says how the government has handled the Tar Creek Superfund site is “really unacceptable.” It’s what he said in a roundtable meeting with several reporters from news organizations including the Tulsa World, noting how the site dates back to the early 1980s. “You don’t list a site in the mid-1980s and …
$3.7 billion Gas Line to be Built in Permian Basin
We’ve seen it on a smaller scale in Oklahoma. The success of the STACK and SCOOP oil plays has led to construction of more pipeline services to carry the oil and gas out of the play into storage areas. Now another major pipeline has been announced for the much larger Permian Basin. It’s a $3.7 …
Cypress Energy Partners to Release 4th Q Earnings Report
Investors in Tulsa-based Cypress Energy Partners, L.P. are being told the firm will release its latest earnings report on Thursday. The mid-stream company will distribute its earnings press release after the close of trading Thursday afternoon on the New York Stock Exchange. It will then hold an earnings call Friday morning at 9 o’clock to …
Floating Wind Energy Company Formed in Houston
Not that we’ll ever see it in Oklahoma, but the idea of floating wind farms is coming to Texas. In Houston, a new company has been created by those with floating wind power experience in the Netherlands. Quest Offshore Resources announced this week the formation of Quest Floating Wind Energy LLC. While the Gulf of …
Energy Sector in Oklahoma Saw Slight Employment Drop in January
Figures recently released by the state government in Oklahoma show a slight dip in employment in the state’s energy sector. The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission reported oil and gas employment in Oklahoma City, the city with the largest employment in the sector, dropped more than 1 percent in January 2018. The 1.4% decline occurred from …
Seat Belt Bill Wins Oklahoma House Support
AAA Oklahoma is lending support to a bill recently passed in the Oklahoma House of Representatives increasing the age of children who must be buckled up in the back seat of a vehicle. HB3026 by Rep. Emily Virgin (D-Norman) increases the age from 8 to 14. AAA Oklahoma and Virgin point out that there is …
Oil Prices Post Gains After Drop in Crude Inventories
Following news of an unexpected decline in U.S. crude inventories, oil prices on Tuesday rose. West Texas Intermediate on the New York Mercantile Exchange climbed $1.34 to settle at $63.40 per barrel on April contracts. In London on the ICE European exchange, Brent crude wnt up $1.50 to settle at $67.55 on May contracts. Prices …
Waiting Begins for Consumers Fighting Bribed Corporation Commission Vote
The waiting begins for the Oklahomans who have long considered a 1989 bribed Corporation Commission vote should result in a nearly $16 billion refund from ATT. After filing an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, the handful of individuals who call themselves Oklahomans Against Bribery indicated their case was one of freedom of …
Oklahoma’s STACK Gets National Attention
Oklahoma’s STACK oil play has been the focus of much attention in the state but now it’s under the focus of at least one national news group. Reuters calls it “a little-known shale oil play” despite the fact the three counties that make up the STACK know very well what it means to them. Reuters …
USDA Puts Most of State in Drought Disaster
The growing dry conditions in the state have the attention of the U.S. Department of Agriculture which has declared most of the counties in Oklahoma to be natural disaster areas. As the Oklahoma Farm Report on the Oklahoma Radio Network indicated this week, most of the counties in the state are in horribly dry conditions. …