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Growing Scrutiny of Scott Pruitt’s EPA Travel Costs
While some don’t see Scott Pruitt’s EPA travel costs as scandalous as former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price’s were, Pruitt’s critics aren’t letting up in examining how the former Oklahoma Attorney General is running the Environmental Protection Agency. Here is how Politico’s Morning Energy Report described the latest events that have Pruitt under …
Wind Developers Continue Legal Battle With Osage Nation
Those wind developers who last month lost a legal fight with the Osage Nation aren’t giving up,. They are asking the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver for a rehearing after the court ruled in favor of the Osage Nation and the Osage Minerals Council, a story reported last month by OK Energy Today. …
New Leadership at Anadarko Petroleum
Houston-based Anadarko Petroleum has announced a change in company leadership with leaders saying it falls in line with the firm’s $7.5 billion in the sale of non-core assets over the past two years. Anadarko Chairman, President and CEO Al Walker said Danny Brown will be the new Executive Vice President of U.S. Onshore Operations. He …
Devon to Announce 3rd Q Earnings Oct. 31
Oklahoma City-based Devon Energy plans to announce its third-quarter 2017 earnings on Oct. 31, a Tuesday. It will be made after the close of U.S. financial markets. On the following day, Nov. 1 at 10 a.m. the company will hold a conference call to answer questions from analysts and investors.
Fuel Taxes Rose Nationwide in Past Year
The Energy Information Administration says taxes and fees on gasoline by states and the District of Columbia were up nearly 28 cents a gallon as of July 1, 2017 compared to a year ago. The EIA said the increase represented a 4.5% jump in the past year. While nearly a dozen states increased their taxes …
Ardmore Airport to Get Control Tower
The city of Ardmore is moving ahead with plans to construct a Federal Aviation Administration-approved control tower at the Municipal Airport. The Mayor and City Commissioners approved an agreement this week between Ardmore and the Ardmore Development Authority according to the Ardmoreite. City Manager J.D. Spohn told commissioners the lack of a control tower has …
Mike Smith Leaving IOGCC as Executive Director
The executive director of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission headquartered in Oklahoma City is leaving the job. Mike Smith has been Executive Director since joining the Commission in 2008 but there has been no announcement as to his future. Smith was Oklahoma’s Secretary of Energy under the administration of former Gov. Frank Keating …
Disposal Well Opponents Organize to Wage a Fight in Flint Hills of Kansas
Opponents of a wastewater disposal well in the Flint Hills of Kansas say they won’t challenge a Kansas Corporation Commission approval of the well but plan to fight any others in the future. Their fight concerned a well proposed near Strong City by Quail Oil Company. The well is also close to the Tallgrass Prairie …
Continental Resources Leaders Still Blame EIA for Low Oil Prices
Continental Resources Chairman Harold Hamm and his executives continue pounding away with their criticism of the federal government estimates of oil production in the U.S. And what Hamm said in recent interviews is also being analyzed by others who wonder if he is correct in claiming the U.S. Energy Information Administration is distorting oil prices because …
Budget Hole Forces Major Changes in Oklahoma Highway Projects
Oklahoma’s state government budget hole forced a change this week in the eight-year highway improvement plan of the State Department of Transportation. The Oklahoma Transportation Commission voted to trim its long-term plan, remove some projects and delay others, moves that are expected to slow progress made in the state’s bridges. The plan had been filled …