The Washington, D-C based nonprofit watchdog group, Campaign for Accountability is taking State Attorney General Mike Hunter to court over a sealed audit of suspected criminal activity involving cleanup operations at the Tar Creek Superfund site in northeast Oklahoma. The lawsuit, CV-2017-2335 was filed in Oklahoma County District Court against Hunter and State Auditor and …
Tulsa-based Unit Corporation announced that Les Austin has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the company effective immediately. He succeeds David t. Merrill who was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in August 2017. The 51-year old Austin has more than 23 years of energy finance and leadership experience and previously …
U.S. Sen. James Lankford has released his third “Federal Fumbles: 100 ways the government dropped the ball” when it came to what he considers to be wasteful spending. Whether it’s a government grant for an art class focusing on climate change, or a doggie Hamlet project in New Hampshire, the Senator is bashing the government …
With his ownership of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad, one would think billionaire Warren Buffett would oppose the Keystone XL pipeline. After all, his trains could move the oil as well. But as Steve Jordan of the Omaha World-Herald recently wrote, “Warren Buffett has general supported the project for years.” His article came after …
Some holiday travel advice from AAA Oklahoma—-“Holiday bargains won’t be found at the gas pump this December.” It’s the cautionary tale from the automobile association’s Leslie Gamble who said the national gas price average is $2.51 a gallon or 38 cents more than this time last year. She said Oklahomans will pay an average of …
TransCanada reports it’s removed more than 44,000 gallons of oil from the spill of the Keystone pipeline in South Dakota. In its most recent update, the Canadian company reported it has 170 people on-site “working around-the-clock” in an effort to clean up the spill that occurred last week. “As of November 24, TransCanada has recovered …
New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas is one of eleven attorneys general who sent a letter last week to the National Park Service opposing proposed fee-increases at high-profile parks in the U.S. “The Service’s proposed fee increases, which double or even triple existing entrance fees, threaten to put many Americans to the choice of beauty …
A midstream company that serves oil and gas producers in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas has gone into a strategic partnership with Morgan Stanley Energy Partners, in a move that will have a direct impact on one Oklahoma operation. The move was taken this week by Houston-based Durango Investment Holdings LLC. As part of the agreement, …
Shareholders of two Kansas electrical power companies voted this week for a merger. It’s planned between Westar Energy, Inc. and Great Plains Energy Incorporated which is the parent company of Kansas City Power and Light. More than 90 percent of the shares voted at each company approved the merger. “We are excited about today’s approval …
The Association of Central Oklahoma Governments is issuing a reminder that the state has started the process of developing a mitigation plan on the millions it will receive in the government’s lawsuit settlement with Volkswagen. The Beneficiary Mitigation Plan, under the agreement the government reached with Volkswagen is a draft of how the state will …