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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
A $1.8 billion deal’s been announced by Houston-based Energy and Minerals Group and Laredo Petroleum of Tulsa in which they are selling the largest privately held crude oil transportation system in the Midland Basin of Texas. The buyer is an affiliate of infrastructure fund manager Global Infrastructure Partners which is paying $1.825 billion for the …
A southern Arkansas city that once was an oil boom town in the 1920s is attempting to revive its commercial growth and interest. City leaders in El Dorado are hoping a $100 million arts district will spark the move to reverse a population slide that has affected the city for decades, according to the Associated …
The approaching annual Industry Appreciation Luncheon held by the Tulsa Desk and Derrick Club will feature a discussion on Seismicity in Oklahoma: A Scientifically Informed Status Update. Dr. Kyle E. Murray of the Oklahoma Geological Survey will present the discussion at the Nov. 8 luncheon at the Summit Club in downtown Tulsa. His discussion and …
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai was confirmed Monday by the U.S. Senate for another five-year term on the telecommunications regulatory panel. The vote was 52-41 with Sen. Jim Inhofe supporting Pai. “As chairman of the FCC, Ajit Pai has demonstrated solid leadership by promoting effective, light-touch regulations and enacting meaningful reforms to promote transparency,” …