After successfully suing a wind farm developer in a fight over mining, the Osage Minerals Council finds itself in another fight. It’s being sued by the Third Osage Minerals Council in a dispute over who really owns the Osage Mineral Estate. The Third Osage Minerals Council, on a vote of 4-3 recently moved to take …
The Sierra Club has a message for Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and how to solve the $215 million budget hole. “Tell the governor to close the massive budget hole by making oil and gas pay their fair share,” said the club in its latest attack ad on oil and gas. “Oklahoma is facing a massive …
There has been no letup in the exploration in Oklahoma’s STACK play as indicated by the latest completion and permits to drill reports published by OK Energy Today. The completion reports show Newfield Exploration with moderate success in a 588 barrel a day oil well in Canadian County and another one in Kingfisher County. Chesapeake …
The 2017 Oil and Gas Institute by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission will be held Friday on the campus of Oklahoma City University. This year’s event is titled “Expanding Horizons: The New Frontier of Oklahoma Conservation Law.” and will be held at OCU’s Meinders School of Business, 2501 North Blackwelder. It will start at 8:30 a.m. …
The annual Oklahoma Oil and Gas Expo is in nearly two weeks and sponsors say it will include more than 300 exhibitors at the State Fair Park in Oklahoma City. And the STACK and the SCOOP plays might create added interest. Sponsored by Sustaining Oklahoma’s Energy Resources, part of the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board, the …
Guthrie Rep. Jason Murphey calls it “just one more example of another anti-business policy by Oklahoma’s money-grabbing politicians.” Writing for The McCarville Report, the Republican legislator refers to the removal of the state compensation to businesses for the collection of sales taxes. He blames politicians “who are far removed from reality and the real world …
An increase in Oklahoma’s motor fuels tax is part of the State Senate budget plan released this week by President Pro Tempore Senator Mike Schulz. The plan also includes total elimination of sales tax exemptions for the wind industry. “This plan not only addresses the immediate need of $215 million for critical health care agencies …
TransCanada and the Trump administration have repeated their claim in Montana federal court that lawsuits by environmentalists fighting the Keystone XL pipeline should be dismissed. In four separate filings, TransCanada and the federal government argued presidential approval of the proposed pipeline that would link to the Keystone line in Oklahoma offset any legal challenge. Earlier …
A nearly 400-page government filing reveals some of the details in the latest proposed merger of Westar Energy and Great Plains Energy in Kansas, a more than $12 billion deal initially stopped last spring by the Kansas Corporation Commission. As the Topeka Capital Journal reported this week, details of the six weeks of renewed talks …
The Air Force’s new KC-46 air refueling tanker might not be delivered this year to Altus Air Force base because of development programs. Altus is where the training for the giant plane will take place but the Seattle Times reports delivery has been delayed from this fall into next year. The paper quotes sources as …