A legal fight is brewing in Texas over public meetings and it has to do with this week’s resignation of the head of the State’s Railroad Commission. Kim Corley had been executive director since 2015 but was forced to quit this week. E and E reports she had been called to the office of Commission Chairwoman …
Oklahoma City’s getting a $2 million U.S. Commerce Department grant to increase capacity of aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul businesses to work on larger planes at the Will Rogers World Airport. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross made the announcement, awarding the grant to the Oklahoma City Airport Trust. The money is through the Department’s Economic Development …
Two and a half months after Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed a felony trespassing bill, one that environmentalists called an anti-protest measure, the new law has yet to be used against anyone. Rep. Scott Biggs (R-Chickasha) authored HB 1123 and tells OK Energy Today there has not been a legal challenge to the new law. …
Some of the Oklahoma electric crews sent to Florida following Hurricane Irma are headed home. Seven workers for Edmond Electric got the news this week after spending nearly 10 days on the east coast of Florida. Millions were left without electricity when the storm hit and the Edmond Electric crew of Wes Bennett, Mike Crow, …
The Tulsa International Airport has received a nearly $14 million federal grant to upgrade a major taxiway. Sen. Jim Inhofe, chairman of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure and a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation announced the $13.6 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration. “The safety and modernization of …
The Oklahoma Energy Producers Alliance has created a split in Oklahoma’s energy industry with a call to restore the gross production tax on oil and gas to 7 percent. The group says it conducted a poll and found 67% of those questioned support “restoring the Gross Production Tax to the historical seven percent for all …
Oklahoma Senators Jim Inhofe and James Lankford voted this week in support of advancing the National Defense Authorization Act, a measure that includes several aspects of energy. “The National Defense Authorization Act is the most important bill we consider each year and upholds our constitutional responsibility of providing for the common defense,” said Sen. Inhofe. …
Oklahoma Congressman Jim Bridenstine is revealing more of his thoughts and views of how he would like to run NASA if he is confirmed as its new Administrator. He recently completed a questionnaire submitted to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee as it prepared to hold a confirmation hearing for the Tulsa Representative. Bridenstine, …
While Hurricane Harvey battered Houston last month and this month, attorneys hunkered down in a downtown office building putting the finishing touches to a $1.4 billion sale of oil and gas assets in North Dakota’s Williston Basin. As the Texas Lawyer reported, the attorneys were from two firms attempting to wrap up the sale by …
Trading in Oklahoma City’s Chesapeake Energy captured the eye of one national firm that focuses on the financial markets. Market Realist noted Chesapeake Energy was the S and P 500’s top gainer for Sept. 14 as its stock prices rose 4.1%. Trading of its stock finished the day at $4.1, the highest close in a …