Governor Mary Fallin and Aviation leaders continued Wednesday with announcing details and results of a nearly $500,000 economic impact study in Oklahoma. Some details were revealed earlier in the week but on Wednesday, a third news conference was scheduled in Tulsa. Earlier announcements had been made in Oklahoma City and Enid, showing an estimated $44 …
A new president of Oklahoma’s Research Institute for Economic Development has been named following the resignation of Susan Winchester to become chief-of-staff to Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb. Mark Williams was named President of RIED this week following a 36-year career with ATT Oklahoma. He had served since 2010 as Director-Legislative Affairs for ATT, leading an …
President Trump might have been criticized over his continued statements about the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, but he’s being praised by Sen. Jim Inhofe for signing an executive order on another front. The President’s order pertained to streamlining the infrastructure permitting process. “The President’s executive order shows his commitment to improving America’s infrastructure by taking …
In a case that could forecast a trend in the fight between horizontal well drillers and vertical well operators, an Oklahoma City federal jury has awarded $220,000 to a vertical well operator in Blaine County. The jury deliberated more than a hour Tuesday before returning the verdict in favor of H and S Equipment Inc. …
Two Oklahoma City midstream companies have announced a business sale and purchase of holdings, including 253 miles of gas gathering pipeline in the state. White Star Petroleum LLC sold its interest in the midstream gathering system to 4 AM Midstream LLC, a midstream company founded this year. The assets are in Logan, Noble and Payne …
A new research paper maintains the probability of an earthquake measuring 5.0 magnitude hitting Oklahoma this year is nearly 80 percent. That’s according to research by the University of California Santa Cruz and the Oklahoma Geological Survey as published in Science Advances. The same research paper, according to the Tulsa World, indicates the state will …
Houston-based Nabors Industries, a world-wide firm with big operations in Oklahoma is making an all-stock deal worth more than $215 million to buy Tesco. Both oil field services companies operate out of Houston and the move will allow Nabors to strengthen its drilling and well construction. Nabors, according to analysts is building on its position …
A New Orleans federal appeals court says the government government came down too hard in leveling a $2.6 million fine against Exxon Mobil for the 2013 oil pipeline spill that happened in March 2013 in Mayflower, Arkansas. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit threw out some of the safety violations leveled against …
In the name of protecting and encouraging growth of the sage grouse in western Colorado, historic wagon trails from the 1800s are being destroyed. Environmentalists and state and federal wildlife officials near Gunnison contend the wagon ruts were draining large wet meadows that were considered to be critical to the ecosystem and to the grouse, according …
Completion reports this week of wells drilled by Oklahoma City based Chaparral Energy confirm the company’s expressed plans to expand operations in Oklahoma’s STACK oil play. Those intentions were revealed in Monday’s release of the second quarter results for Chaparral. The same day, the daily completion report published by OK Energy Today, showed the company had …