An Administrative Law Judge at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission is set to hold a pooling hearing on Friday in a nearly decade old legal fight between two exploration companies that involved what the courts ruled to be “intrinsic fraud.” It’s a fight between Denver, Colorado-based Optima Oil and Gas and Mewbourne Oil Company, a Tyler, …
It’s not unusual to hear of a snake slithering into a power station and causing a power outage. But how about the bobcat found dead hanging from a 35-foot power pole in southwest Kansas. A line crew with Wheatland Electric made the discovery this week near the town of Lakin. The bobcat apparently climbed up …
A 3.5 magnitude earthquake rattled north central Oklahoma late Tuesday night. The earthquake happened around 10:16 p.m. in Garfield County, registering a little more than a mile deep. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the epicenter was near the town of Hayward, about 22 miles east/southeast of Enid and 28 miles west/northwest of Stillwater. There are …
Energy companies were among the 23 that made new investments in Oklahoma in the second quarter of 2017, according to a quarterly report from the Oklahoma Commerce Department. The investments totaled $680 million and more than 1,100 jobs are to be created as a result. Eight of the 23 firms are new to Oklahoma. The …
In what is perhaps the largest well to be drilled in Oklahoma’s STACK, Devon Energy of Oklahoma City announced a record well reaching 6,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day. It’s a Meramec well in southwest Kingfisher County. The company said the Privott 17-H well achieved a facility-constrained peak 24-hour rate of 6,000 oil-equivalent barrels …
Ohio’s demanding nearly $1 million from Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, the company that built the Dakota Access Pipeline that drew thousands of protesters last year in North Dakota. This time, the claim involves the company’s $4.2 billion gas pipeline called Rover which leaked more than 2 million dollars of drilling mud into Stark County wetlands. …
Colorado’s Gov. John Hickenlooper announced this week he intends to join another dozen states in an attempt to comply with the Paris climate accord. Oklahoma is not one of those dozen states. “We will join the Climate Alliance because our voices are more powerful when we speak as one,” said the Democratic governor as he …
Thursday will mark a “Play-In for Climate Action” rally in Washington by moms and their children and one of them will be Oklahoma environmentalist activist Casey Camp-Horinek. She describes herself as an actress, a Native rights activist and environmentalist and will be one of the speakers at the Capitol Hill protest. Camp-Horinek’s a leader of …
In a move that will likely affect numerous environmental issues, including those having an impact on Oklahoma, Judge Janice Rogers Brown of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has announced her retirement. It opens the door for President Trump to appoint someone who is friendly to his environmental policies. Brown …
Electricity investment has overtaken oil and gas for the first time ever according to a report issued Tuesday by the International Energy Agency. Investment in the electricity sector grew by 12 percentage points to reach 43 percent between 2014 and 2016. The IEA said fossil fuels are no longer the largest recipient of investment in …