Houston’s Plains all American Pipeline company continues battling lawsuits in California following a 2015 pipeline spill near Santa Barbara. This week, the company with offices in Oklahoma City and pipeline operations throughout Oklahoma told a California judge an oil field service firm and five oil workers were not entitled to economic loss damages as a …
Following months of what became violent protests, calm has returned to the site of the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota and it’s allowed Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners to no longer have private security on the scene. Spokeswoman Vicki Granada with ETP told the Associated Press, “We continue to have security measures in place …
Oil and gas production on federal lands in Oklahoma isn’t considered a major topic compared to what’s happening in Wyoming and Montana. But when Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke calls for more oil and gas lease sales on public lands and faster permits, it does affect Oklahoma exploration companies. For they are among those firms seeking …
First there were the claims of Russian hackers trying to interfere in the U.S. Presidential elections last year. Now there are reports of hackers actually penetrating the computer networks of firms operating nuclear power stations. And one of them is in nearby Kansas. A report in the New York Times says one of those …
Operators of large cattle and pork feedlots in Oklahoma and other states suffered another setback this week when a Washington, D.C,. federal appeals court refused to reconsider its decision tossing out a rule exempting the producers from some pollution-reporting requirements. The ruling by the three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District …
Revisions are being proposed by the Interior Department to land-use planning procedures and environmental reviews like those used in a controversial Osage County legal case handled this week by the Denver federal appeals court. The Bureau of Land Management is asking for public comment on revisions of the environmental steps required by the National Environmental …
Another record year in distribution of funds to public schools has been announced by the Oklahoma School Land Commission. It was for a second straight year as the funding totaled $137.4 million including $103.4 million for K-12 public schools and more than $34 million for higher education. The new distribution beat last year’s numbers by …
Oklahoma City-based SandRidge Energy plans to release its 2017 second quarter financial results next month. The company announced the release date will be after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, Aug. 2. Leaders of SandRidge plan to host a conference call the following day at 8 o’clock, central time. …
The city of Oklahoma City has approved a $2.5 million Brownfields environmental clean-up for the historic First National Bank building in the city’s downtown business district.The city council voted Wednesday to approve an initial loan of $1 million with the ability to increase the loan up to $2.5 million. The bank building at 120 …
News 9’s Justin Dougherty heads east for a Boston TV news operation. Wednesday was his last day. Often in his 4 a.m. newscasts on KWTV, he interviewed OK Energy Today’s Jerry Bohnen, discussing some of the impact of oil and gas matters and their impact on Oklahoma. Justin spent 4 years with News 9. …