Oklahoma has not experienced any fuel shortages from a Southeast gasoline pipeline leak but several other states have. Colonial Pipeline says it might restart its Line 1 this week but the delay will continue causing some gas station outages and prices increases for a few more days. An estimated 336,000 gallons of gasoline spilled in the …
The Association of Central Oklahoma Governments plans to begin a series of public meetings as it seeks public comment on a plan to invest more than $10 billion in central Oklahoma’s multimodal transportation system. ACOG Executive Director John G. Johnson will deliver one of the public presentations Tuesday night at the Norman public library. …
As the Tulsa World reported this week, the Tulsa Geoscience Center has become active in learning more about Oklahoma’s increased earthquakes. The Center also recently received its first sensor from the Quake-Catcher Network, making it the first one of the Tulsa area. The Center has become a part of a nationally effort involving citizens in …
Some hot weather will continue to be around this week even as energy workers are sweating away out in the oil and gas fields, working on wind generators or repairing power lines. That’s the forecast from the Oklahoma Mesonet where Gary McManus is the State Climatologist. “The truth is, summer isn’t dead, and while it …
Two things came out of Oklahoma Oil and Gas Association President Chad Warmington’s recent interview on Scott Mitchell’s “Hot Seat” show on News 9 over the weekend. One is that the state is doing a good job of handling efforts to develop tighter controls and regulations of disposal wells in order to reduce earthquakes in …
The vast wine collection of late energy executive Aubrey McClendon sold for $8.44 million, exceeding auction estimates and breaking records for some rare bottles, according to a Bloomberg report. When the sale was announced last month, the massive collection included 1,058 lots of nearly 4,700 fine bottles of Le Pin, Pétrus, Cult Napa Cabernet and …
The Oklahoma Geological Survey announced Friday that Dr. Jacob Walter was hired as the state’s lead seismologist to help study the increase in earthquakes linked to oil and natural gas wastewater disposal activities. Walter earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geology from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a Doctorate degree in Earth …
An increase in earthquakes around Chickasha has the State Geological Survey investigating what’s happening and why according to the Express-Star newspaper. It quotes one scientist as saying so far, there is no firm explanation because Chickasha has not previously experienced them. Jefferson Chang told the paper he and others are working with energy companies. But …
Talk about energy! How about the nearly 200-mile-long lightning bolt that scientists maintain they recorded over Oklahoma. Experts at the world Meteorological Organization say they calculated the lightning bolt occurred June 20, 2007 and actually traveled 199.5 miles, making it the world’s longest lightning bolt. That means it traveled nearly the entire length of …
Congressman Steve Russell’s attempt to provide for an annuity supplement for certain Air Traffic Controller Instructors such as those at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical center in Oklahoma City, has won support in the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. It was a unanimous vote for the bill, H.R. 5785, that prevents full-time air traffic …