A recent Oklahoma Land Commission sale of oil and gas leases netted nearly $5.8 million on 98 different parcels of land in 14 different counties ranging from Texas County in the Panhandle to Pittsburg in the southeast. The honors for the largest amount of money paid for one lease went to Houston, Texas-based Newfield Exploration, a …
In a lawsuit filed in California by a coalition of environmental and public-health groups, it is alleged the Environmental Protection Agency failed to enforce 16 states and the district of Columbia to finalize plans to reduce ozone pollution. Oklahoma is not one of them. “Millions of people are relying on the EPA to protect them …
Any state that relies heavily on oil and gas gross production taxes for state revenue has felt the impact of the drop in oil prices over the past two years. Oklahoma has. So has Texas. And North Dakota finds fuel tax collections for the State’s Transportation Department are taking a hit with fewer vehicles on …
Turns out undercover police officers were in the crowd of oil and gas protesters who demonstrated peacefully last May in the Denver suburb of Lakewood. Police at Lakewood deny they were there to target the protesters but simply to provide information to commanders. The Associated Press says the department claims the undercover operators were not …
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is seeking public input in developing the agency’s strategic plan for fiscal years 2018-2022. The NRC will hold a meeting on Wednesday, July 27 beginning at 9 a.m. at the agency’s headquarters in Rockville, Maryland. A webinar is also available for public participation. The NRC staff will consider the perspectives and …
The most recent jobless figures released by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission reveal a continuation of job losses among energy-related sectors during the past year. The State’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage point to reach 4.8 percent for June as the energy sector, defined in the Mining, Logging and Construction industry per …
Aerospace industry giant, Boeing, confirmed on Friday that the company issued 60-day Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) layoff advisory notices to some Oklahoma City employees. Boeing currently employs around 2,500 employees in the Oklahoma City area. The layoff news follows a July 13 ceremony acknowledging 800 new local employees while dedicating a new 290,000 …
NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — A cargo of Alaska North Slope crude is scheduled to load next week aboard a foreign-flagged tanker for the first time in more than 30 years. The Bahamas-flagged Tianlong Spirit, currently off the coast of California, is set to load a 136,000-ton cargo around July 25 from Alaska and then head …
Expect Oklahoma to continue baking a few more days with temperatures hitting 103-104 degrees in northwestern Oklahoma, right in the area where oil and gas drilling operations have seen slight increases in activity. “We’re still caught in heat dome hell, I’m afraid,” says State Climatologist Gary McManus with the Oklahoma Mesonet. He says the lack …
OKLAHOMA CITY (21 July 2016) – A state legislator who is terming out this year plans to convene one more public hearing to examine potential options for disposing of brine produced during oil and gas exploration. The House Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will convene an interim legislative study on the …