EDF Renewable Energy, the firm building the Great Western wind farm in northwest Oklahoma has just acquired Global Resource Options, Inc, a privately owned company that provides development and turnkey engineering, procurement and construction. It allows EDF to expand further into other renewable energy forms. The acquisition, according to the announcement by EDF makes it …
Members of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources were told this week that proposed new rules governing the flaring and venting of natural gas from wells on federal lands is needed. It’s what they hard from some of those who testified Wednesday during a hearing into the Bureau of Land Management’s Regulatory Overreach into …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford isn’t giving up on forcing the U.S. government to take care of the more than 600 million acres of land it owns in this country. It’s his vow after his amendment to allocate money for maintenance of the land failed in the Senate. “The federal government is a terrible landlord,” …
Three more energy-related bills have been signed into law by Governor Mary Fallin including one that increases fines and penalties up to $1 million for violations of state pipeline safety laws. House Bill 2444 by Rep. Terry O’Donnell and Sen. Jason Smalley boosts the daily civil penalty from $10,000 to $100,000 and the maximum civil …
