May 18, 2016 archive

California Jury Indicts Pipeline Company Over 2015 Oil Spill

  Houston-based Plains All-American Pipeline has been indicted on criminal charges by a California grand jury over the May 2015 Santa Barbara oil spill that released about 3,000 barrels of oil onto a beach and into the Pacific Ocean. At least 4 criminal charges were returned by the grand jury including four felonies charged the firm …

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Governor Signs Water Protection Bill into Law

One of the bills signed into law this week by Gov. Mary Fallin was HB 2446, a water protection bill. Authored by Rep. Terry O’Donnell and Sen. Dan Newberry, the measure “declares the protection of the beneficial uses of provided bodies of water in Oklahoma to be a compelling state interest subject to legislative authority …

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TransCanada Expands Holdings in the U.S.

  TransCanada, the company still fighting to build the Keystone XL pipeline across the Midwest is buying Columbia Pipeline Group Inc. in a nearly $13 billion agreement. It also owns and operates the Keystone pipeline extending from Cushing, Oklahoma south to the Gulf Coast. Columbia’s Board of Directors has unanimously approved the deal involving a …

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LSB Industries Announces Production at Arkansas Ammonia Plant

Oklahoma City-based LSB Industries, Inc. says its new 375,000 ton ammonia plant is now operational at the El Dorado, Arkansas facility. “We are pleased to have achieved this critical milestone with the start-up of the new ammonia plant at our El Dorado facility,” said Daniel Greenwell, LSB’s Chief Executive Officer. “We believe that the ammonia plant …

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