Unless Oklahoma congressman Markwayne Mullin and 39 others named to serve on a joint House-Senate committee negotiating a final Energy Bill agree to Democrats demands, the prospect of the first major energy bill in nearly a decade could be quickly fading. Rep. Mullin was named recently to help negotiate differences in what the U.S. Senate …
Union Pacific Railroad investigators blame track failure as the cause of last week’s fiery oil tanker derailment in Oregon. The railroad company inspects the tracks that run through Mosier, Oregon at least twice a week and the most recent inspection was on May 31 prior to the crash that forced the evacuation of nearly 100 …
Amidst the energy downturn, a Tyler,Texas company is investing more than $6 million in new headquarters in the Permian Basin. Mewbourne Oil has started construction on a 32,000-square-foot office in Hobbs, New Mexico. The Hobbs News-Sun quotes Mewbourne Oil President Ken Waits as saying the existing offices in the eastern New Mexico city are old …
