October 31, 2016 archive

North Dakota Pipeline Protests Get Support of Oklahoma Native Americans

One of those who ended up behind bars during last week’s Native American-led protests of the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota was Oklahoma Caddo Nation chairwoman Tamara Francis-Fourkiller. She was said by family members to be visiting the Standing Rock Sioux to advise them during negotiations with the construction team building the $3.8 billion …

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Williams Companies Reported 3Q Net Income of $61 million

Tulsa-based Williams Companies Inc. is reporting a third quarter 2016 net income of $61 million while its third quarter adjusted earnings totaled $1.1 billion. The adjusted earnings totaled $1.192 billion, an increase of 8% or $89 million from a year earlier, according to a filing the company made early Monday with the Securities and Exchange …

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$30 billion Merger of GE and Baker Hughes Creates New Industrial Services Company

General Electric, the company that recently formally opened its new oil and gas energy research site in Oklahoma City has reached a nearly $30 billion deal to combine its oil and gas business with Baker Hughes Inc. The “New” Baker Hughes will be a leading equipment, technology and services provide in the oil and gas industry …

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