May 22, 2018 archive

Supreme Court Has yet to Decide if It’ll Hear Osage Nation’s Fight with Wind Farm

Oklahoma’s Osage Nation is awaiting a recommendation from the solicitor general as to whether the U.S. Supreme court will consider the tribe’s legal fight with the Osage Wind company. But it might be months before it learns if the case will be heard by the high court. The issue was not among those accepted or …

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Water Act Passed by Senate Committee Includes Several Oklahoma Improvement Projects

A number of projects ranging from  the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System to private developments around Army Corps of Engineers Lakes are part of the Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 passed this week by the U.S Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim  Inhofe is the ranking Republican on the committee and …

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Governor Trims Counties Still Under Burn Ban

 Due to improving wildland fire conditions, Governor Mary Fallin has issued a proclamation reducing the number of counties in the governor’s burn ban from 14 to seven.  The change came at the recommendation of Oklahoma Forestry Services (OFS) after an analysis of the impact of recent rains. Counties that remain under the governor’s burn ban …

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Supreme Court Overturns Judge, Workers Comp Commission And Appeals Court in Injured Worker’s Case

In an unusual move, the State Supreme Court recently not only overturned decisions of an administrative law judge but of the Oklahoma workers’ Compensation Commission and the State Court of Civil Appeals in a case involving an injured pipeline worker. The court overturned the three previous rulings in the case of  Octavio Pina who was …

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NextEra Energy Makes $5.1 billion Purchase of Florida Power Company

With wind farm operations in Oklahoma, NextEra Energy is expanding its energy-production with a $6.475 billion purchase of a utility and other Florida assets from Southern Co. At least $5.1 billion is cash in a deal that allows the most valuable power company in the country to grow even more. NextEra is buying Gulf Power, …

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Testing of OKC Downtown StreetCar System Begins

Oklahoma City’s “New-Old” style of transportation—streetcars—is about six months away from being put into service. Testing of the system started this week on a 2.3 mile loop connecting Bricktown with Chesapeake Energy Arena as well as a new convention center complex and the Myriad Gardens. City crews and others working on the $132 million system …

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Judge Makes Earthquake Lawsuit a Class-Action Matter Against Tulsa Energy Company

One of the lawsuits filed against Tulsa’s New Dominion LLC blaming the company’s disposal well operations for causing the 2011 earthquakes near Prague has been classified a class-action case. Cleveland County District Judge Lori Walkley made the ruling, determining that homeowners and business operators in nine counties can join the lawsuit which is now set …

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Oklahoma Colleges and Universities Received $1.4 million from ExxonMobil

Of the nearly $50 million donated by ExxonMobil and its employees to 840 colleges and universities last year, more than $1 million went to higher education in Oklahoma. The Texas-based energy company and its employees donated $49.8 million as part of the ExxonMobil Foundation’s 2017 Educational Matching Gift Program. Employees, retirees and directors contributed $16.9 …

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Verona Wells Keep Giving Big Production for Continental Resources in STACK

The latest completion reports on file at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission show Continental Resources continues with multi-pad operations in one site located in the STACK. Of ten completion reports filed for Blaine County, 8 were by Continental Resources with 5 wells producing more than 1,000 barrels of oil a day.  All five were the continued …

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Lankford and Other Senators Consider Water Funding Measures

The federal funding of energy and water development will get the attention Thursday of Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford and others on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development. A 9:30 a.m. (CST) hearing will focus on the markup of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The Senators will …

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