September 17, 2018 archive

Hurricane didn’t affect nationwide gasoline prices

Oklahoma still remains in the top ten states when it comes to the cheapest gasoline in the U.S. according to a weekly fuels update from AAA. The state’s average is $2.64 a gallon and Hurricane Florence had little to no impact on the national average which held steady at $2.85. Prices in North Carolina rose …

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Ammonia leak quickly handled at former foods plant in Moore

An ammonia leak prompted firefighters in Moore early Monday to declare a code red alert. No one was injured when the leak was detected at the old Vaughan Foods building near NE 12 and Eastern Avenue.  A security guard detected the leak and notified firefighters who quickly closed the leaking line near the future site …

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Governor reappoints Kevin Potter to Aeronautics Commission

Gov. Mary Fallin has reappointed Kevin Potter of Bartlesville to represent District 1 on the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission.  District 1 encompasses all of Tulsa, Wagoner and Washington counties, as well as small portions of Creek and Rogers counties in northeastern Oklahoma. Potter’s term will expire Dec. 31, 2024.  “I have learned a great deal during …

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Energy association leader says Drew Edmondson is wrong about raising taxes on oil and gas

 The following is an op-ed from Chad Warmington, head of the Oklahoma Oil and Gas Association. Drew Edmondson is wrong about taxes By Chad Warmington The Democrats’ candidate for governor has a terrible idea to solve a problem that no longer exists. Drew Edmondson wants to raise the gross production tax (GPT) on oil and …

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Judge dismisses part of lawsuit over oilfield injury accident

An oilfield worker who filed suit after being hurt on the job in 2017 when a well desanding unit failed has scored a partial victory to move ahead with his suit in Oklahoma City federal court. Devin Wayne Loomis was injured June 10, 2017 as he operated a desander unit attempting to remove sand from …

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OGE to present new Resource Plan to corporation commission

  The Oklahoma Corporation Commission will hold a special meeting on Tuesday to consider OGE’s 2018 Integrated Resource Plan. The 10 a.m. meeting in the Jim Thorpe Office building will also be an opportunity for shareholders to review and discuss the plan. The commission is not expected to vote on the IRP. As Oklahoma Gas …

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Trucker shortage has some pushing for teenage truck drivers

Imagine a teenager just out of high school driving an 18-wheeler down the interstate? It’s what some are proposing in the face of a nationwide shortage of truck drivers. Critics contend such a move would only increase the dangers on the nation’s highways. But there are bills in the U.S. House and the Senate to …

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Sen. Warren wants to force companies to make climate change disclosures

Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the former Oklahoman who contends she is part Native American but cannot prove it, now wants corporations to make climate change disclosures. The Democratic Senator has unveiled the Climate risk Disclosure Act which would force corporations to reveal to the public and investors how much they are contributing to climate …

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Cheniere Energy announces LNG agreement

Houston’s Cheniere Energy Inc., the firm building a 200-mile natural gas pipeline in Oklahoma announced Monday it’s subsidiary has entered into a LNG sale and purchase agreement with Vitol Inc. Cheniere Marketing, LLC agreed to sell 0.7 million tons a year of liquefied natural gas to Vitol for 15 years beginning this year. . “This …

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Hurricane flooding causes collapse of coal ash site in North Carolina

A North Carolina coal-ash landfill, similar to the one best known at Shady Point in southeast Oklahoma collapsed over the weekend because of rain from Hurricane Florence. A spokeswoman for Duke energy said about 2,000 cubic yards of ash, or enough to fill 180 dump trucks, were displaced at the closed L.V. Sutton Power Station …

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