You didn’t see the names of any Oklahoma U.S. Representatives on a letter to congress expressing concerns about the final version of the Interior-Environmental fiscal 2019 spending bill. Nearly 100 signed the letter urging House leadership to reject the anti-wildlife riders in the final version of the bill including any that could be seen as …
Southwest Colorado is getting a new solar power plant. County commissioners in Telluride have signed a letter of support for construction of a 30-megawatt power plant. Ute Peak Solar and Standard Solar plan to construct the operation at a substation in western Montrose County. Three main transmission lines will be built to carry the electrical …
The federal government’s predicting oil output from the seven major shale formations in the U.S. will increase by 79,000 barrels a day, reaching 7.6 million bpd by October. The U.S. Energy Information Administration said on Monday the output from the formations boosted total U.S. crude production to a record high of nearly 10.7 million …
The Sunspot Solar Observatory in southern New Mexico reopened on Monday, more than two weeks after it was mysteriously closed following a possible threat. Located south of Cloudcroft, New Mexico, a small tourist town about 30 miles south of Ratone, the observatory was shut down Sept. 6 and the FBI began an investigation. In announcing …
With commitments from Rocky Mountain states, the Southwest Power Pool announced it will be expanding its coordinating services westward in 2019, a continuation of managing the region’s electric power grid. Several western states have committed to receive the power pool’s Reliability Coordinator services. The services have been offered for more than two decades in the …
More than ten years after $1.5 million was appropriated to improve the Illinois River, an Arkansas commission is finally ready to begin handing out the money. The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission plans to distribute the money to farmers and others who want to adopt practices aimed at improving the condition of the river that runs …
Republic Services Inc., the second largest waste collection company in the U.S. is set to unveil its latest landfill gas to renewable natural gas project in southeast Oklahoma City. A grand opening and dedication ceremony will be held Friday, Sept. 21 at 12 p.m. at the landfill located at 2300 SE 69th street in Oklahoma …
Tulsa-based Matrix Service Co. reported a net loss of nearly $15 million in the fourth quarter of the year. The $14.7 million loss was on revenues of $293 million and compared to a $954,000 loss reported on revenues of $292 million one year ago, according to a company announcement. It translated into a 55-cent a …
An Oklahoma City firm that deals in equipment to construction and oilfield firms has been hit by embezzlement. Prosecutors have filed embezzlement charges against Donald Gordon who worked at Bobcat of OKC, 8800 North I-35 Service road in Oklahoma City. He’s accused of embezzling more than $38,000 from the company by using a company computer …
Permits to drill for Sept. 17, 2018. Alfalfa County JETT 33-26-10 #2H, September 17 2018 04 25N 10W NWNENENW API: 00323339 Lat: 36.68030452323474, Long: -98.28228019367599 BCE-MACH LLC HH, DR, 10926 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(5566) Kingfisher County MARTIN 34-19-6 #2HC, September 17 2018 34 19N 6W SESESWSW API: 07326247 Lat: 36.073542618283376, Long: -97.83250487776668 CHESAPEAKE OPERATING LLC HH, DR, 14100 …
