A Tulsa manufacturing business is investing at least $5 million and adding about 100 jobs over the next two years. The Tulsa World reported that MST Manufacturing recently moved into a six-acre complex at 2205 E. L. Anderson Blvd. The company, whose footprint will encompass three buildings totaling about 52,000 square feet, employs CNC (computer …
Four environmental activists who attempted to shut down an Enbridge pipeline near Grand Rapids, Minnesota on Monday ended up in handcuffs. One of the four was Allyson Polman of Denton, Texas. The four called themselves the “Four Necessity Valve Turners” and are connected with the Catholic Worker movement. They stated their actions were necessary to address …
A breach of contract lawsuit filed by Cross Oil Co. of Kay County against Rush Truck Centers of Tulsa has been transferred from Tulsa federal court to the Western District in Oklahoma City. Judge John E. Dowdell made the ruling at the request of Cross Oil. Cross filed suit over work performed on one of …
Oklahoma City’s Enable Midstream Partners, LP announced that an affiliate of Golden Pass LNG is the cornerstone shipper for the company’s Gulf Run Pipeline project. Golden Pass is a joint venture between affiliates of Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil. Earlier, Golden Pass announced it had made a positive final investment decision on a $10 billion infrastructure …
Along party lines, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted Tuesday to move the nomination of U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe’s friend, Andrew Wheeler to run the EPA to the full Senate. The vote was 11-10 on making the recommendation of Wheeler, a former lobbyist for a coal company who also once …
Washington, D.C. – The Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Thurs., Feb. 7, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time in Longworth 1324 on climate change and ocean health. A full witness list is available below. As with all Committee hearings, the event is open to press and the public. Thursday’s hearing is …
Former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt must have had strong suspicions about his chances of staying in office months before he left under fire. POLITICO reported this w eek that it obtained documents showing Pruitt, the former Oklahoma Attorney General, began raising money for his legal defense fund well ahead of his departure from the Trump …
After choosing to delay drilling in the fourth quarter of 2018 and reconfiguring its drilling program to emphasize two-mile laterals, Tulsa-based Midstates Petroleum Company provided a strategic update this week. It also announced 2018 year-end SEC reserves along with the preliminary 2018 operational results and later revealed a $200 million sale of assets. Leadership …
Days after releasing third quarter financial results showing an unaudited net loss of $6 million, Tulsa’s WPX Energy announced this week it would be cutting its 2019 spending plan by $350 million. The loss amounted to a penny a share and company leadership said it was primarily driven by $139 million on non-cash pre-tax net …
With the Oklahoma legislature underway after Gov. Kevin Stitt delivered his first State of the State address on Monday, any energy-related legislation will first have to work its way through committees. In the State House, the Energy and Natural Resources committee is chaired by Rep. Terry O’Donnell and the vice chair is Rep. Trey Caldwell. …
