One of the bills signed into law by Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt this week bans any municipal tax on plastic and paper bags. Senate Bill 1001 was created after the city of Norman proposed a 5-cent-a-bag tax on plastic bags as a way of reducing pollution and litter. The governor’s action was opposed by Norman …
The newly created town called Carlton Landing near Lake Eufaula has run into environmental issues with the State and now the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps has stopped building projects on public land at the town because the town’s water district pumped millions of gallons of water from its sewage lagoons onto Corp …
Attorney General Mike Hunter has filed expert witness testimony in Oklahoma Gas & Electric’s most recent rate case where he is asking regulators for a $32 million rate reduction for customers. In its filing last December, OG&E asked the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) for an annual rate increase of nearly $78 million. The company is …
The Dallas Fort Worth airport has become the largest airport in the world and the first in North America to become a carbon neutral airport. “Our initial goal was to reduce our CO2 emissions per passenger by 15 percent by 2020. We were able to achieve this goal two years ahead of schedule, and as …
The B-1B Lancer bombers should be flying in and out of Tinker Air Force base again after being grounded for the past month because of concerns over the plane’s ejection seats. The entire fleet had been grounded by Gen. Timothy Ray, who is commander of the Global Strike Command in late March. Concerns focused on …
The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling that struck down an 11-year old state law that capped damages on injury lawsuits got a bad response from the State Chamber of Commerce. “Judicial activism,” said one official. On the other hand, workers comp attorneys applauded the decision. Bob Burke, the Oklahoma City lawyer who helped write the state’s …
Permits to drill issued for April 23, 2019. Alfalfa County KILMER A #1-13, April 22 2019 13 29N 12W W2NENWSE API: 00323373 Lat: 36.99203768624758, Long: -98.44248245961812 TRANS PACIFIC OIL CORPORATION SH, DR, 5750 ft, DOUGLAS(4050), KANSAS CITY(4320), OSWEGO(4625), CHEROKEE(4730), MISSISSIPPIAN(4835), MISENER(5220), SYLVAN DOLO(5230), HUNTON(5240), VIOLA(5260) Beaver County GARNER #2-26, April 23 2019 26 2N 25E …
Completion reports for April 23, 2019. CANADIAN COUNTY Rox Exploration Inc Prue(10340): Oil 42 Gas 150 Water 20 Flow 8 11N 9W Mckinney 2-8, May 05, 2018 SH, OIL, TD: 11500 ft Lat: 35.43852, Long: -98.17992 API: 35017234720003 GRADY COUNTY Continental Resources Inc Mississippi Lime(12335): Oil 169 Gas 460 Water 1585 Flow 25 7N 6W Williams 3-25-24-13xhm, January 28, 2019 HH, OIL, TD: 22263 ft Lat: …
The case of an injured oilfield worker who lost an arm in an accident and saw his $6 million court judgment capped by a state law has led to the Supreme Court declaring the law unconstitutional. In a split decision, the court stated the 2011 law that put a $700,000 cap on noneconomic damages to …
It was a year ago this week that former Oklahoma U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine became the Administrator of NASA. It was a boyhood dream come true for the man who wants the U.S. to return to the moon then start planning for Mars. Bridenstine spent some time this week thinking of his first year on …
