The Southwest Alliance for Girl’s Enrichment (SAGE) STEAM Camp at Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) returned to Devon Energy on June 12, bringing dozens of eighth-grade girls to one of the largest energy companies in the state. SAGE STEAM incorporates the arts and humanities into a week-long residential program focused on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). …
June 13, 2019 archive
Google puts another $600 million into its operations at Pryor
Google announced the continued expansion of its Oklahoma data center in Mayes County to a total investment of more than $3 billion, with increased local employment to more than 500 people. Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced the additional investment of $600 million in Oklahoma today at the data center campus, which is located in Pryor …
NGL Energy Partners leader acquires more company shares
A filing this week with the Securities and Exchange Commission indicated the Chief Executive Officer of NGL Energy Partners LP acquired 25,000 more shares in the Tulsa company. H. Michael Krimbill acquired 10,000 shares on June 11 and each share was valued at $14.57 according to the filing. On June 12, he acquired another 15,000 …
Attacks on oil tankers sent oil prices up while Sen. Lankford calls the situation unpredictable
Senator James Lankford says Iran is a “precarious” situation. It was his response after two oil tankers were attacked Thursday while traveling through the Strait of Hormuz. “It is a precarious situation when you’re dealing with Iran because it’s just unpredictable. Iran knows it can’t match our military so they do things asymmetric,” said the …
Oklahoma wind farm operator to build in Illinois
One of the nation’s latest wind farm projects has been announced by a Dallas company. Leeward Renewable Energy LLC has entered into an agreement to build a wind farm for the Target Corporation in Illinois. The Lone Tree Wind project will be in Bureau County, Illinois and have a capacity of 79.4 megawatts. It will …
New trial date set for Chinese national accused of stealing trade secrets from Phillips 66
A new trial date has been set in Tulsa U.S. District Court for the 35-year old Chinese national arrested in January and charged with stealing trade secrets from Phillips 66 in Bartlesville. U.S. District Judge Gregory K. Frizzell granted requests by attorneys for Hongjin Tan to continue the case from an original trial date of …
Which military installations are at risk from climate change?
A new report prepared for the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee lays out which military installations in the U.S. are most vulnerable to climate change. None are in Oklahoma but there are some in Texas, New Mexico and Colorado. California and Florida each have eight threatened installations according to a report from the Government Accountability …
Lawsuit filed over lesser prairie chickens in Oklahoma and other states
A lawsuit’s been filed by three environmental groups to force the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to issue an assessment on the possible re-introduction of federal protections for lesser prairie chickens in parts of Oklahoma, Kansas and three other states. The lawsuit was filed in the District of Columbia against the administration of President …
Oil and gas company gets warning from New York Stock Exchange
San Antonio based Pioneer Energy Services is being warned it might be removed from listing on the New York Stock Exchange. The warning came this week and gave Pioneer six months to regain compliance with a minimum share price requirement. The NYSE requires that the average closing price per share of a listed company’s stock …
Permits to drill for June 12, 2019
Permits to drill filed on June 12, 2019. Canadian County BATTLESHIP 1-12-10-7 #1MXH, June 12 2019 36 11N 7W SESWSWSE API: 01725481 Lat: 35.377919659810885, Long: -97.89137353483272 ROAN RESOURCES LLC HH, DR, 20495 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(9887), MISSISSIPPI LIME(10269), WOODFORD(10513) Canadian County BATTLESHIP 1-12-10-7 #2MXH, June 12 2019 36 11N 7W SESWSWSE API: 01725482 Lat: 35.37791966388947, Long: -97.8913064472436 ROAN RESOURCES …
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