Tulsa’s Williams Cos. announced it has placed into full service its Rivervale South to Market project which is an expansion of the existing Transco natural gas pipeline system to meet growing heating and power generation demand for consumers in the northeast U.S. The Rivervale South to Market project provides 190,000 dekatherms of firm natural gas …
Houston’s Cheniere Energy, Inc. announced that Substantial Completion of Train 2 of the Corpus Christi liquefaction project was achieved on August 28, 2019. Commissioning is complete and Cheniere’s EPC partner Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals, Inc. has turned over care, custody, and control of Train 2 to Cheniere. Cheniere, its subsidiaries, and Bechtel have now …
The building where the Region 7 headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency are located in Lenexa, Kansas has a new owner. Washington, D.C.-based Easterly Government Properties announced its acquisition of the 169,585-square foot building. The EPA is the only tenant in the GSA-leased office building. The company did not disclose details of its purchase. The …
A Tennessee energy company has agreed to pay $2.3 million in civil penalties to settle alleged violations over a 2013 oil spill in southwest Arkansas. Delek Logistics Partners, headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee was accused of the violations from the spill that occurred at a storage and transfer station. An estimated 5,890 barrels of crude oil …
A lot of “Help Wanted” ads can be seen in southern Oklahoma and the pattern has the attention of employers in cities like Ardmore. There, an Express Personnel spokeswoman indicated it’s a matter of not enough workers to fill the needs of companies. It’s a workforce issue. The Daily Ardmoreite explored the issue this week. …
Anyone who’s taken the drive along Interstate 40 west into New Mexico no doubt knows Clines Corners. It’s the cut-off toward Santa Fe or also a good stop for a break from driving across the long stretch of the interstate. But Clines Corners now wants to build a wind farm at the site. New Mexico’s …
A Tulsa federal judge has refused to dismiss the lawsuit filed by Broken Arrow-based AG Equipment Company against a Pakistan company. U.S. District Judge Claire V. Eagan made her ruling last month in the suit brought by AG Equipment in a dispute over contracts with Petro Allied Solutions Ltd and IE Services Ltd. AG hired …
The Trump administration’s recent move to replace the methane emissions standards created under the Obama presidency drew strong support from Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, a senator who fought the original rule beginning 5 years ago. He is a senior member of the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee and responded after EPA administrator Andrew …
The University of Houston refused to waver to calls to disinvite oil industry speakers at its fall convocation held last Thursday. A recent graduate had called on the university to stop Gerald McElvy, a board of regents member and alumna April Feick from speaking at the event. McElvy worked for ExxonMobil for 33 years, while Feick is executive …
Houston’s Nine Energy Service, Inc., one of the operators in Oklahoma’s STACK and SCOOP plays announced it has sold its Production Solutions segment in a $17 million cash deal with Brigade Energy Services LLC. The sale includes Nine’s fleet of 107 workover rigs, ancillary equipment and real estate associated with the 13 operating facilities …
