Radio Iowa reports Republican Governor Kim Reynolds held her annual fundraiser Saturday night, using the event to denounce the Democrats running for president and make a pitch for Donald Trump’s reelection. But Reynolds also recounted tense moments in the White House earlier this month as she and other Iowa officials asked the president to …
A warning about Permian Basin parent-child wells from a Houston-based investment bank echoes the same kind of cautionary note that was made in April for Oklahoma’s STACK-SCOOP wells. The Houston Chronicle reported the analysis from Tudor, Pickering, Holt and Company suggested that parent-child wells drilled too close to one another could resulted in a 20% …
If you believe former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld, the oil and gas industry is making its dying gasps and won’t be around much longer. He’s running for the GOP presidential nomination against President Trump and joined Democratic primary candidates at a recent MSNBC Climate forum. Here’s how The Hill reported Weld’s claims: GOP primary challenger …
In another month, we’ll be learning the third quarter 2019 financial results from Phillips 66 and Phillips 66 Partners. The two plan to release the results on Friday, October 25 and follow it with a conference call webcast at 1 p.m. CDT. Executive management will take part to discuss the results and provide an …
Oklahoma Congressman Markwayne Mullin took part last week in a congressional hearing into climate change. And he didn’t come away optimistic about reaching any compromise with the Democrats who control the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on environmental and Climate Change. The hearing was entitled “Building a 100 percent Clean Economy: Pathways to Net Zero Industrial …
The Interior Department late Friday announced it has leased office space for the new BLM headquarters in Grand Junction, Colo. The move to 760 Horizon Drive “is another step in providing better service to the American people and our neighbors in the West,” said Interior Secretary David Bernhardt in a press release, according to …
(Norman Transcript) Democratic Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders brought his campaign to Oklahoma on Sunday, speaking of climate change, gun control and health benefits. He chose to appear in Norman, home to the University of Oklahoma and perhaps the state’s largest population of Democratic liberal voters. “We have a president who thinks climate change is …
There is nothing illegal about what Wallace is doing and there is no violation of state ethics rules. But the paper quoted Common Cause official Beth Rotman as stating the arrangement gives the appearance that a special interest group may have outsized influence over legislative actions. “When you have powerful policy makers literally sharing …
“What we do is fill technology holes that are left by the bigger companies.” It’s what Bryce Conway, President of Flex-Chem in Oklahoma City says of his young company that is built on science. After all, Conway, the south Texan who went to Southwestern State University in Weatherford, Oklahoma to become a pharmacist only to …
A $30,000 pledge doesn’t sound like much when oil and gas companies spend millions on drilling wells. But it’s welcome relief for Canadian County Commissioner Marc Hader. Chaparral Energy has made the pledge toward an estimated $85,000 in repairs to Manning Road between Hefner Road and NW 122. The Yukon Review reports the energy company …
