ConocoPhillips announced Tuesday that its board of directors has elected David T. Seaton and Al Walker to serve as board members. Seaton served as chief executive officer of Fluor Corporation from 2011 to 2019, and as chairman from 2012 to 2019. He joined Fluor in 1985 and held numerous positions both in operations and sales …
Chevron Corporation workers are being offered buyouts as the company attempts to reduce its workforce in light of sharply lower oil and gas prices. It’s what Reuters reports about the No. 2 U.S oil producer. Company sources told the news agency that the company decided to reduce staff after reviewing operations late last year as energy …
The annual shareholders meeting of OGE Energy Corp. will be held May 21 in Oklahoma City. A proxy filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission stated the meeting will be held at 10 a.m. on that Thursday in the Skirvin Hilton Hotel. “We continue to take advantage of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules that …
The delay of an energy project is apparently behind a state house vote this week in support of a bill to remove the Oklahoma Historic Preservation Office from the control of the Oklahoma Historical Society and put it under the state Department of Commerce. Republican Rep. Scott Fetgatter of Okmulgee authored House Bill 1710 which …
It’s hard to imagine going more than two months with only a few drops of rain but that’s the situation in the western part of Oklahoma’s Panhandle. State Climatologist Gary McManus reported this week the heaviest rainfalls in the month of February were in southeastern Oklahoma. Amounts ranged from four to six inches with the …
A bill authorizing the issue of bonds to improve and repair some of the state’s high-risk flood-control dams passed the House on Monday with a vote of 93-1. House Bill 3298 by state Rep. Carl Newton (R-Cherokee) authorizes the Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority (OCIA) to acquire property and invest capital to update dams throughout Oklahoma. …
