A federal judge is stopping a Nebraska state agency from ending power purchase agreements with three wind farms in the state. The ruling came against the Nebraska Public Power District. Laredo Ridge Wind LLC, Broken Bow Wind LLC and Crofton Bluffs Wind LLC filed a lawsuit last year, alleging NPPD was improperly attempting to cancel …
In an editorial opinion written for Wednesday’s edition of The Oklahoman, former Oklahoma congressman Ernest Istook warned Oklahoma should not become OPEC. He wrote against a possible move by state regulators to order a reduction in oil production in the state. By Ernest Istook Oklahoma should not become OPEC. Nor should Texas or any other …
Two days after Houston-based Apergy reported a first quarter 2020 loss of nearly $660 million, the company announced the closing of its UPCO plant in Claremore and the layoff of 26 employees. UPCO is a subsidiary of Apergy. The company made a WARN notification with Oklahoma’s Office of Workforce Development and blamed the need for …
Another round of layoffs by Halliburton at its Duncan, Oklahoma operations was announced this week. At least 240 manufacturing workers lost their jobs effective April 29. “This is a mass Layoff and the facility will remain open,” stated Halliburton spokeswoman Danyelle Huff in a WARN notice made with the Oklahoma Office of Workforce Development. It …
The coronavirus pandemic resulted in the layoff this month of more than 400 workers at the Hertz Administrative Center in Oklahoma City. Word was finalized this week at the Oklahoma Office of Workforce Development. A notification by Hertz indicated the layoffs of 415 workers happened between April 14 and April 20 at the center located …
The latest energy company to produce a multi-well site with production of at least 1,300 barrels of oil a day in Oklahoma’s STACK play is Citizen Energy Iii LLC. The privately-funded company based in Tulsa filed reports this week on three Northern Dancer 8-17 wells located at 5 10N 6W, a site several miles southeast …
