The state has updated its safety requirements that cover more than 4,700 dams in Oklahoma and new rules and regulations went into effect last week. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board coordinates the Oklahoma Dam Safety Program and recently made changes to some of the safety requirements. The changes came about after the program contracted with …
Whether it means more hiring at its Oklahoma operations in Oklahoma City and Tulsa isn’t clear but Amazon plans to hire 100,000 more workers this year. It’s the fourth hiring spree of the year as the company tries to keep pace with e-commerce demand that soared during the pandemic, reported Reuters. The world’s …
** A Department of Energy report says wind and solar will be the fastest growing sources of new capacity for 2020, accounting for more than 37 GW combined. ** Twenty states led by California are set to file two lawsuits challenging EPA’s recent methane rules for newly built oil and gas wells and other facilities. ** David Legates, a professor of …
No doubt it was much to the chagrin of small refinery operators, but President Trump showed more support over the weekend to the corn ethanol industry. He removed federal roadblocks to selling 15% ethanol at retail gas stations. “Subject only to State approval, our important Ethanol Industry will be allowed to use the 10% …
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is a liberal but it doesn’t mean he is in a cozy relationship with environmentalists who want the state to act faster when it comes to climate change. Colorado Public Radio says environmental groups who sued the governor over missing a climate action plan deadline are increasingly angry over his …
Normally many farmers would oppose a federal agency’s attempts to interfere in their farming efforts through the declaration of an endangered insect that lives in the ground. But BOLD Nebraska has taken the side of the American burying beetle and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in fighting the construction of the Keystone XL …
Oklahoma’s efforts to improve safety on a state highway heavily traveled by oilfield trucks has resulted in an award from one national safety organization. The State Transportation Department’s State Highway 33 Corridor project received the award from the Western Association of State Highway and transportation Officials. Secretary of Transportation and ODOT Executive Director Tim …
Weatherford International has appointed Girish Saligram as the oil-field services company’s new chief executive. He’ll be in charge of operations in Texas, Oklahoma and throughout the world, Saligram, who served as chief operating officer at Exterran Corp., will assume the roles of Weatherford president and CEO on Oct. 12. He also will serve as a …
A $1 billion offering in senior notes is announced this week by Houston-based Cheniere Energy, Inc. The company said the notes will be due 2028 and the proceeds will be used to prepay part of the outstanding indebtedness under the 3-year $2.695 billion delayed draw term loan credit from a June 2020 agreement. Cheniere, …
Colombian oil company Ecopetrol SA aims to drill a total 100 wells by end-2021 in the Permian Basin of West Texas as global oil prices recover, according to Chief Executive Felipe Bayon. The majority state-owned company, which entered a joint venture with Occidental Petroleum in November last year, said it plans to drill another …
